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Wolf

USA 86 min.

Tuesday, October 16, at 8:15 p.m.
Theatres at Canal Place 1
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Director, Writer, Editor
Ya'Ke Smith
Cinematographer
Yuta Yamaguchi
Director Bio
Ya'Ke's films have screened and won awards at over 90 film festivals. He is the recipient of a Director's Guild of America Student Film Award, a regional Student Academy Award and an HBO Short Film Award. His film, Katrina's Son, was eligible for the 2012 Academy Award in short filmmaking. WOLF, his feature-film directorial debut has won awards at the Dallas International and Little Rock Film Festivals. Ya’Ke is a film professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Producers
Ralph Lopez, Derek Lee Nixon, Ya'Ke Smith

Synopsis

A family is shaken to the core when they discover their son has been molested. As they struggle to deal with the betrayal, their son heads towards a total mental collapse because of his love for his abuser, while his abuser attempts to exorcise his own past demons. The film stars Irma P. Hall (THE LADYKILLERS, COLLATERAL), Eugene Lee (LACKAWANNA BLUES, COACH CARTER) and newcomers Mikala Gibson, Shelton Jolivette and Jordan Cooper.

Links

http://www.exodusfilmworks.com/new_exodus/2012/02/wolf/

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