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Opening Night Film at Out In the Desert on 2/17

February 6, 2012

7 PM at the Screening Room:

http://www.outinthedesertff.org/events/news/event/morgan/

From director MICHAEL AKERS (Gone, But Not Forgotten; Phoenix) and producer SANDON BERG (Gone, But Not Forgotten; Phoenix) comes another genre defining and award winning film about MORGAN (Leo Minaya, Manito, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer), a young man who’s spirit and drive prevents him from accepting his new life as a paraplegic.

After his accident Morgan exiles himself from the outside world that only serves to remind him of a life he can no longer lead. A chance encounter on a basketball court with Dean Kagen (newcomer Jack Kesy), inspires Morgan to try to rebuild his life, and he decides to enter the wheelchair division of the race in which he wrecked. Dean helps Morgan train in his wheelchair, and a romance blossoms between them. But when the training begins to take a toll, Dean demands that Morgan quit the race. Unable and unwilling to squelch his competitive nature, Morgan defies Dean’s wishes and races the hill that took his ability to walk. In a repeat of the events at his last race, Morgan is pushed to a breaking point that forces him to choose between what he wants and what he needs.

“Leo Minaya gives a winning performance,” OutWord Magazine. With amazing supporting performances by Kesy, Darra “Like Dat” Boyd (VH1’s Flavor of Love), Madalyn McKay (Taffy Was Born) and Theodore Bouloukos (Vacationland, Between Something and Nothing), and gorgeous cinematography by Chris Brown (Phoenix), MORGAN is a powerful story of perseverance, determination and, of course, love.