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WELCOME TO THE STING: Watch Christopher Sheffield’s New Action Thriller Short Now Online

Everyone’s got their dealbreakers when it comes to gauging a director’s work. Either way though, the final product speaks for itself, in all instances, and for me, that’s usually the case for how fun it’s been to keep an eye on director Christopher Sheffield. A few years since he landed on my radar with contract killer thriller, Split Lip, the LA-based independent filmmaker has amassed a worthwhile stack of feature and short duration credits behind the lens, including his latest ten-minute boiler room actioner, Welcome To The Sting, which took center stage in our recent behind-the-scenes coverage of the project. Dev (James M. Black), a fresh-faced detective, takes his first undercover step into the deadly world of the ‘Price Crime Syndicate’, but he learns the hard way that even Harper (Billy R. Smith), a fellow undercover officer who’s been below the surface for too long, can’t keep him safe. It’s […]

FEELING ‘THE STING’: Christopher Sheffield Talks His Newest Shortfilm Thriller, ‘Welcome To The Sting’

Lee B. Golden III

One year since the Coronavirus pandemic laid its grip on the world, most countries have slowly but surely begun making progress. Vaccines are finally circulating while certain areas of the world continue to mitigate daily life with safety measures in place, and that inevitably includes film and television production, one of the most hardest hit industries in the globe as the field naturally calls for numbers of people to be in one place at once. Invariably, independent productions are no different when it comes to enforcing guidelines, putting new habits into practice with social distancing, smaller numbers, mask wearing, etc. Independent, low budget, short-duration projects certainly provide some ease in this regard, particularly with filmmaker and exec producer Christopher Sheffield and the team he’s taken to task with his latest investment Welcome To The Sting, starring James M. Black and actor and industry stunt professional Billy R. Smith. Filming took […]