Current Projects
The Maestro - André Tchelistcheff - The Voice of Wine
Mark Tchelistcheff
Mark Tchelistcheff
The Maestro - André Tchelistcheff - The Voice of Wine is a feature-length documentary that takes us on a dramatic, illuminating, poetic, and wondrous cinematic journey from Russia through Europe to America as we embrace the story of this man, André Tchelistcheff, who devoted his life to the ancient craft of winemaking. It is a true tale of an immigrant and a great American.
Man Up Above
Matthew Riutta
Matthew Riutta
After witnessing a young, gay man's suicide, Tony, a black, gay club promoter, forges an unlikely friendship with the victim's white, straight father and is forced to confront his unresolved past.
Martyred in the USSR: Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union
Kevin Gonzales
Kevin Gonzales
Martyred in the USSR: Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union is about the religious persecution that happened in the Soviet Union. It tells the horrific story of what people went through for their faith, even at the risk of death. Regardless of your religion if you believed in God in the USSR you were persecuted brutally. From 1917 to 1990 people of faith were executed or thrown in the gulag and left to die because the Soviet Government hated religion. Now, the new generation in Russia knows nothing about their past and will deny that the brutality ever happened.
Mary Woronov, Confessions of a Cult Queen from Warhol to Corman
Francesca Di Amico and Claudia Unger
Francesca Di Amico and Claudia Unger
This documentary portrait of actress and artist Mary Woronov, who came to prominence as a member of Andy Warhol’s Factory, examines the effect it had on her roles in Roger’s Corman movies, that helped seal her reputation as a cult icon.
Meet Mary Pleasant
Susheel Bibbs
Susheel Bibbs
Meet Mary Pleasant, a colorful, award-winning 60-minute documentary film by Emmy Award–winning producer Susheel Bibbs, reveals the saga of abolitionist/activist/
Mississippi Messiah
Clay Haskell, Dylan Nelson
Clay Haskell, Dylan Nelson
Mississippi Messiah follows controversial living legend James Meredith on a journey through Mississippi’s past and present and examines, for the first time, the life and influence of this true American original.
Mitsu-ju
Nao Nakazawa
Nao Nakazawa
Influenced by Japanese folk tales involving spirits and ghosts, this short narrative set in 16th century Japan follows a violent feudal lord named Tadayoshi Uchiyama and a female shaman named Shizume, who discovers Tadayoshi’s violent secret. The story reveals the process in which Shizume transforms into Mitsu-ju, a beast that eats confessed secrets. Although the film is a standalone piece, the public screenings of this film feature interactive theater, where the audience is encouraged to participate in the secret sharing ritual from the film.