{"id":180021,"date":"2019-07-31T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=180021"},"modified":"2019-07-31T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:51:43","slug":"zach-gayne-states-exclusive-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2019\/07\/31\/zach-gayne-states-exclusive-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Gayne Sets Out to Find a Sense of Purpose On the Open Road in States Exclusive Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M515TC_J6as\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180022\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/States-Still.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/States-Still.png\" alt=\"States Still\" width=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/States-Still.png 833w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/States-Still-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/States-Still-768x324.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from writer-director-producer-actor Zach Gayne&#8217;s adventure comedy-drama, &#8216;States.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Embarking on a spontaneous journey, in both the literal and figurative senses, can often times provide the most freeing and liberating path for people who are contending with what they should do with their lives. 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