SHIFT
56 minutes, drama, 1999
Description
SHIFT tells the story of the volatile relationship between Melanie, a waitress in an airport coffee shop, and Louis, a telemarketing prison inmate in a new prison labor program. Stars Chris Meloni (Oz, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), Alethea Allen and Eric Thal (A Stranger Among Us, The Wedding). Funded by the Independent Television Service for public television.
Highlights
Rotterdam International Film Festival • Broadcast on 22 PBS stations • Broadcast on VPRO (Netherlands)
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“A timely and well-told story of two people attempting to find emotional connection in a dehumanizing and alienated world characterized by rising expectations and diminishing opportunities.”