Coffee and A Donut
Director: Cary Patrick Martin
Short: Narrative
Drama - Social Commentary |
USA |
10 min
Pablo, a young immigrant, new to the USA, speaks no English, and is very much a stranger. During his first visit to a diner, and not, knowing how to order, he mimics another customer, and so …a “coffee and a donut” becomes his regular order, until he realizes a more inviting meal could be gotten with some help from those around him.
Director’s bio:
Cary Patrick Martin makes his directorial debut with Coffee and a Donut, with two more films currently in post production. Originally from Syracuse, NY, Cary has been working in the NYC theater/film scene for more than half his life, performing everything from improv to Shakespeare. Cary has been a student of Ela Thier at the Independent Film School, having also studied with Sande Shurin Acting Studio, and The American Globe Theater, among others. He toured extensively with National Theater of the Performing Arts, was a principle performer/combatant with the New York Renaissance Faire, and a company member of Mortal Folly Theatre. He has also produced charity cabarets to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.