Abyss

'From Focus Features, the premiere global brand in original and daring cinema, comes Focus World. Charged with finding the most exciting new voices in international and independent film, Focus World is proud to bring you Africa First: Volume One, the first in a series of short film collections from some of Africa's most compelling new talent. Focus' Africa First program is an initiative designed exclusively for filmmakers of African nationality and residence, and presents annual awards to the best and brightest from around the continent. After touring film festivals around the world, these Africa First short films are now available for audiences everywhere: Dyana Gaye's ?St. Louis Blues,? an invigorating traveling musical, Jenna Bass' ?The Tunnel,? a moving story of a young girl in search of her father, Jan-Hendrik Beetge's ?The Abyss Boys,? a coming-of-age tale amidst rampant corruption and gang violence, and Wanuri Kahiu's ?Pumzi,? a startling vision of the future.'

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver (Ed Harris) soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. The Abyss is written and directed by James Cameron and produced by Gale Anne Hurd, the team responsible for The Terminator and the Oscar -winning Aliens.

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