Who the hell is Johnny Otis

Who the Hell is Johnny Otis

New Film in Production Help Fund This Film! Who the Hell is Johnny Otis? When a high school counselor told him to quit his Black friends, Loannis Veliotes, the son of Greek immigrants, dropped out and became Johnny Otis, a …

Untold

Untold, the short film Leah Zieger and David Zieger made telling the harrowing story of her sexual abuse when she was a teenager–not by an adult, but by a fellow student. Her story, and the culture of abuse that kids …

Sweet Old World

“One of the highlights of the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival…What the drama has going for it is the unblinking way it conveys familial loss and a renewed love between father and son that holds a ray of promise for their …

Sir No Sir

Stream Sir! No Sir! “A powerful documentary that uncovers half-forgotten history, history that is still relevant but not in ways you might be expecting,”–Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “This is powerful stuff, offering us not only a new look at …

Senior Year

Others have tried to document high school life, but this 13-part series succeeds where those drier efforts failed. High school is a time for experimentation, and finally, a truly experimental filmmaker (David Zeiger) is there.”–Entertainment Weekly Watch the Series online now. …

The Band

Stream The Band “Interesting, inspiring, and purely entertaining.”–Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Astonishing candor.”–TV Guide A film about life, love, and marching in formation “This film captures teenagers’ lives of alternating despair and rapture. It’s about ‘average kids’ with all their energy, …

A Night of Ferocious Joy

The West Coast Hip-Hop Underground takes on George W. Bush Think back…way back. The year was 2001. A vibrant, growing underground music scene was sweeping across the West Coast. Combining hip-hop, Latin, Funk, and Spoken Word elements, bands such as …

Displaced in the New South

Stream Displaced in the New South In a time of near hysteria, a breath of fresh air. “When people ask me what it’s like for refugees living in the South, I ask them what it would feel like for them …

This is Where We Take Our Stand

With the support of the Independent Television Fund (ITVS) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the story of Winter Soldier/Iraq & Afghanistan is now an hour-long documentary airing on PBS stations nationwide. See the full list for an upcoming broadcast …