Decades before the Civil War, the actions of a brutal overseer spark the fire of revolution on a Southern tobacco farm. TOBACCO BURN is a short film based on a real American Slave Narrative and chronicles true events, creating a portrait of one community’s fight against oppression. Festival Awards and Prizes: Cleveland Intl. Film Festival – JURY PRIZE BEST STUDENT FILM USA Film Festival – FESTIVAL PRIZE BEST SHORT FILM Gasparilla Intl. Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD BEST STUDENT FILM Worldfest Houston – GOLD REMI WINNER – STUDENT FILM Montreal World Fest – HONORABLE MENTION - BEST STUDENT FILM Martha’s Vineyard AA Film Festival- HBO AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM Columbia University Film Festival – FACULTY SELECTS, STUDENT SELECTS Saatchi & Saatchi Nothing is Impossible Producing Grant – FINALIST Palm Beach Intl. Film Festival – AUDIENCE AWARD BEST SHORT FILM Northampton Film Festival – JURY PRIZE BEST SHORT FILM Orlando Film Festival – JURY PRIZE BEST SHORT FILM Bahamas Intl. Film Festival - HONORABLE MENTION BEST SHORT FILM Long Island Intl. Film Festival – JURY PRIZE BEST STUDENT FILM Seattle Short Film Festival – JURY PRIZE – BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Cast and Crew: Marcus: Stephen Tyrone Williams Isaac: Julian Rozzell Jr. Loretta: Daralyn Jay Adams Sherman: Law Crimlis Mr. Wentworth: Timothy Roselle Aunt Sarah: Alicia Thompson Ruthie Bea: Therleza Ellington Stephen: William C. Jackson John Little: Christopher Washington Director: Justin Liberman Producer: Alvaro Valente Writers: Ajani Josef Jackson and Justin Liberman Co-Producer: Nicole Delaney Associate Producer: Julien Du Plessi Director of Photography: Zachary Halberd Production Design: Bridget Rafferty Film Editor: Brian Denny Costume Designer: Kristen Haggerty Composer: JoAnne Harris Executive Producers: Anne and Stafford King, Kip Sheppard, Ruth Yakaitis, Patrick Griffin, Dan Garijo First AD: Jennifer Gerber Second AD: Sophie Finkelstein Second Second AD: Daryl Ray Carliles http://on.fb.me/1R79chP

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