American Son Q&A, originally uploaded by jeffries17.

Amazing. you have to watch. i went in knowing nothing and was blown away. go!

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So, American Son is a pretty great movie. The idea behind it is a kid from Bakersfield finds out before his trip home for Thanksgiving that he’ll be leaving for Iraq in 96 hours, so he only has a little time left with his friends, family and hometown. That kid is Nick Cannon! Met him, friend Megan took a picture with him, the cast was insightful when answering questions… all well and good.

According to the director the movie was shot in only 22 days, which is pretty incredible. I heard Once was shot in 17 days, but other than that, those are two of the fastest shoots for prominent movies in a while. Gives me something to aim toward? I think working that fast would be pretty inspiring.