COMING TO THEATERS AND DIGITAL AUG 26th
ADOPTING AUDREY
Fired from her seventh job in two years and estranged from her family, Audrey (Jena Malone) discovers the world of Adult Adoption, and is inspired to try it herself.
Audrey finds an adoptive family whose dysfunction mirrors her own, and she forms an unlikely bond with the misanthropic patriarch, Otto (Robert Hunger-Buhler), who is rough around the edges and has a few strained relationships of his own.
Directed by M. Cahill
STREAMING EVERYWHERE
SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN
After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend — to the city of their dreams Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Poor Wayne. The moment he’s out of his small town comfort zone, he finds his plans spinning comically out of control. What's supposed to be a light-hearted adventure, transforms into a journey of profound redemption.
Directed by Niels Mueller
STREAMING EVERYWHERE
SERVICE TO MAN
It’s 1967, and Meharry Medical School in Nashville, TN has just admitted its first white student. Now Eli Rosenberg and Michael DuBois, a black student struggling to live up to his father's mighty legacy, must work together to survive the turbulent 1960s.
The film won multiple best of awards during its festival run and is currently being distributed by FreeStyle Digital Media.
Directed by Aaron Greer and Seth Panitch.
JESSICA
With her boyfriend moving out and her best friend about to land her dream job, Jessica feels like her life is going nowhere. Can she figure out what’s next move before everyone leaves her behind?
With compassion, humor, and a breakout performance from Boudreau, Jessica asks whether a coming-of-age can ever come too late.
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON VIDEO
AVAILABLE VIA KINO LORBER
BORN TO BE
With extraordinary access, this feature-length documentary looks at how one doctor’s work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming surgeon has led to his own transformation.
Born To Be had its World Premiere at the prestigious New York Film Festival, was nominated for two Emmys, and is being internationally distributed by Kino Lorber Films.
Directed by Tania Cypriano
AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON
LARGER THAN LIFE
A true make-up pioneer, Kevyn Aucoin knew from an early age that the world of makeup was his calling. One of the most in-demand makeup artists in the world in the 80s and 90s, Kevyn created looks for everyone from Cindy Crawford to Cher to Oprah. But even his super-star status couldn’t save him from the mysterious illness that took his life in 2002.
Directed by Tiffany Bartok
AVAILABLE VIA PBS and POV
WATER WARRIORS
When an energy company begins searching for natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada, Indigenous and white families unite to drive out the company in a campaign to protect their water and way of life.
Water Warriors played more than 100 film festivals including Tribeca and went on to be selected by POV for broadcast nationally on PBS.
Directed by MIchael Premo
AVAILABLE ON THE ATLANTIC.COM
DO WE BELONG
On February 22, 2017, Adam Purinton walked into a Bar in Olathe, Kansas and singled out two South Indian men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani. He approached them, asking, “Are you here illegally?,” before opening fire and killing Kuchibhotla.
Now his wife must grapple with his loss and the question of whether or not America is truly her home.
Directed by Sofian Khan
STREAMING EVERYWHERE
THE LONELIEST WHALE
A cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude, calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale. As the film embarks on this engrossing journey, audiences will explore what this whale’s lonely plight can teach us — not just about our changing relationship to the oceans, but to each other.
Executive Produced with Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrian Grenier.
Directed by Joshua Zeman
