Plot Summary

After the Parade is a meditative portrait of a retired veteran navigating a single day of quiet routines, distant memories, and unspoken grief in Huntington, West Virginia. Without dialogue or direct human connection, the film follows one man as he moves through forgotten streets, faded landmarks, and still, sacred places that echo a life once filled with purpose. As the veteran walks, drives, pauses, and remembers, the city around him hums with a subtle contrast—alive, but indifferent. Parade banners hang limp. Memorial walls whisper names. The river keeps flowing. Shot in long takes with natural sound and minimal score, After the Parade is less a traditional narrative than a cinematic poem about solitude, memory, and the spaces that hold our stories after we’re gone. In its final moments, a quiet twist redefines everything that came before.