Butterfly Dust is a short film examining the ramifications of humans playing God. In this sci-fi thriller, a team of scientists, employed by Barsa Island Cosmetics, inhabits a compound on an island working to develop Mariposa, a drug designed to improve a woman’s beauty and amplify her intelligence. The remarkable gains achieved are short-lived, however, and the test subjects revert to savage, animalistic behavior, viciously killing many of the people working on the island.
Before learning of the regression in the test subjects, Dr. Judith Nelson injects herself with an enhanced version of Mariposa – essentially a super serum that introduces transformative traits much more rapidly. Without knowing of her self-experimentation, three other remaining scientists and one security guard barricade themselves in the same laboratory with Judith to withstand their creation until help can arrive. As they learn of Judith’s secret, the small group must wrestle with their conscience to ensure survival from both the threat outside the lab and from within, a moral dilemma that will ultimately decide their fate.
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CAST
Todd Robert Anderson
Albert
Brandon Bales
Frank
Alexis Boozer
Sarah
Kevin Marron
Dex
Heather L. Tyler
Judith
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