Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/21/2015 -- Highlights:

- Shot on 35mm film that was left over from the Coen Brothers' upcoming Hail. Caesar!

- Filmed in a Korean-owned market that actually burned down during the 1992 LA riots

- Director of Photography has shot feature films and music videos for artists like Justin Bieber, Rick Ross, and Skrillex

- Composer has created music for trailers of movies like Furious 7, and Lone Survivor

A short film inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles riots is aimed at shining light on the struggle Korean-American merchants faced at the onset of civil unrest while exploring racial and moral dilemmas at the epicenter of humanity.

Named after the tumultuous month in central Los Angeles after the controversial Rodney King trial verdict April 29, 1992, offers a vignette into a Korean storeowner's balancing act between taking up arms against looters and protecting his family. A variety of rioters present unique challenges to the store owner who wants his business to survive while holding onto his wife and daughter and his own rationality.

The movie set in '92 was shot on 35mm film to add to the authenticity of the time period in which the events unfolded, an aspect director and screenwriter Robert Nyerges was intent on to show the timelessness of ongoing racial distrust and civil unrest.

"I wanted to keep it honest with the 1992 time period. It was important to show that this is still happening," Nyerges said. "There's this cyclical process of racism. This is still happening, and it's really disheartening."

The idea for the film spawned in 2013 but it wasn't until the police killing of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Mo. and the subsequent public outcry when Nyerges knew it was a short film worth pursuing.

"Rodney King said it best when he said, 'Can't we all just get along?'" Nyerges explained. "Maybe this is what it takes, for people to see the uglier side of humanity."

Scouting for locations, Nyerges and producer Matt Hardman found one of the Korean markets that had been looted, vandalized and burned to the ground during the rioting, forcing the store owners to rebuild and reopen years later. Shooting inside a Korean-owned business that had been impacted so severely by the rioting was vital to the authenticity of the film, Nyerges said.

April's Way's success will be a springboard to a road of awareness and advocacy framed around race, police brutality, cultural disparity and the exploration of humanity, Nyerges explained. Soon, the filmmaker will launch a crowdfunding campaign aimed at funding additional featurettes and interviews to better explore the multicultural impacts such riots have had on the people of Los Angeles and across the nation.

"With more eyes on the project, the more people we reach and the more lives we touch," Nyerges said.

Hardman adds: "Because there's a cause, we want to give this a life beyond just the release of the film."

To learn more about the film and follow its progress, visit April's Way http://kck.st/1MRUKrU

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