Underground Orange (Bajo Naranja)

Directed by Michael Taylor Jackson

USA/Argentina
85'
2024

feature competition

Nuovo Cinema Aquila

Movie theater:1

20/11/2024 9:30 pm

Directed by Michael Taylor Jackson

Screenplay:Michael Taylor Jackson

Photography:Luis Sens and Federico Martini

Editing:Joaquín Elizalde

Set design:Ana Massera

Costume design:Flora Caligiuri

Music:Montonn Jira

Sound:Sofía Straface

Producer:Godfrey Reggio, James Lefkowitz, Joel Pincosy, Manuela Alewaerts, Flor Franco, Jimena Monteoliva, Michael Taylor Jackson

Production:Underground Orange LLC

World sales:FeelSales

Cast: Michael Taylor Jackson, Sofía Gala Castiglione, Vera Spinetta, Bel Gatti, Gianluca Zonzini

A Californian backpacker becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap the US Ambassador to Argentina.

Michael Taylor Jackson is a writer, director and a visual artist who attended art school in Buenos Aires before moving to New York City to complete an MFA in Film Directing in 2019. While in school, his short film series “Harlemites” screened at the Cinequest, Sarasota, and Sonoma Film Festival where he won the Best Dramatic Short and the American Diversity Award. In 2020, Michael directed two music videos for Universal Music, and in 2024 he completed his debut feature film, “Underground Orange”.

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