Drama
Truth has consequences.
BADGE OF HONOR is a hard-hitting edgy film depicting what police officers deal with in their professional and personal lives. Terrance Wilson, a hard-working African-American police officer, is faced with a life and death encounter. When he shoots an unarmed gang member, he is persecuted by the media and must go on trial for murder.
Following your dream is hard. Making it your own is even harder.
In the theme of Billy Elliot, GRACE is a teen dancer, hoping to gain her strict mother's approval by winning entrance to the preeminent dance conservatory. A good dream, which falls flat when Grace continues to strike out at the audition phase.
No amount of private lessons from her ballet teacher makes as much impact as when an accidental friendship with digital musician, FLAVA and his buddy JOJO, allows her to find her own movement in the music. Sadly, disapproval from her mother and dance teacher puts stark choices on the table for Grace. However, when your friends have your back, anything is possible.
Convicted drug smuggler Frank Connor finally gets out of prison after twenty-two years. He just wants to start over, find work, and obey the law. But with no job prospects, his mother permanently hospitalized, and his cousin hiding him in the garage, freedom isn't turning the way Frank planned.
Enter Russ Morgan, lowlife strip club manager, the man who left Frank behind to save his own neck in that old drug bust. He offers Frank an easy job at the club. But Russ forgot to mention the club’s owned by Chris Pendler, the psychopath who hired them to run drugs 22 years ago. And Pendler has big plans for the club’s newest employee.
JAY BUTLER (Randy Nazarian) is a lovable underachiever who works as a van driver at an assisted living community. HARRY BYRD (Raymond J. Barry) is being kicked out for general irascibility. Jay is assigned to drive Harry to a new home. Along the way, they have a variety of misadventures, including being picked up by a troupe of burlesque dancers and performing an impromptu comedy act. An entertaining and enlightening journey in which the older Harry gives middle-aged Jay perspective on life.
Actress Reid Donovan is giving what would appear to be a typical high-profile interview. When a bloodied carving knife is revealed moments into the interview, the tables start to turn.
Is Reid really as innocent as we think, or is she manipulating circumstances to suit her climb up the ladder of success?
The multi-layered drama, being told through an interview; explores the driving factors behind Donovan’s choices as she aims to move ahead of her rivals in the film world.
The battle doesn’t stop when you get home.
U.S. Marine Sergeant Joe Caruso returns to his home on Staten Island, New York, having completed two grueling tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Physically, he’s fine, but emotionally he’s a wreck. Flashbacks of a horrid firefight that decimated his unit plague him as he attempts to fit back into society.
Five-year-old Jordan walks miles through the night in the wake of a car accident on an isolated mountain road. But when a small town sheriff finally locates the girl's missing mother, Jordan claims the woman is an impostor.
Despite the woman's tears and open arms -– as well as the baby pictures and birth certificate she provides to the sheriff -- Jordan insists her real mother is still out there, waiting in the woods. What follows is a story of psychological suspense and danger about the ferociously powerful bond between mother and child - and how far each one will go to protect it.
From Altar Boy To Hitman.
Set in the 1960’s and based on a true story, Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza is an aimless young Chicano pushed to the streets by an alcoholic father and finds family in a Los Angeles gang. Mundo moves up in the ranks until he’s arrested and sent to San Quentin, one of the most vicious prisons in the country. He joins the historic prison gang: the Mexican Mafia, La Eme. Then, released from prison, “Machine Gun Mundo” returns to his Los Angeles gang, becomes second-in-command and works as an enforcer. Also, for the first time in his life, he falls in love and marries a sweet, religious woman. This begins his journey from heartless criminal to seeking redemption in the unlikeliest of places.
Note: The Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza character was played by Edward James Olmos in the 1992 movie, “American Me”.
In the spirit of the Twilight Zone, this post-apocalyptic mystery is set in the snowy mountains of California.
Alexander, living in exile for the killing of his brother, receives a letter stating his brother is alive in a distant village. Alexander travels through hostile land to learn who has sent the letter. He comes upon the peaceful village and finds the impossible: His brother is alive. Has Alexander been wrong all these years or is it some type of elaborate hoax? The many twists and turns will lead to the truth and possibly redemption.
When Krystal Parker discovers her life isn’t following her plan, she learns to let go and begin again.
After her husband leaves her because she’s unable to have children, Krystal Parker finds peace in reuniting with her childhood best friend. She builds strength in stepping out into the world and with the support of a small-town community, she finds love when she opens herself to new possibilities.
Rasputin was one of the most enigmatic and controversial characters of the 20th century. Born a peasant, he became the adviser to the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. He was both hated and feared in governmental circles because of the hypnotic influence he had on the imperial couple. With his striking aura, he was able to seduce both ladies-in-waiting and common women. He was particularly cherished by the Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna for using his healing powers to save the life of her son, the heir to the throne of Prince Aleksej. On the 19th of December 1916, during the last winter of the Romanov Empire, some of the most influential and notorious characters at the Tsarist court were conspiring against the most mysterious man in Russia.
A successful father and former boxing champion is suddenly unable to provide for his family and commits suicide. His wife and son, Johnny, are forced to move into a poor, gang-filled neighborhood. Johnny had been in private school but now he must quickly learn the streets to survive. He develops his boxing talents with the help of a gang leader (who is a former friend of his father’s) and is not only accepted in his neighborhood but moves up in the boxing world.
Brilliant and mysterious, JT Dalton, professor of chemistry, runs the mentoring/readjustment program at the local university. Shawn Wittig, 29, spoiled & troubled heir to an indulgent, single, playboy father, is court ordered to attend the program. Their relationship is immediately volatile, but Professor Dalton’s persistent tiger-mom discipline sparks a deeper connection between the two. Before long, the professor finds herself involved in an illicit and highly sexualized affair with her student, consuming both their lives.
The university catches wind of this scandal and promptly suspends JT as Shawn’s father forces his son to give up his obsession with his older professor. But will this be enough to end the compulsion…
Kate Murphy (Karen Sillas) lost everything when she hit rock bottom. Now, ten years sober, middle aged and living alone with her elderly cat, Kate strives to rebuild her broken life and repair her damaged relationship with her son Jack (Zachary Booth). Barely making ends meet as a visiting home health aide, Kate marches quietly through her uneventful days, until she is assigned a young, beautiful, paraplegic patient named Laura (Kristen Renton). Bonded by their mutual suffering, the two women share an undeniable connection and it isn’t long before they fall deeply in love. But when Kate steals money to save her dying cat, she betrays Laura’s trust and finds her fragile world shattered once again.
Director’s Statement: “T11 Incomplete is a story with disability at its center. The term ‘T11 Incomplete’ refers to the point of severing on the spine that causes paraplegia, but being an ‘incomplete’ paraplegic means that the patient still has some feeling, they are not completely numb.
As a disabled writer/director who is also part of the LGBTQ community, we made a conscious effort in our casting to be inclusive to the communities we are serving in the story. Which meant, we cast notable actors in the LGBTQ community as well as actors with apparent and non-apparent disabilities. The goal being to serve our story as authentically as possible.”
Crossing comes with a price.
THE BRIDGE follows the reckless nature of those caught in the current opioid epidemic as they find themselves deeper in the game. It reveals the dark side of addiction and the underworld of distribution.
Note: The Bridge can be shown as a 3-part series, as 2 (70+ minutes) features, or as 1 feature.
A Brandon Bias Production & Wonderphil Entertainment Film.