(Actor)
LOGLINE
A black teen finds his African immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their tenement-building hallway and is pressured by his friends into murdering him.
SYNOPSIS
One night, after returning to the projects with a crew of his friends, Markees, an African-American twenty-something, finds a drunken African man passed out in his building hallway. After ridiculing the man, the young men realize that the he is actually Markees’s Nigerian-immigrant stepfather. Motivated by shame and the restraining order his mother has placed on his stepfather, Markees drags the unconscious man into his car in order to find him a more suitable place to sleep. But as the night dwindles on, the young men become increasingly aware of the futility of unloading the stepfather. Tensions build and frustrations mount, forcing the situation toward a violent end. Can Markees fly in the face urban machismo and his own youthful pride to stop this collision course before someone really gets hurt?
Directed By Moon Molson
AWARDS (9 Wins)
BEST SHORT LENGTH SCREENPLAY
2007 Omaha FF
HONORABLE MENTION – BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMPOSITION (SCORE)
2011 Rhode Island IFF
BEST SCREENPLAY, SHORT
2011 BendFilm Festival
BEST SHORT FILM
2011 New Jersey FF
BEST GHETTO
2011 RADAR Hamburg Int’l Independent FF
HONOURARY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
2011 Gold Lion FF
SILVER LAMP TREE AWARD
2011 Short Film Center, IFF of India
INDEPENDENT SHORTS FILMMAKER AWARD
2012 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo LA
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
2012 Hollyshorts FF
OFFICIAL SELECTION (Over 40)
2011 Sundance FF
2011 Kansas City FilmFest
2011 Florida FF
2011 Nashville FF
2011 Athens Int’l Film + Video Festival
2011 USA FF
2011 Atlanta FF
2011 Maryland FF
2011 San Francisco Black FF
2011 Indianapolis IFF
2011 Guanajuato IFF (Expressions en Corto)
2011 LA Shorts Fest
2011 Roxbury FF
2011 Rhode Island IFF
2011 Martha’s Vineyard African American FF
2011 New York Latino IFF
2011 Rooftop Summer Series
2011 New Jersey FF
2011 Harlem IFF
2011 Temecula Valley Int’l Film & Music Festival
2011 Urbanworld FF
2011 Woodstock FF
2011 San Diego FF
2011 Raindance FF
2011 BendFilm Festival
2011 Ojai FF
2011 RADAR Hamburg Int’l Independent FF
2011 Big Apple FF
2011 Indie Memphis FF
2011 Short Film Center, IFF of India
2012 San Diego Black FF
2012 Honolulu African American FF
2012 DC Independent FF
2012 George Lindsey UNA FF
2012 Bermuda IFF
2012 Black Int’l Cinema Berlin
2012 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo LA
2012 Hollyshorts FF
2012 Pentedattilo FF (ITALY)
2012 1 Reel Bumbershoot FF
