Asher

An ambitious Latino college student infiltrates a religious sect known as the Black Israelites to write a thesis paper. Twitter: @asherthefilm

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ASHER tells the story of Paul Rueda, an ambitious college student who goes undercover in a religious organization known as The Black Israelites to write a college paper that he believes will make him famous.

“The Israelites” are known for preaching on the streets of New York. Their central tenets are that Blacks and Latinos are the true Chosen People of the Bible: that the world is controlled by a secret society known as the Illuminati who has spent thousands of years plotting the domination of the world, and that the Earth is in its final days.

As Paul gets deeper within the ranks of the Israelites, he befriends Zebulon, a young, rising member who Paul hopes to exploit for information.

However, Paul gets in over his head when he begins to “see" evidence that seems to prove the group’s beliefs, in particular, the belief that the Illuminati has started a plan to kill off the population of the world through biological weapons such as anthrax, and diseases like AIDS.

When Zebulon confides to Paul that he has formed a separatist group and that they are plotting a secret operation intended as a strike against the Illumanati.

Fueled by his growing conviction that The Israelites’ beliefs are correct, combined with the idea that he is documenting the story of the century, Paul participates in Zebulon’s increasingly more dangerous activities, knowing full well that he could be putting his life in danger.