/ Light As Smoke
When The Smoke Clears is the story of three childhood friends and the year that will dramatically change their lives.The story opens with a flashback to the first time the three try drugs, and then zooms forward to them in their current setting as roommates.
Chris is trying to finish getting his degree from a local community college, Shawn works at a local movie theater the he is scamming from, and Raymond is trying to make a move to be a major player in the local drug trade.
The story follows each one down their separate paths, Chris struggles to stay sane in his current surrounding, Shawn becomes more and more a drug addict, and Raymond becomes more ruthless as he loses ties to family.
The film is a drama based on the events that change people's lives and make them ultimately stronger or weaker.
Starring: Mario Angelo, Raj Garewal, Michael Shahin, Cuffs, Haley Pinyerd, Khayel Jons
Directed by: Michael Shahin