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'Short Cut'

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'Short Cut'

By
Sean Jacobs

The trailer for the feature film “Short Cut” (to be directed by Norman Maake) about the quest of two brothers to escape a life of hardship and political turmoil in Zimbabwe and decide to travel to Johannesburg only to be forced into slavery in an illegal mine in a border town. As Maake explains: “They plot an escape but are seperated instead. One gets deported back and the other is left stranded in no man land.. Inches away from freedom he is forced to turn back and search for his brother dead or alive bring him back to the city of promise or slums.”

The film is still in development phase.

For more information also read this essay (part of a fundraising effort) about the genesis of”Short Cuts” by the film’s producer David Max Brown.

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