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Every Mother's Son
Three women from vastly different backgrounds unite to protest the deaths of their sons, all of whom died suspiciously in custody of the NYPD.
An unconventional love story set in the world of private prisons, where inmates work for giant corporations.
Born and raised in Montreal, Kelly Anderson has lived in New York City for the past 15 years, where she is an assistant professor in the department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College. Her recent credits include Out At Work and Making a Killing (both produced and directed with Tami Gold), which she also edited, and Shift, a one-hour drama she produced… Show more
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An unconventional love story set in the South in the near future, Shift unfolds in a world of high unemployment, low-wage service jobs, tough anti-crime laws, and private prisons where inmates earn less than minimum wage working for giant corporations. One night Louis, an inmate doing corporate telemarketing, calls Melanie, a waitress in a South Carolina airport coffee shop. Frustrated with her dead-end job and unemployed husband, Melanie flirts with Louis and a volatile relationship begins.
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