Four black students sit down at a 'whites only' lunch counter in 1963, Jackson, Mississippi, and face the wrath of a white mob. Produced and Shot by Bret Hamilton

A TV pilot about a comedian desperate for laughs in a cruel and unfunny world. Synopsis: A visually-striking dark comedy about an aspiring stand up-comic from a small town who moves to the big and heartless city to try and make it. After moving into his decrepit, closet sized apartment and failing miserably at his first open mic, Bob reaches out to an old friend, Trendon, who has achieved fame and success with comedy's elite. When Trendon makes Bob the laughing stock of his party, Bob finds an unlikely comedic partner in Katrina, a revolutionary by day who moonlights open mic nights to rattle the cages of white collar slaves. Produced and Shot by Bret Hamilton

A scene from the Columbia Advanced Practicum Film "Setting Son" directed by Rachel Rosen (2015) Edited by Austin Andries & Alex Witt