SILO | FEATURE 90 MIN. | DIR. MARSHALL BURNETTE | COLOR KATH RAISCH @ COMPANY 3 | CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HUNTER ROBERT BAKER
Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenager Cody Rose is entrapped in a 50-foot-tall grain bin. When the corn turns to quicksand, family, neighbors and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue Cody from drowning in the crop that has sustained their community for generations.
Featuring Jim Parrack, Jeremy Holm, Chris Ellis, Jill Paice and Jack DiFalco.
THE BLESSING | FEATURE 74 MIN. | DIR. HUNTER ROBERT BAKER AND JORDAN FEIN
Personal and crucial, The Blessing – follows a Navajo coal miner raising his secretive daughter as a single father, struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of their sacred mountain at the hands of America's largest coal producer. The Blessing is a feature-length documentary film, co-directed by the Emmy® Award winning filmmaking team Hunter Robert Baker and Jordan Fein. Written and Edited by world renowned Academy Member Editor Ricardo Acosta, C.C.E. (Marmato, The Silence of Others, Herman's House) , Original Score by Kevin Kiner, (Netflix's Making A Murderer and AMC's Hell On Wheels), and Sound Design by Emmy Award Winner Joanna Fang (Cartel Land).
Made with support from the International Documentary Association and the Points North Institute, and captured over the course of five years, the filmmakers join a Navajo family for some of the most deeply personal and important moments in the character’s lives, from a miner enduring a life threatening injury and confronting the deep spiritual sacrifice he makes to provide for his family. To a young Navajo woman discovering her inner identity and managing the expectations of her traditional father, while playing on the men’s varsity football team and being crowned homecoming queen.
First and foremost a character-driven film, The Blessing will bring the search for acceptance to broad audiences through the unprecedented and intimate access the filmmakers have been given to this underreported social and environmental story on the Navajo Nation.
WORLD PREMIERE: FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 7th 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION: FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SANTA FE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, BEND FILM FESTIVAL, CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, PLANET IN FOCUS FILM FESTIVAL, WOODSHOLE FILM FESTIVAL, CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL, DOCSMX FILM FESTIVAL, PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL, RED NATION FILM FESTIVAL, DOC NYC, SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL, D.C. ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, BIG SKY FILM FESTIVAL, MOUNTAINFILM TELLURIDE
"A UNIQUE FILM, OPENING DOORS TO A WORLD AND CHARACTERS AUDIENCES DON’T EVER SEE.
IT’S POETIC AND EMOTIONAL AND BEAUTIFULLY SHOT."
Director Ramin Bahrani (Fahrenheit 451, Man Push Cart, 99 Homes)
“An Emotional Powder Keg” "The film’s a nearly Shakespearean drama, one in which a deeply religious father is forced to choose between sacrilege (taking part in the destruction of his sacred tribal mountain) and feeding his kid"
- Filmmaker Magazine
AWARDS:
43RD ANNUAL TELLY AWARDS
WON, BRONZE TELLY AWARD SUSTAINABILITY
NATIONAL NATIVE MEDIA AWARDS (THE NATIVE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION)
WON, BEST COVERAGE OF NATIVE AMERICA
BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
WON, BIG SKY AWARD
DALLAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WON, GRAND JURY PRIZE
ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WON, BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
BEND FILM FESTIVAL
WON, BEST NATIVE FEATURE FILM presented by Chris Eyre
SHOWTIME®
POINT GODS | FEATURE 90 MIN. | DIR. SAM ELIAD | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER COODIE AND CHIKE | KEVIN DURANT | RICH KLIEMAN | PRODUCER BILLY BURKE | CO-PRODUCER HUNTER ROBERT BAKER
The gritty blight of New York City in the ’80s revealed a cultural resilience, one that ultimately birthed East Coast hip-hop and inspired a style of play on the basketball court that endures today. The elegance of the city’s elite point guards, molded by the packed streetball courts, unwritten rules of bruising pickup games, and the perseverance required to survive everyday life, has come to define an era of basketball and American culture. Their transcendent style is etched in the consciousness of all who have witnessed these prodigies. The New York City point gods’ lasting impact on the game of basketball can be seen around the world, in virtually every league.
“I COULDN’T BE PROUDER OF THIS FILM FOR ITS FAITHFUL DEPICTION OF A SPECIAL TIME AND SPECIAL PLACE IN BASKETBALL HISTORY”
Stephen Espinoza, SHOWTIME Networks Inc.’s president
MILES | FEATURE 90 MIN. | DIR. NATHAN ADLOFF | Starring Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, Tim Boardman | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HUNTER ROBERT BAKER
High school senior Miles Walton, whose mother is left broke after his father passes away, causes an uproar in his small Illinois town when he discovers an unusual college scholarship loophole that allows him to join the girls' volleyball team.
WORLD PREMIERE: SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARDS:
Cleveland International Film Festival
Nominated, Best American Independent Feature Film
California Independent Film Festival
Won, Slate Award Best Feature Comedy
Best Actor Tim Boardman
L.A. Outfest
Won, Audience Award Outstanding Narrative Feature
Outfest
Won, Audience Award U.S. Narrative
Sidewalk Film Festival
Won, Audience Choice Award Best Feature
Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Won, Audience Award Best Feature Film
