NTSC/16:9/TRT 85:00/Color and B&W/2019
Black Pool is a gripping thriller of imprisonment and interrogation, as three desperate people engage in a battle of wills that may leave one of them dead. Set all in one night, the film uses a contemporary story of fatalism and vengeance to explore the conflict that has raged in Northern Ireland for nearly a hundred years.
Michael is a tortured Irishman living with his wife Emma in America. Perpetually down on his luck, he has projected his life’s misfortune onto a stranger, a man who changed his life in a tragic incident nearly thirty years earlier. A shadowy figure he saw for only a fleeting moment. But tonight, through a chance encounter, he believes he’s found the man who ruined his life. And he’s going to make him pay.
But does he have the right man?
This question ignites a revenge-fueled game of cat-and-mouse that will test Michael’s understanding of his past. And caught between the two men is Emma, who may hold the only key to escaping the night alive.
This Irish/American co-production, shot partially in Ireland and partially in the U.S., stars Tom Walton, Amber Stonebraker and Todd Van Voris. The film was partially shot on location in Dublin and Belfast. The film premiered at the Yofi Irish Film Festival in New York City and went on to screen at more than four dozen festivals worldwide, winning many awards in the process. The film was picked up for distribution by Mutiny Pictures and Mill Creek Entertainment. Willamette Week called the film “claustrophobic, intense [and] white-knuckling”.
The film is available on many streaming services, including Amazon Prime.
All of Prof. Morrow’s films are also viewable at his Vimeo channel.
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