Next of Kin: a short film written & directed by Stephen Collins

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"Next of Kin" dramatizes an official visit by a US Army Corporal to the father of a young woman soldier who has just been killed in Iraq.
Almost every day in America these days, a soldier has to make a house call.

Nelsan Ellis as Corp. Elgin Connors
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in Stephen Collins' Next of Kin

"Next of Kin" will next be seen as an official selection at Los Angeles' Pan-African Film Festival, screening there on Wednesday, February 15 at 2:55pm (for more information, go to www.paff.org).  "Next of Kin" will also be an official selection of Toronto's ReelWorld Film Festival, April 19-23, 2006 (www.reelworld.ca).
"Next of Kin" won the Best Directorial Debut award across all categories for Stephen Collins at the Rhode Island International Film Festival last August.  It was also an official 2005 selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, The Austin Film Festival, and The Williamstown Film Festival.  
The film stars Adam Nelson and Nelsan Ellis, the cinematographer is Ronald E. High and the editor is Janet Weinberg. "Next of Kin" runs 18 minutes and is available for screening in DVD, Digi Beta Cam, or HD Cam format.

for both useful and useless information on the writer-director, go to stephencollins.com

Stephen Collins
16530 Ventura Blvd. (Suite 305)
Encino, CA 91436

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