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Black Metal

BLACK METAL

 

A black teen is determined to make it as a heavy metal artist in defiance

of his father, a failed jazz musician.

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Short Film: Winner of the Spring 2022 M Film Lab and Produced by Open Screenplay

Starring

Thaddeus Newman

Darian Michael Garey

Darius Marquis Johnson

Joshua Loudermilk

Hannah Kwon

Billy Hayes

Oliver Fredin

and 

Colin Lang

Written and Directed by Michael Hyon Johnson

Executive Producers - Mohannad Malas, Khaled Sabawi, and Sami Sabawi

Produced by Zade Akkad

 

Director of Photography - Brody Anderson

Production Designer - Carrie Liu

Wardrobe Supervisor - Hunter Freeman

VFX Supervisor - Jameson Mitchell

Edited by Kyle Kogan

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