After faking his own funeral, a dying Vietnam veteran recruits his estranged daughters to take him on an apology tour across Texas, where they explore the complicated art of saying sorry.
After faking his own funeral in a desperate attempt to get his family back in the same room, Bruce, a stubborn, terminally ill Vietnam veteran with a larger than life personality and a lifetime of regrets, convinces his estranged granddaughters to drive him across Texas on one final “apology tour.”
Miriam, a tightly wound sports agent who plans every detail of her life down to the minute, sees the trip as an inconvenience standing in the way of the biggest deal of her career. Abigail, her younger sister, a former basketball star now drifting through life and working at Whataburger, sees the journey as something else entirely, a chance to hold onto the people and places she fears are slipping away. Forced back together in the cramped cab of their grandfather’s old blue truck, the sisters quickly fall into familiar rhythms of rivalry, resentment, and reluctant love.
As they travel through small Texas towns, roadside diners, old basketball courts, and the ghosts of Bruce’s past, the apology tour unfolds in messy, funny, and unexpectedly tender ways. Some apologies heal old wounds, some reopen them, and some turn into complete disasters. But somewhere between late night arguments, wrong turns, country songs blaring through the speakers, and quiet moments under the Texas sky, the family begins to rediscover a connection they thought had been lost long ago.
At its heart, THE APOLOGY TOUR is a deeply human road movie about the people who shape us, the pain we inherit, and the difficult, beautiful act of trying to love each other anyway. Blending the warmth and chaos of a family memory with the humor of a modern Americana dramedy, the film explores what it means to make peace with the people we love and, ultimately, with ourselves before it’s too late.
Baylee Toney is a writer, director, producer, and actress based between Austin, Texas and New York City. Raised in Southern Oregon, her work is rooted in Americana and explores family, identity, and the emotional landscapes that shape us.
She recently directed and starred in PENNY, a 1970s true story alongside Julianna Margulies and Joanna Gleason. The film positions Toney as a performance-driven director with a strong command of character and tone, marking a significant step into the prestige indie space.
Toney also directed, wrote, and starred in Timber Lands, a neo-Western drama featuring Wes Studi, Irene Bedard, Tanaya Beatty, and Owen Crowshoe, and recently directed and starred in her upcoming quirky comedy western Run Honey Run, currently nearing completion. Her debut feature, Last Tour Home, premiered at the Soho International Film Festival and was released by Freestyle Media.
With a background in acting, Toney brings a deeply collaborative, performance-first approach to directing. She is actively building a slate of character-driven films that balance emotional specificity with strong visual identity, positioning her as an emerging voice in contemporary American independent cinema.
