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Where are you, Jay Bennett? (2021)

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The story of a musical genius who left us much too soon…   A feature-length documentary on Jay Bennett, a legendary musician and recording studio savant, who as a member of Wilco, was a large part of the genius behind their three seminal albums (Being There, Summerteeth, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — he co-wrote most […]

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Old Friends, A Dogumentary (coming to DVD/pay-per-view 12/13/2022)

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Old Friends, New Home…   A feature-length documentary that tells the complete story of the most beloved animal sanctuary in the world, the Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. We join founders Zina & Michael Gooden, their amazing staff, and the gang of one hundred plus senior pooches as they parade from […]

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Untitled Powder Ridge Festival documentary (2023)

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Sex, Drugs, NO Rock ‘N’ Roll…   A feature-length documentary on the greatest music festival… that never happened. The lineup included Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, Van Morrison, Jethro Tull, Richie Havens, Melanie, Grand Funk Railroad, Chuck Berry, The Allman Brothers Band, Joe Cocker, Little Richard, Fleetwood Mac, and Eric Burdon & War.  […]

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The Matchbox Man (2021)

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The story of one man’s obsession with cars…really really small cars…   So what do you do when your cherished childhood toy becomes a collection. Then becomes an obsession? Well, like the Addams Family – voila! The house is a museum! In The Matchbox Man, director Gorman Bechard visits Charlie Mack, who began buying Matchbox […]

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FACTORY (coming in 2023)

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150,000 sq feet of Sex, Vice, Music, Art & Clocks…   You drive by one every day.  Old factory buildings.  Dilapidated.  Boarded-up.  Infested.  Ready for the wrecking ball.  Or are they… Have you ever wondered what secrets that old building holds?  Who lived, worked, died, dreamed, fell in love, got murdered, performed, made art, had […]

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In the Shadow of the Cross (coming in 2024)

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Everyone knows about the cross..   A look at the world that was, through the eyes of the world in which we now live. A story of the American dream gone horrible wrong, told through the history of a religious theme park built out of everyday items like plaster-covered egg cartons and chicken wire, covered […]

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Seniors A Dogumentary (2020)

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SENIORS is a feature-length documentary full of love, hope, and second chances. It focuses on three interwoven stories about senior dogs. There’s Chaser, the smartest dog in the world. Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, a retirement home for dogs in Tennessee.

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Pizza A Love Story (2019)

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Pizza wasn’t invented in New Haven.  It was perfected there.   Marinara sauce runs red through the streets of New Haven in this surprising, delectable documentary which profiles three pizza restaurants — Pepe, Sally’s & Modern — that together stand as the cornerstone of the town’s Italian-American heritage and connoisseurs of the tastiest incarnations of […]

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What It Takes: film en douze tableaux (2018)

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A vegan, bisexual, atheist, civil rights activist singer/songwriter walks into a country/western bar…   An intimate glimpse at songwriting and the balancing act of life versus passion as vegan, bisexual, civil rights activist Sarah Shook and her band of seasoned vitruosos, The Disarmers, head into the studio to record their new album and prove they […]

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Who is Lydia Loveless? (2016)

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WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS?

Singer/songwriter, alt-country queen, cow punk, hard rocker? The second coming of Hank Williams or Patti Smith? Or just a bubbling cauldron of hormones and emotions holding steadfast to the ideal of keeping rock & roll alive?

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