17 minutes. One wallet. Your entire life on the line.
Acting
Alexander Hubble's panic is viscerally real.
Direction
Hodges stretches 17 minutes into eternal dread.
Editing
Tight cuts mirror escalating desperation perfectly.
Director
Samm Hodges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 17-minute runtime mirrors the brief window before consequences become irreversible in systems designed against the poor.
Director Samm Hodges shot this in his hometown of Pittsburgh, casting local non-actors in small roles to ground the economic specificity.
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