From Sand to Celluloid – Payback

Clip 2: Take you out another way

2 min 44 sec

Taken from the short film From Sand to Celluloid – Payback (1996)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

The inmate Paddy (George Djilaynga) is given his possessions. He picks up his watch and adjusts it. It begins to work again. Paddy is told to sign the paper ‘Paddy’ and have a nice life. The jail is unlocked by a guard. Paddy is led from the jail. Paddy stands before the final door to freedom. Figures move beneath the door. Someone is waiting for him. The guard offers to take him out another way.

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