Live Cargo
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Live Cargo is a 2015 thriller currently in post-production. The film was directed by Logan Sandler, 2015 Recipient of the The Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award from AFI[1]. It is Sandler's first feature.[2] Live Cargo's script was co-written by Sandler and Thymaya Payne, a producer, writer, and director whose film about Somali piracy, Stolen Seas won the Boccalino d'Oro at the Locarno Film Festival.[3] Formerly known as "Happy People", the film stars Dree Hemingway, Keith Stanfield, Robert Wisdom, Leonard Earl Howze, and Sam Dillon.[4] Live Cargo was featured alongside five other films in the Champs-Élysées Film Festival's U.S. in Progress Paris section.[5] This year, Live Cargo also participated in IFP's 11th annual Independent Filmmaker Lab.[6]
Plot[4]
Lewis and Nadine, a young couple mourning the loss of their stillborn baby, retreat to a remote Bahamian island to rebuild. Alongside their attempts at re-connection, the two are swept up into a sort of perfect storm — caught in a struggle for the island between long-time de-facto leader Roy, rising criminal force Doughboy, and abandoned vulnerable teen Myron. Will they be able to re-set their lives? At what cause?
Cast
- Dree Hemingway as Nadine
- Keith Stanfield as Lewis
- Robert Wisdom as Roy
- Leonard Earl Howze as Doughboy
- Sam Dillon as Myron
Production
Live Cargo was filmed on location in the Bahamas.[2]
External Links
References
- ^ "Five AFI Conservatory Grads Win Awards For Their Thesis Work From AFI's Community of Supporters". American Film.
- ^ a b "Live Cargo (2015)". IMDb.
- ^ Daniel Howden. "A true-life tale of injustice left trailing in Captain Phillips' wake". the Guardian.
- ^ a b "Live Cargo (2015)". IMDb.
- ^ "2015 – Champs-Elysées Film Festival – US in Progress Paris". www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ Erik Pedersen. "IFP Reveals 2015 Independent Filmmaker Labs Projects & Fellows". Deadline.