Technical Information
Category: Short Narrative
Running Time: 9 minutes
Original Format: Super16 B&W
Language: English
Date of Completion: May 2009

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 2009 Fly Filmmaking Challenge" - Press Release 3.17.09
"SIFF Begins Two Months Early" - Seattle Weekly 3.27.09
"SIFF Fly Films" - Seattle City Arts Magazine 5.09
"Soul of Seattle radio interview with Tran Quoc Bao" - MP3 link (starts at 01:40 mark) 5.17.09
"Local Vietnamese Filmmaker serves up 'Black Coffee'" - International Examiner 5.20.09
Women in Film Seattle 5.09
"Battling Through SIFF 2009's 'Fly Filmmaking Challenge'" - Film Threat 8.03.09
"ChannelAPA.com Interviews Tran Quoc Bao" - ChannelAPA.com 05.10

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
2009 Seattle Int'l Film Festival - World Premiere
2009 Bumbershoot 1 Reel Film Festival
2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival
2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2011 Beloit Int'l Film Festival
2011 Vietnamese Int'l Film Festival