Authentic Narrative
Grounded in real experience, written with clinical precision and deep warmth. No exploitation, just truth.
What is dis/ordered?
Content Warning: This project addresses military sexual trauma, institutional betrayal, and mental health crisis.
dis/ordered is a feature trilogy adapted from a true story, a deeply personal narrative about survival, institutional betrayal, and reclaiming your own life when systems meant to heal become what you must survive.
When Senior Airman Andrea Sutton is forced into inpatient treatment, she confronts memory, testimony, and the cost of truth inside institutions designed to contain rather than repair.
This is a story about choosing yourself when the world refuses to vindicate you. It is about survival without justice, built on the bones of truth.
3 Films
Complete trilogy structure
Self-Produced
Independently owned vision
Why This Story Matters
Survival as Victory
Survival is measured in day-to-day choices that keep a person going inside systems meant to help.
Innovation in Form
Dual narration, fractured psyche visual language, and deliberate silence create immersive storytelling.
Found Family
Who actually shows up. The people who hold a life together when institutions don't.
Institutional Critique
A clear-eyed examination of institutional betrayal, authority, and the violence of minimization.
Crafted for Impact
The writing is exact — structurally deliberate, emotionally specific, nothing included by accident.
"The most dangerous thing is never the breakdown. It is the quiet verdict: I just could not handle it."
Core Theme · dis/ordered Trilogy
Collaborate With Us
In The Gray Studios is seeking collaborators who can help bring the trilogy to screen, expand its reach, and build responsibly around the story. We are open to international partnerships when possible.
Production
- • Directors and cinematographers
- • Producers and production designers
- • Composers and sound designers
- • Post-production specialists
Creative
- • Casting professionals
- • Visual development
- • Concept and art direction
- • Marketing and brand strategy
Strategic
- • Festival strategy
- • Distribution partners
- • Grants and funding
- • Advocacy partnerships
N.A. Grayson · Creator and Showrunner
N.A. Grayson is a writer and filmmaker based in Chicago and founder of In The Gray Studios. dis/ordered is adapted from her published memoir, These Hands.
She serves as writer, creative lead, and narrator across the trilogy, with a focus on institutional trauma, queer identity, and survival on one's own terms.