James M. Freeman – March 2016 Short Screenplay Winner

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Written by James M. Freeman
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SYNOPSIS:

Genres: Action, History, Drama

To protest inhumane treatment and unfair rejection of his application for refugee status, a teenage Vietnamese asylum seeker challenges the authority of a Hong Kong detention camp commandant, resisting the commandant’s efforts to force him to repatriate.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Nadia Gigi Inara
ANN – Alicia Ryan
HIEU – Suchiththa DeSilva
MINH – Ryan Anning
UNHCR OFFICER – Steve Rizzo