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| Addiction actor and produce Perri Pierre |
"Addiction" is the first Haitian film to be
qualified for an Academy Award. It is the
story of a young man who battles between his addiction to drugs and alcohol and
his quest to find true love.
Film
Company Amis Entertainment is teaming up with Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles,
California to theatrically release filmmaker Perri
Pierre's touching short
film, "Addiction". The theatrical release, which screens twice daily
from June
28th until June 30th 2013,
fulfills the qualifications set by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences for the film to be considered for an Academy Award in the Live Action
Short category in 2014.
The
screenings at the Laemmle Noho 7 mark
the film's theatrical debut and it will continue to run on the film festival
circuit for the coming year as the film's producer makes his push towards the
2014 Academy Awards.
The
film's producer is: Perri Pierre, born in
Brooklyn, NY, he’s an award-winning filmmaker and actor. After studying Drama
and Theatre at Queens College (City University of New York), he decided to
focus solely on his passion for film. In 2011, he wrote, directed and lead in
his first production J-12, which is scheduled to air on national television
soon. He later produced and starred in
his second production, ‘Three
of One Kind’ with which he
won his first award, a People’s choice Award by
the International Movie Trailer Festival. Addiction is his third production. Other than his own, Perri has appeared in Law & Order: SVU, Cupid and more.
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