February 11, 2009
USC Alumni Participates in PAFF
USC Alumni participates in 17th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival [PAFF].
Blues (2007/US/84min)
Director: Brandon Sonnier '04
Two wanna-be thugs running from a rookie cop get more than they bargained for when they duck into a Blues joint and hold hostage a group of societal misfits.
Sonnier's first film
The Beat was a 2003 Sundance American Spectrum submission. At the time he was a 20-year-old first-time director and junior at USC.
The Beat looks at a young black man's divided pursuit of his father's dream that he become a cop and his own desire to be a rapper.
This is Not a Test (2008/US/89min)
Producer: Sherri James '97
Director: Chris Angel '97
DP: Charles Swanson '97
A man becomes obsessed with preparedness for the possibility of a terrorist attack.
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