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To date having won 30 accolades among 59 screenings in 13 countries on 6 continents plus 6 United States, this Academy Award® nomination qualified, Best Activism Film explores California employee’s rights to timely labor compensation. It also explains the process through which workers can be compensated as much as 60 times their late sent discharging pay check!

The second half of this Hollywood Movie Industry Employee Support Documentary Film includes a LIVE, audience interactive Q&A lead by the film maker during the 6 minutes that screen credits roll. Therefore, Phillip E. Walker himself will attend your Event if our petite motion picture is Officially Selected by your committee in a timely manner!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9592216

  • Phillip E. Walker
    Director
    Love Machine
  • Phillip E. Walker
    Writer
    Can I Speak For You Brother?
  • Phillip E. Walker
    Producer
    Darkroom, Kindness Activity & God's Gift to Comedians
  • Leko Stratus
    Editor
  • Phillip E. Walker
    Key Cast
    "Self"
    Scheduled to break the nine hundred acting jobs and/or performance appearances mark during his first five La La Land years, to date Walker has played in eighty-eight music videos including as a Principal Dancer in Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” Trolls movie theme song, in Beyoncé’s “Hold Up”, J. Cole’s “ATM”, Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk”, Kendrick Lamar’s first two Grammy Award wins for “I”, etc. With SAG Theatrical Co-Staring credits in the likes of Marvel TV’s Legion opposite Dan Steven, HBO TV’s Sharp Objects opposite Amy Adams and (as chronicled in his talent employment workbook) the Lead’s father in John Singleton’s Snowfall on FX TV, Phil’s feature-length movie shoots include the Lifestyle channel’s The Other Wife, Ryan Stevens Moon Garden which is now in post-production and the just released Flying Cars. Phillip’s first 50 short film performances include David Schell’s CSU-Long Beach junior undergraduate student production Darkroom, which has earned seventeen film festival accolades among sixty selections on six continents plus arguably his best short film performance to date in André Campbell’s multi award-winning Lew’s Up First, the wildly popular Abbott & Costello “Who’s On First” stand-up comedy routine homage which last year aired on more than one hundred USA Network affiliate local TV stations Nationwide in BadamiTV’s African American Short Films series. Having performed in at least one commercial/industrial/promotional gig every month since June of 2015 for brands such as Nike, State Farm and Jimmy John’s, Phillip Walker’s first SAG National Commercial On Camera Principal role is in the currently airing Darren Aronofsky directed United States Food & Drug Administration video game “Only One Leaves”.
  • L.. Stratus
    Cinematography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 19, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    1080p
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Four Walled Short Film Series
    Lagos
    United States
    July 26, 2019
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Academy Award® Nomination Qualifying Standard Theatrical Run
  • Docs Without Borders Film Festival

    Merit Award plus Awards of Excellence in Research & Viewer Impact
  • Chambal International Film Festival
    Kota, Rajasthan
    India
    January 18, 2020
  • Jaipur Film Market
    Jaipur, Rajasthan
    India
    January 20, 2020
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • Deep Sea Movies
    Pune, Maharashtra
    India
    January 22, 2020
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • an ANTI-HERO Production Genre Fest
    Burbank, CA
    United States
    February 16, 2020
  • So You Think You Can Act Competition
    Lewes, DE
    United States
    March 20, 2020
    Deleware Debut
  • World Record Film Festival
    Jaipur, Rajasthan
    India
    March 23, 2020
    Honorary Jury Member
  • African Smartpone International Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    December 7, 2019
    AFRICAN
  • Independent Cinema Showcase
    LA LIVE, CA
    United States
    November 17, 2019
    Los Angeles Debut
  • Chico Independent Film Festival
    Chico, CA
    United States
    November 16, 2019
    NorCal Debut
  • World Film Fair
    Santa Monica, CA
    United States
    November 13, 2019
    Best US Documentary Short
  • World Film Fair
    Santa Monica, CA
    United States
    November 12, 2019
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • Producer's Club
    New York, NY
    United States
    November 1, 2019
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • New York City International Films Infest Festival
    New York, NY
    United States
    October 17, 2019
    New York City Debut
    Best Activism Film
  • Top Ten PhilE Awards
    Rancho Cucamonga
    United States
    October 14, 2019
    Most Important Production
  • Inland Empire Film Festival
    Rancho Cucamonga
    United States
    October 13, 2019
    GRAND PRIZE & Top Family Movie
  • BlackMovieFest
    Rancho Cucamonga
    United States
    October 13, 2019
    Top Edu-tainment Movie
  • Best World Films Fair
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA
    United States
    October 11, 2019
  • Five Continents International Film Festival
    Puerto la Cruz
    Argentina
    October 3, 2019
    SOUTH AMERICAN Premiere
  • 5th African American Drama Company
    Rancho Cucamonga
    United States
    October 12, 2019
    Phillip E. Walker Acting Retrospective Series
  • Zuni Guest House
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    October 5, 2019
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • Lisbon Film RendezVous
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    October 4, 2019
    EUROPEAN Premiere
  • Raven Playhouse
    North Hollywood, CA
    United States
    September 28, 2019
    Hollywood Actor Jobs Workshop
  • Las Vegas Global Film Convention
    Las Vegas, NV
    United States
    September 25, 2019
    Nevada Debut
  • Twin Tiers International Film Festival
    Norwich, NY
    United States
    September 21, 2019
    Special Guest
  • Aasha International Film Festival
    Nashik, Maharashta
    India
    September 16, 2019
    INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
    Best Film
  • Hollywood New Directors

    United States
    not screened
    Honorable Mention
  • Great Lakes Christian Film Festival
    Buffalo, NY
    United States
    August 4, 2019
    New York Debut
    Medallian Award
  • Space Station Artist's Initiative
    Hollywood, CA
    United States
    August 2, 2019
    GettingPaid.us CONFERENCE
  • Walker Family Reunion
    St. Louis, MO
    United States
    July 4, 2019
    Mid-Western USA Debut
  • After Play
    San Francisco, CA
    United States
    June 9, 2019
    Private Preview
  • First Fridays Film PREMIERES
    Rancho Cucamonga, CA
    United States
    June 7, 2019
    California Debut
  • 3rd African American Drama Company
    Aiea, HI
    United States
    February 2, 2019
    Inaugural Private Preview
    Phillip E. Walker Acting Retrospective Series
Director Biography - Phillip E. Walker

Having directed more than 100 plays, this is Walker's debut film directing stint.

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Director Statement

Performance can be very powerful!