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MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Feature Film
Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who have come to Brooks County, Texas to look for their loved ones who went missing. As they search for answers, they encounter a haunted land where death is a part of everyday life.
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An ITVS copro with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Missing in Brooks County is co-directed by Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss and produced in association with Engel Entertainment. It is currently screening at film festivals across the country and will have its broadcast premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens in fall 2021.
TOMBOY
Feature Film
Produced in association with Engel Entertainment and directed by Lindsay Lindenbaum, Tomboy was shot over a five year period and tells the story of four women drummers, making their mark in a stereotypically masculine field.
Together they span sixty years of popular music -- celebrated through a trove of previously unseen archival footage, intimate portraiture, insightful interviews and some serious drumming skills.
A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL
Emmy Award Winner
A Walk to Beautiful tells the story of five women in Ethiopia suffering from a devastating childbirth injury called obstetric fistula. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. We follow each of these women on their journey to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years.
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An Emmy Award-winning film, A Walk to Beautiful was selected for numerous film festivals around the world, and named best documentary of the year by the International Documentary Association. It is an Engel Entertainment production, directed by Mary Olive Smith and produced by Steven M. Engel and Mary Olive Smith
SEA CHANGE
Feature Film
Vasti Geldenhuys and Riaan Manser risk their lives and their relationship on the Atlantic Ocean, as they battle nature and each other over five months rowing nearly 7,000 miles and making history in the process.
Captured entirely by GoPro Cameras in-the-moment, Sea Change follows their epic journey from the shores of Africa to their months alone at sea to achieving their dream of reaching New York. Sea Change is an Engel Entertainment production in association with Cranberry Lake Productions, directed by Dana Springer and produced by Steven Engel and Dana Springer
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