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Among the many short films were released last year, one that definitely stood out among the crowd and that we have covered before on S & A was The Painter.Written and directed by Kevin Cooper, a film and TV commercial producer previously based in L.A. and who’s now an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago Film School, the film, which was produced by Deanna Cooper and executive produced by Emil Arab, deals with a young boy who lives in a world where violence surrounds him and his sole means of survival is to escape through his art.After extensively traveling through the film festival circuit last year, including the Chicago International Film Festival, Urbanword La ...

Amarok Productions is tackling the tough subject of how violence is robbing the innocence of our youth in its current short film entitled The Painter. Written and directed by Kevin Cooper, The Painter’s poignant anti-violence film can be seen at UrbanWorld Film Festival on September 20th 5 p.m. and September 21st at Noon at AMC 34th Street 14.

Cooper partnered with non-profit organizations (Ucan and Youth Guidance) to include children from high risk areas in the filmmaking process. “It was inspiring working with these children…a film about the violence with the help of victims,” says Cooper.

Ron Caldwell (“Flight”) stars in the film and will be in attendance at UrbanWorld.

A boy, barely 12-years-old, lives in a world where violence surrounds him. His sole means of survival is to escape the violence outside by creating art. He is alone – abandoned for as long as he can remember. He begins...