After the title sequence, Scientologist Diane Wheat (Carole Smith) is seen in an auditing session with the head of her local church, Robert Solomon (Bill Baker).
Parallel to these events, Richard Grey (Tom Padgett) is trying to contact his daughter Amy at the Flag Land Base in Clearwater.
Diane, who is working as a receptionist, hands him a copy of the ethics order declaring him a suppressive person, and he leaves.
At home, Richard is reading the Operation Clambake and Lermanet.com web sites when he receives a panicked instant message from a friend.
The friend tells him to watch a news report from Clearwater, and he learns that Amy has died after falling from the Fort Harrison Hotel.
Shortly afterward, Robert calls Richard and informs him that he may not attend the funeral because Amy and her mother have disconnected from him.
Diane listens to one of Amy's cassettes from the high–level Clearwater Scientology center and hears a man's voice speaking scoldingly about being "willing to talk to the auditor", in an impenetrable jargon laden with nonsense words.
When Diane walks out to confront them, they ask her to step outside the church gate and proceed to tell her the story of Xenu and the Wall of Fire from Operating Thetan level 3 (OT III).
Once Diane is back inside, Robert runs her on a security check to determine whether she has any doubts or ill will toward Scientology.
[3] The film credits stated: "The Bridge' is licensed as royalty–free digital media, and may be distributed online for personal viewing without permission.
"[3] Chris Davis of Memphis Flyer wrote, "This locally produced feature directed by Brett Hanover uses materials created by the Church of Scientology and stories told by former members of L. Ron Hubbard's controversial sci–fi religion to build a tragic narrative about misplaced faith and insidious fraud.
"[19] Allmovie classified the production as a feature film "Religious Drama", involving themes of "Cons and Scams".
"[14] American skeptic and activist freethinker, Jim Lippard, recommended the film stating, "Watch it, it's pretty well done.