IN THE PINES
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The Story
With their lives at stake, three young people must rely on their love and friendship to defy the forces of hate and violence that set their world ablaze in turn-of-the-century North Carolina.
Running Time: 18 minutes
In the mid-1960s, Scarlett Manning, now an old lady, retells a chapter of her life story to a camera crew. It’s the story of two lovers caught on opposite sides of a fierce propaganda battle in 1898. The dominant newspapers, printing false news stories, seek to gin up race hate in an effort to retake control of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The lone dissenting voice of truth is Scarlett’s father, who runs the only black-owned newspaper in the country. Scarlett, trying to help her father, gets caught up in the machinations of the power elite. As chaos descends upon her city, she makes one last attempt to save her friends.
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Meet the Cast
Agathe Levi
as Fiona
Amara Ayler
as Young Scarlett
Corrinne Mica
as Ashleigh
John Capocci
as Charles Aycock
John L. Shortt
as Furnifold Simmons
John Potvin
as Sam
Kamary Phillips
as Williford Manning
Pandora Broadwater
as Scarlett
Raphael Siary
as Edgar
Rob Priester
as Clyde
Robbie Allen
as Lyman
Thomas McCarthy
as Josiah Jordan
In the Pines Named Official Finalist at The Antakya International Film Festival in Antakya, Turkey
In the Pines has been named a finalist at The Antakya International Film Festival in Antakya, (Antioch), Turkey. In the Pines is a short film directed by Dugan Bridges and tells the story of a group of friends in turn-of-the-century North Carolina (USA) who get caught up in a massively violent campaign of propaganda and […]
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In the Pines nominated for best short film at The HB Film Festival in Paisley, Scotland
In the Pines has been nominated for Best Short Film at The HB Film Festival in Paisley, Scotland! In the Pines is a short film directed by Dugan Bridges and tells the story of a group of friends in turn-of-the-century North Carolina (USA) who get caught up in a massively violent campaign of propaganda and […]
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In the Pines wins multiple awards in Paris
In the Pines took home the award for Best Drama Short at the 45th edition of the Paris Play Film Festival in Paris, France, this week. In the Pines, directed by Dugan Bridges, tells the story of a group of friends in turn-of-the-century North Carolina (USA) who get caught up in a massively violent campaign […]
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In the Pines nominated for Best Drama
In the Pines has been nominated in the category of Best Drama at the Benelux International Film Festival. The short film, directed by Dugan Bridges, tells the story of a group of friends whose world is torn apart by violence and hate in turn-of-the-century North Carolina. It was shot in Wilmington, N.C., last summer and […]
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