Protect the Nation
Directed by: C. R. Reisser
Drama | 2010 |16m 4s
Germany/South Africa

About the Film: When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself. Does he have the courage to do what's right?

Screening Times @ Sinclair
9:30PM Wednesday, June 15 (Shorts Block Africa)
7:30PM Friday, June 17 (Shorts Block Africa)
3:30PM Saturday, June 18 (Shorts Block Africa)

About the Director: Candice Reisser is a New York City native and honors graduate of both the drama and filmmaking programs at New York University. While at NYU she interned for Scott Rudin (academy award winning producer of such films as "No Country for Old Men" and "Revolutionary Road"), Lynda Obst (producer of films including "Sleepless in Seattle" and "The Fisher King") and the literary development department at Paramount Pictures. From there she spent several years working in local theater, commercials and independent film before relocating to Berlin, Germany. It was there that she worked as an assistant to Niki Müllerschön the director of "The Red Baron" and developed two scripts for Niama Film; a fantasy adaptation of a 1960s children's comedy series called "Catweazle", and "My Friend Matt and Hena the Whore", an adaptation of Adam Zameenzad's tender, epic novel of famine and war in East Africa. "Protect the Nation" is her first (short)film as writer and director.