Once I Was a Beehive

Once I Was a Beehive (2015) is a family comedy-drama directed by Maclain Nelson that you can watch online on iFILM. Sixteen-year-old Lane has just lost her father to cancer, and now she's being shipped off to a Mormon girls' summer camp with her new step-cousin — a place that feels about as welcoming as a foreign country.

She doesn't share the faith, doesn't know the songs, and really doesn't want to be there. But the camp — and the girls in it — turn out to be harder to write off than she expected. Paris Warner leads the cast alongside Haley Smith and Clare Niederpruem.

Drawn from the real experiences of girls who actually attended camps like this, the film earns its warmth without being preachy about it. It's a grief story that sneaks up on you through the comedy. Stream Once I Was a Beehive (2015) online on iFILM.