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Trip is an aspiring trumpet player with one foot in the streets and the other in his music. A lifetime of poor decisions has placed him between the police and mysterious figure Mississippi Black in his pursuit of stardom in 1945. He soon finds things are not always what they seem.
Production
1945 Harlem atmosphere on indie budget — period detail punches above weight.
Sound
Trumpet as narrative voice — music tells story dialogue won't.
Director
Mike A. Pender
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