Trudy

“Atavists” focuses on social acuity and awareness, but also how our baser natures exert themselves today: Trudy obsesses over an old friend’s posts on social media.

Trudy’s son Sam is at ease with his friends in a virtual realm.

Rather than presenting a simple binary of misunderstanding between young and old, Millet’s “Tourist,” the tale of single mom Trudy and her son, and “Artist” and “Gerontologist,” which detail Mia’s role as a volunteer in a senior living center, demonstrate how youth isn’t ignorance, just as age isn’t an assurance of safety or wisdom.

“The post office messes up. We get a lot of cards back or mail back that says ‘undeliverable’ and the person will be like, ‘I’ve lived at this address for 20 years and I’ve never moved,’” said Trudy Hancock, elections administrator in Republican-leaning Brazos County, home to Texas A&M University.

“Even though a challenge is filed, doesn't mean that you will be automatically dropped,” said Trudy Hancock, the Brazos County elections administrator.