15 minutes to prove you're a killer. No do-overs.
One afternoon Dan is brutally jumped and accosted by a Gang in his neighborhood. Angel, the leader of Dans crew demands that he murder his punisher and thus earn his official "membership" into the crew: a teardrop tattoo under his eye.
Direction
Harper squeezes feature-length tension into 15 minutes.
Acting
Kodinsky's silent panic speaks volumes.
Director
Damián John Harper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The teardrop tattoo's real-world meaning shifts by region—sometimes murder, sometimes lost loved ones, making Angel's 'gift' doubly sinister.
Director Harper shot this as his AFI thesis; Necro, who plays the gang elder, was an established underground rapper with zero acting experience.
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