2023 First Run Film Festival - King Wasserman Award - Winner (1st Prize) / Craft Awards: Acting, Producing and Cinematography
2023 Durban International Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Palm Springs ShortFest - Audience Award (Best Student Short)
2023 Hollyshorts - Official Selection
2023 TheWrap ShortList Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Newark Black Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Bronzelens Film Festival - Official Selection (Best Short Film Nominee)
2023 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Montclair Film Festival - Winner - Fiction Short Film Competition Jury Award
2023 Denver Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Woodstock Film Festival - Winner -The Mark Braunstein award (Best Short Film) OSCAR QUALIFYING
2023 New Hampshire Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 Bushwick Film Festival - Official Selection
2023 WME Futurefest - Official Selection
2024 Florida Film Festival - Official Selection
2024 Maryland Film Festival - Official Selection
2024 Coney Island film Festival - Official Selection
2024 The Lower East Side Festival Of The Arts - Official Selection
2024 Black Wall Street Festival - Official Selection
2024 Conch Shell International Film Festival - Best Screenwriter and The Frank Alvin Silvera Best Lead Performer)
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An Ex-Offender struggling with new freedom pursues redemption at all costs when given a job from his neighbor.
FEATURE FILM VERSION PREMIERES IN THEATERS: APRIL 24, 2026
Written / Directed by Rashad Frett
Editors: Sam Motamedi and Rashad Frett
DP: Sam Motamedi
1st AC: Lin Que Ayoung
2nd AC: Dave Rawolle
Sound Mixers: Olu Baker, Hasan Hadi
Gaffer: Josh Therriault
Executive Producer: Cary Fukunaga , Mark Manson, AJ Leon, James Cole, Jr.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2019 Spike Lee Production Fund – Recipient
2021 Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship
2021 Cary Fukunaga Production Fund – Winner
2023 Sundance Film Festival – Official Selection (World Premiere)
2023 First Run Film Festival – King Wasserman Award – Winner (1st Prize) / Craft Awards: Acting, Producing and Cinematography
2023 Durban International Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Palm Springs ShortFest – Audience Award (Best Student Short)
2023 Hollyshorts – Official Selection
2023 TheWrap ShortList Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Newark Black Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Bronzelens Film Festival – Official Selection (Best Short Film Nominee)
2023 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Montclair Film Festival – Winner – Fiction Short Film Competition Jury Award
2023 Denver Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Woodstock Film Festival – Winner -The Mark Braunstein award (Best Short Film) OSCAR QUALIFYING
2023 New Hampshire Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 Bushwick Film Festival – Official Selection
2023 WME Futurefest – Official Selection
2024 Florida Film Festival – Official Selection
2024 Maryland Film Festival – Official Selection
2024 Coney Island film Festival – Official Selection
2024 The Lower East Side Festival Of The Arts – Official Selection
2024 Black Wall Street Festival – Official Selection
2024 Conch Shell International Film Festival – Best Screenwriter and The Frank Alvin Silvera Best Lead Performer