It's not an overstatement to say that To Kidnap a Mannequin defies genres. As its director describes it, this short film is a "neo-noir detective thriller comedy", and it follows the true story of Yusuf Perwez, author of an article published on The Scribe in 2023 about a missing high school mannequin.

From the article:

It was an innocent enough day. The trees were green, the quad was gray, and, being in the middle of summer break, lingering adolescent joy filled the campus. All, it seemed, was as it should be. In the ASB office, Kathleen MacDonald—vice principal and head of ASB—stirred, ready to depart on her own break. She made her way to the exit as she always had, and, before leaving, perhaps glanced upon the counter. Upon it, ever-occupied with his silent gaze, was a plastic figure few have seen since: Will, Letterman, or, as he was commonly known, Joe, the ASB office mannequin.

— Yusuf Perwez, Editor for "Wilcox & The World" at Scribe