Blackout

Mar 31, 2019

0h 14m

★ 4.0

Eight minutes twenty seconds

Overview

What would you do if you knew the sun was about to expire and life as we know it would be changed forever? Blackout is a short film that takes place in the approximate 8 minutes it takes for light to reach Earth from the Sun as two strangers, Sampson and Darryl, discuss what they wish they could have done differently had they not taken sunlight for granted.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rogue Wave Cinema

Blackout Trailers

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Cast

Sampson

Pablo Sandstrom

Darryl

Roland Lane

Announcer 1 (voice)

Casey Raiha

Announcer 2 (voice)

Beatrice Roberts

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