Awake

Several hundred years in the future, colonizing ships send tens of thousands of people to start a new life on earth-like planets in different solar systems; all passengers are cryogenically frozen for the duration of the 1,000-year voyage. For people who can’t afford the high cost of buying fare on the ship, they can pay their way as part of the crew: ten years on the crew equals passage for one person. These individuals are taken out of cryogenic sleep once, left awake to work their years, and then are frozen again. People are woken in staggered shifts--a full crew is six “awake” people at one time. 

600 years into the voyage, Hina Hwan is woken to work her half of the thirty years needed to pay the fare of her fiancee and his young daughter. But she quickly learns that the only thing worse than six people isolated in space...is six people and an unidentified corpse. 

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All purchases will support the following charities:

KIND is a charity that makes sure unaccompanied minors who immigrate to the US have access to lawyers and legal support.

The Florence Project

The Florence Project is an Arizona charity that helps immigrant kids, adults, and families learn their rights and provides legal and social services.

United We Dream is an immigrant youth-led charity working to defund ICE and protect DACA kids and their families from deportation.

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Directed by: Rebecca Scoble

Written by: Tory Woollcott and Barabara

Art by: Angela Sham

Edited by: Rebecca Scoble and Leah Waig

Cast:

Hina -- Rielle Braid

Janelle -- Jae Jae Lopez

Robbie -- Jesse Hodson

Rosa -- Annemieke Wade

Travis -- Alex O'Shea

Seb -- Adam Ford

Many thanks to Leena Erik-Soussi, Phu Nguyen, Sharif E. and Aya.