A single mother of two begins receiving messages from her ancestors as she struggles to make it to a life-changing job interview. https://www.motherofcolorfilm.com Written and Directed by Dawn Jones Redstone Starring Ana del Rocío Produced by Dawn Jones Redstone, p.g.a., Tara Johnson-Medinger, p.g.a., Ashley Song, p.g.a

Producer/Director: Beth Harrington Producers: Amy Harrington & Nancy Harrington Co-Producers: Tara Johnson-Medinger & Kelley Roy Principal photography: Tom Shrider Editor: Greg Snider Assistant Editor: Emily von W. Gilbert Sound designer: Michael Gandsey, T2 Audio Archival research: Ilana Sol Online services: Mission Control

Director- David F. Morgan Producers - Stevan Arychuk, Cora Benesh, Dennis Fitzgerald, Tara Johnson-Medinger, Mark Roush, Tim Whitcomb Starring - Cora Benesh, Jillian Leigh, Richard Keith, & Andrew Harris Writers - David F. Morgan & Cora Benesh Cinematographer - Bryce Fortner Editor - David F. Morgan

“Necessity" traces the fight in Minnesota against the expansion of pipelines carrying toxic tar sands oil through North America. Home to much of the world’s precious freshwater resources, the state is also the site of expanding oil industry infrastructure. The film follows indigenous activists and white allies in their resistance to the pipelines traversing native lands and essential waterways.

NECESSITY follows activists as they enlist the necessity defense in a jury trial after being arrested for a direct action at Zenith Energy in Portland, Oregon. This story of climate resistance in the Pacific Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists and white allies as they resist oil trains and trucks carrying their highly inflammable products through protected waterways and treaty lands. In following the path of oil-by-rail and oil resistance along the Columbia, the film revisits lessons of the New Deal era of building massive dams and what climate activists take from that era in thinking about a Green New Deal. www.necessitythemovie.com

Director/Producer: Jackie Weissman Producer: Tara Medinger-Johnson Executive Producer: Allison Anders Editor: Jackie Weissman, Emily von W. Gilbert Sound engineer: Russ Gorsline, REX post Original Music Score: 
Zia McCabe Grading: Chris Borges-Silva, REX post

Yodelin’ Vern Lockhart is a hillbilly singer with a problem. On the verge of stardom in the late 1920s, he inadvertently has become immortal, something he’s only vaguely aware of as he trips through various eras of American roots music history. It’s not until he encounters Jo Cullen, a present-day musicologist and expert on Vern’s past that he begins to grasp the deal with the devil he’s made. The Musicianer is a time-traveling saga that details Vern’s story – both past and present – while highlighting musical performances from a wide array of Americana artists. A music-driven digital series from Beth Harrington Productions More info at https://www.themusicianer.com/

Working Lunch was awarded a 2018 Project Grant from the Regional Arts and Cultural Council (racc.org). It had its World Premiere at the 19th Filmi Toronto South Asian Film Festival, U.S. Premiere at Newfilmmakers NY Film Series, and West Coast Premiere at the Northwest Film Center Dec. 12th 2018 in Portland, OR at “(Dis)/CONNECT: The Short Films of Shilpa Sunthankar,” a screening presented by the Northwest Film Center’s Northwest Tracking Series. Working Lunch is written, directed, and produced by Shilpa Sunthankar. Inspired by the socio-political climate in the Trump era, Working Lunch is shot in a cozy spot in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, OR, a crafted gem offering a view of our national conflict in miniature via a tiny Indian restaurant. Produced by Tara Johnson-Medinger (My Summer as a Goth), and shot by Dawn Jones Redstone (Sista in the Brotherhood, We Have Our Ways), it also features Portland, OR talent Ari Montgomery (Grimm), Rachael Perrell Fosket (Lean On Pete), Peter Schuyler, and Sanjeev Trika. WRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR: Shilpa Sunthankar PRODUCER: Tara Johnson-Medinger CAST Nina: Ari Montgomery Jess: Rachael Perrell Fosket Mark: Peter Schuyler Shantu: Sanjeev Trika CREW Director of Photography: Dawn Jones Redstone Editor: Emily von W. Gilbert Assistant Director: Martin Vavra Production Designer: Jules Larrouy Art Dept Assistant: Mandy Lehman Gaffer: Efrem Peter 1st Assistant Camera: Jeanette Li Sound Mixer/ Operator: Justin Ryan Haynes Costumer: Caitlin Firestone Make Up & Hair Stylist: Jane Powers Production Coordinator: Bonnie Stinson Production Assistants: Tate Horstkotte, Sawyer Jackson, Nora Colie, Angelique Ostmo, Sound Designer: Chris Barber Digital Cleanup Artist: Adam Sager Colorist: Gary Nolton Music by Samrat Chakrabarti and featuring a composition by Abhik Mukherjee Working Lunch is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Documentary about kids and young people with food allergies and intolerances and a non-profit summer camp that is free of the top 8 food allergens which, for many, is the first time they've been able to safely eat in a shared setting. The film follows the emotional impact of food allergies and the contrast of being someplace where the kids feel safe eating. Directed By Eric Stachon More information at https://campbluespruce.org/