The Terrorist's Son The Terrorist’s Son is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the life of an Zak Ebrahim, an American boy raised by his terrorist father - the man who helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Zak Ebrahim has spent his life trying to understand what drew his father to terrorism, [...]
The Gut
Rachel Minkovitz2018-06-15T11:47:34-04:00The Gut Filmed over two years in a small New England community struggling to emerge from the opioid epidemic and caught up in a battle over Syrian refugee resettlement, The Gut (working title) closely follows the lives of several intersecting but very different characters to explore what changes – and what doesn’t – [...]
Treasure Island
Rachel Minkovitz2018-06-15T12:51:53-04:00Treasure Island A kaleidoscopic portrait of life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico.
Eternal Life Fan Club
Rachel Minkovitz2018-06-15T11:42:08-04:00Eternal Life Fan Club A reclusive YouTuber and a Transhumanist politician embark on a road trip across the U.S in a 1978 RV modified to look like a coffin. Their mission? To convince the world they should never die. ETERNAL LIFE FAN CLUB is a lo-fi sci-fi documentary that raises a haunting question: [...]
Truth or Consequences
Sean Flynn2018-06-15T14:19:35-04:00Truth or Consequences In 1950, the residents of a small desert town in New Mexico voted to rename themselves after the game show, Truth or Consequences. Like many towns where work is scarce, they poured their dreams into the prosperity that might come. Now, nearly seventy years later, the same hopes are playing [...]
The Youth
Angelica Das2017-06-19T16:48:18-04:00THE YOUTH explores a father’s search for answers after his firstborn is arrested in an FBI sting operation and accused of attempting to join ISIS in Syria. Through the journey of Yusuf Abdurahman and his family, THE YOUTH will confront issues of Islamophobia, the rise of radical Islam, and seek to understand what it means [...]
The Mountain and the Magic City
Angelica Das2017-06-19T16:47:21-04:00In the shadow of a mountain, a place once known as the Magic City stands as a symbol of the American heartland, abandoned by industry and disappearing back into the forest. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MAGIC CITY is an intimate portrait of neighbors forced to confront the issues dividing America today when a controversial national [...]
Belly of the Beast
Angelica Das2017-06-19T16:45:57-04:00BELLY OF THE BEAST intimately chronicles the journey of women fighting reproductive injustice in their communities.
Border South
Angelica Das2017-06-19T16:44:19-04:00Since 2014 Mexico has deported more immigrants than the United States, becoming an expansion of the U.S. Southern Border and forever changing the migrant trail. Through a series of portraits BORDER SOUTH melds ethnography and cinema-verité to explore the harsh physical environment and brutal journey of undocumented Central American immigrants crossing Mexico towards the United [...]
How to Have an American Baby
Angelica Das2017-06-19T16:42:14-04:00There is a city in Southern California that is teeming with pregnant women from China. Through a network of deeply personal vignettes, this film traces the human supply chain of the booming shadow economy of Chinese birth tourism from Beijing and Shanghai to Los Angeles—chronicling the fortunes and tragedies that befall the ordinary people [...]
Untitled Project
Sean Flynn2016-06-22T18:13:01-04:00Our film documents the complex, tortuous, and challenging process of creating nonfiction. We follow an acclaimed author, chronicling his reporting style, watching as he types out each word, and witnessing the ever changing dynamic with his subject and only source. The film is an unprecedented window into the relationship behind the story and an exclusive [...]
A Woman’s Work
Sean Flynn2017-05-23T13:40:01-04:00A Womans Work NFL revenues are projected to surpass $13 billion in 2016. Water-boys and mascots can earn in excess of $50 thousand dollars per season, stadium concession workers earn above minimum wage plus tips. For over 50 years, the only visible women of the NFL were paid nothing or below legal wages until LACY [...]
Two Gods
Sean Flynn2018-08-15T22:09:47-04:00Two Gods A Muslim mortician takes two teenage boys under his wing and teaches them how to build caskets, wash bodies, and how to live. All of them are running from their pasts and struggle with coming of age in a place like Newark, New Jersey. Soon, they realize they need to rely on each [...]
The Family I Had
Sean Flynn2017-05-23T13:40:01-04:00Charity walks a fine line between love and fear of her son Paris. It’s been ten years since he killed her daughter and she is left questioning his chance at redemption and her ability to forgive. We peel back the layers to reveal a family history previously marked by intra-family violence. Multiple accounts allow for [...]
No Man’s Land
Sean Flynn2017-03-27T17:22:50-04:00On January 2, militia occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in rural Oregon. The filmmakers were granted exceptional access to the inner workings of this 41-day siege. Events took a bloody turn when law enforcement waylaid the occupation leadership en route to a community meeting, killing one of their members. UNTITLED MALHEUR DOCUMENTARY explores this [...]