Prisoner #1616

[Plays Oct. 21 and 28 as part of the 28th Austin Film Festival that runs Oct. 21-28; for information, log on to www.austinfilmfestival.com.] Michael Fodera's compelling, intriguing, thought-provoking, well-acted, tense, 20-minute film in which a no-nonsense scientific researcher (Eulone Goodin) and her partner (Kyle Primack) enter a maximum security prison bearing croissants for the security guard (Daniel Fodera) and encourages the participation of a volatile, menacing lifer convict (Eric Whitten) in a scientific study regarding the correlation of dreams, sympathetic DNA, past lives, and his unique genetic barcode and for every truthful answer the inmate gives he will receive $500 in his commissary account.
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