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STATE OF THE NATION

n writer/director Carey Williams’ three college students discover a dangerously inebriated girl on the floor of their living room, and embark on a chaotic quest to drop her at the ER in time for an all-night party crawl. So far, so campus caper 101. What apart is the fact that all three of the well-intentioned trio are men of colour – two Black, one Latino – and they’re keenly aware what the likely consequences will be if they’re discovered with an unconscious white girl in their back seat.

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