Recent Works – more coming soon
DEEP RUN
Produced By: Chris Talbott & Samara Levenstein
Executive Produced By: Susan Sarandon & Gill Holland
Directed By: Hillevi Loven
Exiled by her family and rejected by a girlfriend, 17-year-old Spazz has no one to lean on for support. But when Spazz falls in love again and summons up the courage to become Cole, a strong-willed trans-man, his candid humor and steadfast, all-inclusive Christian beliefs counter the bigotry he experiences daily. An intimate study of young outsiders in an insular Christian community, Deep Run explores the intersection of modern identity and faith in America’s deeply conservative Bible Belt.
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THE WORLD’S BEST PROM
Directed & Produced By: Ari Vena, Chris Talbott & Ian Rosenberg
Once a year, prom mania grips the entire population of Racine, Wisconsin. The city’s extravagant celebration begins with a rowdy parade where students compete for the most outrageous form of transportation, driving fire engines, 18-wheelers, even riding elephant-back through the city streets. Prom-goers from seven city high schools converge on one citywide prom to make red carpet entrances bombarded by the flash of cameras and screams from bleachers filled to capacity. Meanwhile, in sports bars and living rooms across the city, residents keep their eyes glued to the live television coverage of the spectacular event. As featured on This American Life, The World’s Best Prom brings to life an American rite of passage taken to the extreme. With five decades of archival footage, and interviews with diverse prom-goers of all ages, the film glories in the excess of an otherwise simple Midwestern city’s quirky, Dionysian side.