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- Left by his birth mother in a hospital that served one of the poorest communities in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tony's first six months of life were spent in an orphanage, until his adoption. Growing up just outside of Chicago, Tony went on to receive two Masters degrees in the field of education while beginning a family of his own. At the age of 30, he decided to return to the Dominican Republic to search for his birth mother. This is his story.
- Not your ordinary superhero movie-- no lycra, no costumes. Our hero is loved by his community for his heroic deeds, but he's not loved by himself. Watch as he attempts to reconcile his extra-ordinary gifts and his self-perceived social awkwardness. His journey leads him to have to decide who has the truest perception of him; himself or those around him.
- Unaware of her past, Anne's friends do their best to help her get over a failed relationship. When the pressure becomes too much, Anne's repressed traumas explode in a cathartic moment where she makes a choice that is both horrific and heroic.
- "Seven" is based on my journey to become a domestic violence survivor - this is an awareness piece about the culture of violence in African American relationships. The story follows Kay and Tara, two survivors who bond by helping each through trauma. The women have trained and formed an unorthodox domestic violence extraction team. They help train and help other victims become survivors. Objectivity is hard to maintain as their new client Ruby reveals her partner. "Seven" reveals the complexity of minority women in relationships with themselves, each other and the community. "Seven" is also the number of times it takes before a person leaves an abusive relationship for good. It begs the question: Should we fight violence with violence?
- Barbara, an old woman who loves to paint, is moved to a retirement home by her concerned daughter after Barbara falls one too many times. There, Barbara has to deal with a foreboding nurse, threatening residents, and a pair of locked double doors, behind which she hears frightening noises. She learns that's "the ward," where they put you if you don't behave. It seems like her daughter has checked her into a hall of nightmares until she meets fellow resident Minnie, who loves Barbara's paintings and to whom Barbara forms an immediate bond, almost like they're sisters. All seems well between the two new friends, until Barbara realizes there's more to Minnie and the ward than meets the eye. A different kind of coming of age.
- The film "Family" deals on the periphery with an anti-bulling theme, but more directly with the themes of helping the "other" and seeing family as the community around us. It is based on a day when I saw my younger brother being beaten up across the field that lay between our school and our house. I was maybe 11 and he 7. In spite of not being an imposing 11 year old, I still went after the bigger of the two kids beating my brother up and that pretty much ended it. "Family" is that story set in 2018 with the brothers in their early twenties. The visual twist of the story is that we don't know they are brothers at the start of the story. We find that out after the skirmish has ended. What is unique about my younger brother and myself is that if you look at us you would not think we are brothers, but if you see us interact there is no doubt we are family. So what appears to be a random act of helping is really a familial one. This is important in getting at the idea that humanity is our family and the helping of one is the helping of all regardless of appearance or whatever lines we/society draw.
- When a new Marine lieutenant is challenged by his commanding officer to prove he deserves to lead a platoon of misfits Marines he must face down the craziest officer on base in hand-to-hand combat by the end of the day or find himself stuck in a boring, administrative job.
- After suffering a terrible tragedy, John has to pick up the pieces of his life including raising his two small children.
- Amelia, a martial arts trained operative, must decide if she will wait to be rescued from her kidnapper or try to take matters into her own hands.
- A young couple that have nursed their careers to be well-paid and successful by the world's standards, fail at reaching any depth of intimacy. The addition of the man's father and the contempt they now harbor for each other boil over.
- In an attempt to recover from a adulterous relationship, a deliberate woman finds herself in a romantic entanglement with two men.
- Daisy's Oracle is told over the course of an afternoon in the greatest city on earth with the help of Count Basie, city sidewalks, and of course, flowers.