Oakland born director Eric Fisher always had a passion for film making. He started as an intern here at iHeart San Francisco where his talents eventually lead him to LA where he's put in a lot of work following his dreams of becoming a movie director. He now has his second short film dropping this Saturday night. When asked what he wants his audience to take away from this film and what this film means to him he responded by saying:
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"There’s scene in the film where the protagonist, a man who lost his son to a trigger happy police officer, takes the power in his own hands. After traveling back in time, the protagonist finds himself outside of the police officers home, waiting for a moment to act. A struggle between the two play out and the roles are then reversed. The police officer finds himself on the opposite end of his own gun. But that’s just the start of it. The officer’s son, who innocently thinks his dad is just wrestling around joins in on the fun. Except the reality of the situation is far from entertaining. So here we are, the police officer and his son at gun point, with the protagonist there to avenge his son. At least that’s what it looks like. After the protagonists gets a text message from his son saying that he made it home, it is then that the protagonist completes his mission. He wasn’t out for revenge. He was simply there to prevent the police officer from ever getting close to his son which in all meant that he was willing to sacrifice his own life to save his son. Now that he knows that his son is home safe, he bursts out in excitement and surrenders the gun to the officer. This scene represents many things, Sacrifice being the obvious one. But it also humanizes the situation. On surface, we see a black man and a white police officer, something we’ve seen in the news way too often. But at core, they are both fathers who would do anything to save their children. I feel like too often, police shootings against unarmed black men go on without justice to the victim. Maybe just maybe, if the world looked at those black men as fathers, sons, brothers and could relate to them on a human level, some of those men would still be alive today and the police officers responsible for those murders would be held accountable.
A few topic of discussion I hope to raise: Firearm practice with police, police being held accountable for unlawful murders, and gun control. If we continue to have conversations on these topics, hopefully we will eventually come to a peaceful solution".
Check out his latest film "Never Too Late", which is out NOW! Click below and make sure to subscribe to his Youtube channel to keep up with his upcoming work. Congrats Eric and can't wait to see your work on the big screen one day!