Murder in Passing

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Murder in Passing is a Canadian short film series directed by John Greyson, [1] which was broadcast as a series of 42 30-second episodes through January and February 2013 on Pattison Outdoor Advertising's video screens in the Toronto Transit Commission's subway system. [2]

The series stars Alexander Chapman as Epicene, a transgender detective investigating the murder of Mars Brito (Chase Joynt), a bike courier, in the fictional town of Passing, British Columbia. [1] The cast also includes Guillermo Verdecchia, Arsinée Khanjian, Moynan King and Nina Arsenault. [3]

The series was commissioned in 2007 as an outgrowth of the Toronto Urban Film Festival, an annual event in which Pattison screens one-minute short works by artists and filmmakers on its network of subway video screens. [2] The episodes were also distributed as a web series, [2] additional clues to the mystery were published via Twitter and in the Toronto edition of Metro , [3] and Greyson indicated plans to expand it into a feature film. [2] In the web series edition, each episode is followed by a 30-second opera aria, written by David Wall, which also shares clues to the murder. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "TTC offers new platform for mystery". Toronto Star , January 7, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "High drama for commuters". The Globe and Mail , February 12, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Film prof's 'whodunit' Murder in Passing captivates Toronto commuters". yFile , February 6, 2013.
  4. "Murder in Passing: Transmedia on the Toronto Subway". Filmmaker , January 7, 2013.