Judas

An undocumented immigrant confronts a dogmatic ICE agent as he’s being taken to an ICE detention center, bargaining faith for his sister’s freedom.

  • Hal Carlton-Ford
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    15
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition 2020
    Los Angeles, CA
    July 17, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Script Summit Screenplay Contest
    Royal Oak, MI
    August 3, 2020
    Official Selection
Writer Biography - Hal Carlton-Ford

Hal Carlton-Ford is a Brooklyn based writer-director hailing from Cincinnati, OH. In film and theater, his work focuses on complex interpersonal relationships. Trained as a director in the Meisner technique, Hal collaborates with the Chelsea Rep Lab and The Acting Studio in midtown Manhattan.

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Writer Statement

I want Judas, first as a short and then as a feature length production, to change the conversation and agenda around our brutal treatment of immigrants the way that Soderbergh’s Traffic changed conversations about drug trafficking.