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Carolyn Talks 'Marooned Awakening' with Filmmaker Musaab Mustafa

In this episode of Carolyn Talk..., writer and director Musaab Mustafa chats with me about his debut feature film MAROONED AWAKENING, which explores the ways his lead character Alex tries to escape his life with his father on their small island home of Guersney.


The film stars Cameron Ashplant as Alex, and Murray McArthur as his father.


#MaroonedAwakening is available for streaming on #Amazon #PimeVideo #AppleTVPlus and other platforms. Visit the #IMDB page for more information.


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