On Location: Memphis 2009

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Live Action Short
The very existence of Memphis is in trouble. The mayor of Germantown has schemed to steal and destory Memphis' charter. His hopes are to dissolve the city of Memphis and allow Germantown to take over it's area. But he won't get far. With Memphis under the care of Detective Earnhart, the crooked mayor doesn't stand a chance. Only he can stop this evil scheme. Time is running out though. The mayor already has his hands on the prized document. Earnhart has to chase him down and recover the precious charter. Only then will our great city be safe again and out of danger of being wiped off the map.
Music Video
The video is about a young rapper trying to get himself out and sell his demo tape when two police officers get a tip that the rapper is selling illegal substances instead of producing music. They attempt to capture him and interrogate his significant other and later find out that the rapper is not doing anything illegal.
Feature
Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race from Beverly Hills to Watts and places in between to get Milo's brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison for three years.A story inspired by true events, the trio documents their trip from a suburban police station in Calabasas through mansions in Beverly Hills, East LA chop-shops, rural wastelands, and housing projects in Watts as they attempt to raise the $5,000 required to get Leo into the rehab clinic.Along the way they encounter dozens of colorful characters, each with their own anomalous perspective on Leo's larger than life personality and style, and each with their own excuse for why they cannot help out. In the end, it may take a drug deal to get the necessary funds for rehab.'Ruspoli has succeeded in creating a film that not only compliments Los Angeles' multi-faceted landscape, but meditates on it. While Fix is everything one would hope - a frenetic, Odyssey-like journey through an underbelly of drug culture and addiction, it's when the film reaches moments of silence that its true voice speaks clear, deeply exploring notions of family, loss, and ultimately redemption. '- Daniel Casey, Programmer
Feature
On this particular summer, things are running smoother than ever at FLOAT Ice Cream Parlor, thanks in part to the obsessive owner RAY FULTON (50's), and his loyal staff, which includes GEVORG (the slick Manager), and RAMON, (a lowly but enthusiastic underling).The smooth running operation is disturbed one afternoon as RAMON gets into an altercation at work, and FULTON is forced to terminate his employment. Broke and with no where to go, RAMON is offered a free room by GEVORG until he gets back on his feet. During that same week, FULTON'S long-time wife, for reasons of her own, decides to leave and file for legal separation. FULTON, shocked and dismayed, turns to GEVORG for support. Thus, these 3 oddballs find themselves thrown together by fate, and forced to contend with each other's personal issues.Things get further complex as FULTON's daughter EMILY comes to town in an effort to reconcile her parent's relationship. But while FULTON is pre-occupied with re-discovering his identity, EMILY forges an unlikely bond with GEVORG, which in turn causes GEVORG to re-examine his rowdy lifestyle.Meanwhile, desperate for income, RAMON considers entering a 'sham green card marriage' with SUSANNAH, a beautiful Armenian girl; however, RAMON's feelings for her are authentic. His decision becomes further clouded when he realizes that he has more chemistry with SUSANNAH's best friend, TAMI.
Live Action Short
A man stalks the new boyfriend of his former lover, and plots revenge.
Live Action Short
(not for the catalogue!!!) For seven years Andrej and his family have lived in Germany illegally. Hoping for a better life, he once left the Ukraine with his wife Lena. Both work hard and still can't afford much. Moreover, their almost seven year old becomes isolated. When the boy runs off and into the near school, Andrej realizes that he needs to offer his son a future. There seems to be only one way out: forged papers. But those are expensive. Andrej works twice as much as before and doesn't shy away from dangerous jobs. He soon reaches his limits when, to make things worse, his father falls ill. Andrej has to send the hard earned money home. Matters within the family get worse: Andrej feels helpless, Mischa wants to break out and Lena cannot cope with the situation any longer. She makes a suggestion: she could marry Winkelmann, their sub-lessor. On paper, he would accept responsibility for Mischa, the boy would receive residency and all problems would be solved. Andrej is devastated and afraid to lose what matters most: his family. With the courage of the desperate, he enters the school. He wants to plead with the school's principal to admit his son. Andrej's courage finds respect. Mischa is allowed to school. (not for the catalogue!!!)
Documentary
America's foremost humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor, takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country in his traveling radio show, spinning his stories into American gold. This free-form, intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight, travels with Keillor to small towns and big, going behind-the-scenes of America's most popular radio show, 'A Prairie Home Companion'. Over one year of filming has resulted in an unusual portrait that cannot be defined by the standard terms of chronological biography: the subject himself is an enigma, and the fictional world he has created has become a real place in America. The film follows the writer-performer as he mingles fact and fiction to create one of America's favorite places, Lake Wobegon. Keillor's down-home commentary and love of the authentically American, have made him into an 'everyman philosopher.' His highly entertaining radio show with songs and stories is written with a poet's heart. While comparisons will be made between him and America's great humorists and essayist - from H. L. Mencken to Mark Twain, James Thurber, Robert Frost, and Will Rogers, Garrison Keillor is unique. In this untraditional biography, we begin to see how and why.
Animated
Gerald the dog, an unlikely candidate for adoption, has been scheduled for termination by the pound at 5:00. Today is his last chance to seduce a potential adopter.....can he do it before his time runs out?
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