Anthony Aroya

A young, black, fast-food cook with dreams of becoming a chef is drawn into a strange organization led by a magnetic figure, as he struggles to forge a deeper bond with his distant, grieving father.

An epic story about a group of American libertarians told in a unique manner, as both an audio performance and an experimental film. The piece features an ensemble cast of 15 actors, each individually recorded and then edited together sentence-by-sentence to create a spoken word experience that activates the power of the mind’s eye. As the drama unfolds, the image slowly transitions from pure black to blinding white throughout the duration of the film.

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.