BLACK COFFEE
Narrative | 9 min | 2009


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Director TRAN QUOC BAO
Producer SEATTLE SCHOOL
Written by TIMOTHY WATKINS & CHARLES FORSGREN
Director of Photography CHRISTOPHER BELL
Editor KRIS KRISTENSEN
Music Composer ERIC GOETZ

Synopsis
Someone has found out about David's affair and is blackmailing him. David plans to make the payment to spare his political career, but he's about to find out he's been double-crossed.

Cast (in order of appearance)
MELISSA MELISSA ROBERTS
NATALIE NINA CARDUNER
DAVID YUJI OKUMOTO

Press and Media
"SIFF Fly Films" - Seattle City Arts Magazine
"Battling Through SIFF 2009's 'Fly Filmmaking Challenge'" - Film Threat
"ChannelAPA.com Interviews Tran Quoc Bao"
"2009 Spotlight Award Winner: Filmmaker Bao Tran" - Seattle Magazine


Reviews
"One of the sharper short thrillers I've seen in a while."
     -- Cinema Crazed
"Highly entertaining and fraught with tension."
     -- Rogue Cinema
"A taut thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat."
     -- Rogue Cinema
"Masterfully assembled from beginning to end"
     -- FilmJabber

Screenings and Awards
2011 Vietnamese Int'l Film Festival
2011 Beloit Int'l Film Festival
2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival
2009 Seattle Int'l Film Festival
2009 Bumbershoot 1 Reel Film Festival