The Honeyman's Son is a coming of age story set in 1930s America during a time of substantial change, as the country is struggling to dig itself out of the squalor of the Great Depression. Reginald Tigerous began working with his father on the Honeywagon at the age of seven. His first day on the job thrust him into a life of ridicule and ostracism. Now, 17-years-old, he is about to graduate from high school and dreams of going to college, but his father has plans to retire and pass the family business down to his son, making their already strained relationship even worse.Reggie wants to pursue his own wants and desires. He wants to live a life that is free from job prejudice and professional persecution, but feels trapped into accepting his legacy.After witnessing a friend's murder, a racial incident in town, sends him on the run fleeing for his life. Reggie hops a freight train and begins a harrowing adventure filled with danger, suspense, and regret. Unsure of what else to do, he decides to search for his long lost mother...the mother he always loved and missed...but never knew.
About the Author: S. Torriano Berry is an award-winning independent filmmaker who has created and executive produced the anthology series Black Independent Showcase and Black Visions/Silver Screen: Howard University Student Film Showcase for WHUT-TV 32, in Washington, D.C. His two half-hour made-for-television movies The Light and When It's Your Turn were produced through the Minority Advisory Board of WPVI-TV 6, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berry is creator of the science fiction anthology series The Black Beyond, and his feature-length horror film EMBALMER, is available on Netflix home video. A 30-minute version of EMBALMER was a 1998 finalist in Showtime Network Inc.'s Black Filmmaker's Short Film Showcase. He is co-creator and director of Noh Matta Wat, the first dramatic television series of Belize, Central America. As a writer, Berry co-authored the film resource books, "The 50 Most Influential Black Films," published by Citadel Press in 2001, and "Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema," Scarecrow Press, 2007 & 2015 ("A to Z of African American Cinema" - Paperback) He has also written two fiction novels available as ebooks on Amazon.com: "The TEARS Trilogy / Cry Tough!" based on his feature length screenplay addressing the roots of racism in America, and "The Honeyman's Son," a coming of age adventure set in early 1940s America. Berry is an associate professor at Howard University's Department of Media, Journalism, and Film. He received his BA in Art/Photography from Arizona State University, and earned his MFA in Motion Picture Production from the University of California, Los Angeles. He lives in Washington, D.C.