OUR SLATE
POPCORN
FILM SYNOPSIS
POPCORN celebrates the unspoken grit of girlhood. Funny, smart, challenging, dark, and at times a little raunchy, POPCORN is based on writer Katy Berry's experience working at a movie theater in rural Long Island in the early 2000's.
"Back then, having boundaries came with consequences. After the #MeToo movement, I was unexpectedly forced to process a lot of buried memories. POPCORN is how I worked through them. The film is a look back at our collective 'normal', a chortle at what women are trained to accept, and a plea for kind men to step up. But above all, POPCORN is a joyful testament to the unsung strength of young women."
STATUS
In Development.
My Dead Friend Zoe
Written and Directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
FILM SYNOPSIS
Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head to head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family's ancestral lake house.
STATUS
Post Production.
TRIGGERED
FILM SYNOPSIS
Triggered is a 5-episode docu-series (1 hour per episode) that examines the narratives surrounding our cultural identity with guns in the United States. With a party-agnostic approach, we attempt to uncover the facts and misinformation behind these stories to find common grounds, change the conversation around safe defense, and build bridges across the growing dividing lines in our society to help build a safer America.
Rather than a top-down approach, we are looking for change from the bottom-up. Our goal is to empower everyone with realistic, sustainable actions they can take today.
STATUS
In Production.
WILD ANIMAL
Written + directed by joe marconi
FILM SYNOPSIS
A reckless MMA fighter hits bottom when she’s arrested and forced into an Equine Therapy program.
STATUS
In Development.
EVERYDAY MASTERS
PODCAST SYNOPSIS
Everyday Masters is a podcast hosted by actor Maury Sterling and (Masters in Psychology and creator of the Theme Song). There is a lot of information out there, podcasts, books, blogs, social media, about how to be an elite performer. We think it is great to strive for those levels of performance, and of course we try to ourselves, but in our experience many of us are often just trying to get through the day. So, the aim of this podcast is, through talking to all kinds of people, most of whom will be accomplished in something, to explore what it means to be a master, if we can all be masters, the struggles with mastery, the ways in which we may already be masters in things what we just don't think of as mastery, and how we can all maybe manifest it in our own daily lives.
STATUS
Live.
TAKING SHAPE
DirECTED BY Justin Michael Jeffers
DOCUMENTARY SYNOPSIS
Inspired by the birth of his daughter, a self-taught surfboard maker desperate to reclaim and re-member his Japanese-American roots embarks on an epic journey deep into the heart of his family’s core wounds, forgotten histories, and inherited love for the Pacific Ocean.
An unprecedented story about identity, resilience, and stoke, Taking Shape parallels the building of handcrafted surfboards with the process of healing and intergenerational trauma.
A story that taps into the universal human desire to know who we are and where we come from; and the authentic search for both identity and a sense of meaning, especially when passing through life’s milestones.
STATUS
Filming.
RISUKO
based on the books by David Kudler
Series SYNOPSIS
Inspired by classic samurai cinema, Risuko is a dramatic, character-driven and action-packed exploration into the nature of war and the dynamic interplay between two fundamental forces that govern all human behavior: power and choice. Risuko is a one-hour episodic fantasy/period drama.
STATUS
In Development.
MISFIT
DirECTED BY Gibson Frazier
FILM SYNOPSIS
MISFIT is the story of an eighth-grade boy who grapples with life’s hopes, desires, and pitfalls as he comes of age in suburban Philadelphia.
STATUS
In Production.
GREASY GRASS
SERIES SYNOPSIS
1871, the American Civil War is over; European Immigrants flood New York City, and the drive West continues to obliterate the territory of the Sioux. Based on true events, Greasy Grass is the story of a German Immigrant and a Sicanjou Sioux whose lives collide at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
STATUS
In Development.