”Hood Of the Dead” Government Agents supply bio-agent contaminated crack to South Central Los Angeles causing a citywide zombie epidemic. An independent internet-news broadcast “Hood News” breaks the news that the crack is causing people to turn into flesh eating zombies. “Hood News” follows the mayhem around south central as the chaos expands to the entire country. Warnings are broadcasts via the internet and television urging people to stop smoking the crack. The story follows a group of would-be survivors’ hustle from the Korean market, to the swap meet, to the strip club, to the club through the streets of LA as they band together to escape the zombie onslaught. In order to survive they must overcome obstacles, personal struggles, and internal strife. A “Hood News” broadcast alerts the city that in order to save themselves they should head for the water. Along the way the group meets chollas, gangbangers, pimps, hoes a CIA agent, a UPS agent … and a lost couple from the suburbs. A dangerous plan is hatched to cross the city in order to flee to the beach in the hope of swimming out to rescue vehicles. Who will survive? Written and Directed by Freeman White III Written and DP Rosa Ortiz Written and 1st AD Chelly Ortiz Produced by Darya Danesh Starring Billy Broham HOOD NEWS, Antonio Moralez, Kayheed Allahn Murray, Lenny Wanser, Walter Perez, Nestor Martinez