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Shortfilm Review: BLACK SALT (2015)

The Fall season showed great prospects for comic book creator Owen Ratliff in the several years it took for his latest live-action endeavor to come to fruition. The new half-hour martial arts superhero short, Black Salt, took to the stage last month at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo winning the shortfilm competition and securing digital distribution among other potential things to come, and for good reason. Directed by Ben Ramsey from a script by Phillip Daay with successful online crowdfunding, Black Salt doesn’t hesitate to iterate its roots for fans of comic book lore. Right away, we briefly, but amply begin learning about our protagonist, Samuel Tharpe (Kinyumba Mutakabbir), an MI-6 agent who rose from adversity and tragedy to youthful greatness as a Shaolin prospect until his departure from the temple in China. Soon enough, we meet actress Sheena Chou who plays Li Jing, a mysterious woman and the […]

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BLACK SALT Wraps Filming + New Pics, Set Footage

Lee B. Golden III

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign going into the new year, Blood And Bone helmer, director Ben Ramsey recently wrapped a week-long production on the forthcoming shortfilm, Black Salt. Rising star, lead actor Kinyumba Mutakabbir takes on the title role with a script by based on the original comic book by creator and producer Owen Ratliff with a script by Phillip Daay. SYNOPSIS: Black Salt is a live-action short film project. With only four days left the clock ticks down towards a new world holocaust. The only thing standing in its path is Interpol’s deadliest black-ops agent, Samuel Tharpe. Sam hunts down the path of a game-changing weapon of mass destruction called the Exterminatus. He follows hot on its trail deep into the ancient land of China where he must seek aid from the Abbot at the Shaolin Temple. An evil Yakuza master stole the Exterminatus and seeks to use it […]