What price would YOU pay for your child's life? This father finds out.
To save his ailing son from certain death, a father voluntarily sells himself into slavery through an underground corporation. After entering into a contract with the company, he learns of more sinister intentions that threaten the life of not only himself, but his family as well.
Acting
Edi Gathegi's menacing calm steals every frame.
Direction
Ellis packs feature-length dread into 17 minutes.
Production
Sleek corporate aesthetics hide rot underneath.
Director
Nelsan Ellis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 2010 foreclosure crisis, it weaponizes corporate doublespeak Americans knew too well.
Nelsan Ellis directed this while playing Lafayette on True Blood — his only directing credit before his 2017 death.
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