Pink Zone

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Pink Zone
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Film poster
Directed byBenjamin J. Walter
Written byBenjamin J. Walter
Produced byBenjamin J. Walter, Todd Bartoo, Pauline Mornet
Starring Jayna Sweet
Matt Cooper
Julian Brand
Stell Baharami
CinematographyBenjamin J. Walter
Edited byBenjamin J. Walter
Music byBruce Chianese
Production
company
The One Who Knocks Productions
Distributed by Indican Pictures
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pink Zone is a 2014 science fiction-drama film written and directed by Benjamin J. Walter. [1]

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Plot

It is the year 2026, women are almost on the edge of disappearance due to a fatal kissing virus carried and transmitted by men, reducing the female population to a bare minimum. Under these circumstances, the US government initiates a project called the PINK ZONE to protect and safeguard the remaining females. Emily (Jayna Sweet) is one among them who stays with her father, a legend who created the project. When a group of juvenile delinquents carrying the deadly virus attack the school, reckless Emily has to unite with her rash classmates to fight and save themselves from getting infected.

Cast

Awards

Release

Pink Zone premiered on May 31, 2014, at the Dances With Films film festival at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. [1] It was released on video on demand and DVD on July 19, 2016.

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