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Shock Act

Vernon Phelps, an out-of-work actor living with his father in a squalid Brooklyn appartment, lands a job simulating electrocution for a prison research experiment. The experiment will determine whether or not female guards have the emotional resolve to execute convicts. "Shock Act" is about Vernon's journey as an actor, and about the inhumanity of the death penalty.

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Cast & Crew See All

Monifa Fola Brown
Natalie Carter
Officer Bryant
Rosa Curry
Officer Bowen

Awards

  • 2004 - Gold Hugo - Best Student Film - winner
  • 2004 - King Award - Graduate - nominated
  • 2004 - Gold Hugo - Best Short Film - nominated
  • 2004 - Jury Award - Best Narrative Short - winner