Producer-actor Jamal Mallory-McCree has released the trailer to his upcoming short film, the psychological thriller ‘The Zoo.’
Denim Richards (Yellowstone) directed the short film from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Gibson (Criminal Minds). Producers on the film include Richards, Gibson, McCree and Britani Golden of Pink Hammer Entertainment.
The Zoo, tackles the often untold story of the the black experience during the Holocaust. During the Nazi Regime, Europe tried to take control of Africa. In doing so, they faced major challenges and proved unsuccessful. Frustrated, they wanted to know how blacks were able to withstand the heat and climate, and what they deemed uncivilized conditions. Thus, they would capture and perform gruesome experiments on black Prisoners of War and local Afro German citizens – testing their skin, organs, mental capacity, education, and most importantly, their faith. The Zoo at its heart is a tale about identity, survival, and how much we are
all alike.
This is a psychological thriller that follows the unlikely mentorship between Dr. Richter, the one performing the experiments, and one of his newest subjects, Benjamin. A book-smart Afro-German, Benjamin ends up saving Dr. Richter’s life. Confused and mesmerized, Richter befriends Benjamin to learn as much as he can, forcing Benjamin on a quest for survival.
The cast includes Charles Townsend, Brian Wallace, Mel Chude, Sarunas Jackson, Jon Chaffin, Vladimir Versailles, J. Mallory McCree, Victor Kamwendo, and Aaron Cavette.
The film was executive produced by Obba Babatundé, Cornelius Smith, Jr. and Angela Lewis.
The Zoo, serves as a short of the feature, The Forgotten Ones, which explores the wider forgotten experiences of blacks, homosexuals, Gypsies, sexual assault of women, and the mentally ill during Hitler’s Holocaust.
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