John Philips

A portrait of a rebel and his search for the unknown. This was James Rolfe's senior film in college, (2004) originally intended as a pilot episode for a series based on urban legends in southern New Jersey. He was inspired by Weird NJ magazines, the Twilight Zone and anthology films like Creepshow.

In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?