Julia Barker is late for work at the Paradise Bingo, again. Struggling to make ends meet and to raise her daughters, Julia suppresses her own needs and desires to support her family. But the headaches, excruciating migraines, keep coming.Inside her splitting mind, disturbing visions erupt: water, rafters and then the blinding white windows of a warehouse sized room. The space is menacing, mysterious and seductive. The visions intensify and soon there are signs. Julia knows that she must find the room. Desperate, she robs the Bingo hall, abandons her family and flies to New York. Her pilgrimage has begun.

Kyle has directed two documentaries: AMERICAN COWBOY, a ?98 Student Academy Award winner, and UNIVERSITY INC. (?99), a doc about the corporatization of the largest university in America. Kyle is also the editor of the Sundance award-winning film MANITO (?02), and the PBS documentaries ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT (?04) and LEARNING TO SWALLOW (?05).. He calls Austin, Texas home, and ROOM marks his feature narrative film debut.