Peachtree Village International Film Festival 2009

A film crew is visiting the quaint Midwestern town of Centerville to film a piece about “small town politics”. Centerville is an amazing setting with its picture-perfect town square, “ma and pa” restaurants, 15 traffic lights, and friendly faces that say ‘hello’ as you pass them on the street. Unexpectedly, they encounter an astonishing change in the town's history. The mayor announces that he will not be running for re-election and instead they will elect their next mayor through a beauty pageant style event. Suddenly, Centerville becomes a place buzzing with enthusiasm as citizens embrace the idea, aspiring mayors throw their hats into the ring, and political campaigns are launched in anticipation of the “Election Pageant”. In the public eye, the candidates are charismatic, engaging, and out to make great change. Behind closed doors, hidden cameras catch temper tantrums, back stabbing, and jockeying for attention as the Election Pageant approaches. The Election Pageant is reminiscent of an “American Idol” show with Jerry Springer as master of ceremonies and an audience armed with electronic voting devices. The candidates boldly fight it out in categories such as “Handshaking”, “Photo Op”, and “Talent” in front of a live audience. When Jerry announces “and the winner is”, things take an even more bizarre turn in this telling story of American politics.

The Feature Documentary, Authoring Action, Traces the seven year history, ideology, trials and transcendence of the renown, formerly branded, Winston-Salem Youth Arts Institute. The documentary’s prevalent theme is a contribution the national education movement and the urgent need for educational reform. The film explores the incredible literary works turned out by youth ages 12-17, the signature Creative and Spoken Word writing process, the struggles to conjure repressed voices to speak. Authoring Action, the institute, was founded to develop Teen Impact Communications Specialists who author original written works in poetry, monologues, rap, editorials, essays and lyrics from life stories and societal predicaments. We develop forums in collaboration with professional and renowned artists, who with us, engage the world through spoken word through stage and screen, design and publication. Our determination is to empower ourselves to exercise our civic, social, and economic rights; to educate and re-educate our evolving society. Whenever we engage you our determination is to rock your world and move you towards change. Our words will pierce you.

Autism. What is it and why is it on the rise? In this feature length documentary, award winning producer and director Gary Null is on a quest to reveal the true causes and promising solutions for the recent dramatic increase in autism in our children. Is Autism caused by mercury, aluminum, viruses, or other toxins contained in the 40-odd intravenous vaccines that every American child must receive? What environmental or genetic factors could be contributing to the epidemic increase in childhood autism? In this pioneering educational film, Dr. Null will be interviewing the world’s leading experts on autism. A full spectrum of medical and scientific views will be presented, both orthodox and non-traditional, to get at the real reasons behind this childhood scourge. Novel effective therapies will be explored, showing that both the problem and solution of autism could be linked to weakened childhood immune systems, the inability of some children to rid their bodies of heavy metals and injected viruses, and unusual reactions to environmental toxins, foods, and proteins. Some of these natural solutions are being challenged by the pharmaceutical industry as unproven. Could it be that the drug companies stand too much to lose from a more critical scrutiny of our national policy of compulsory vaccinations for infants and children? In, Autism: Made in the USA, Gary Null, will peel away the misconceptions, and show how concerned parents and health care providers can finally take some solace in finding effective treatments for this debilitating childhood disease.

The Barrett Legacy is a Historical Documentary concerning this Nations first African American female Sheriff. It takes us from her humble beginnings through her relentless climb up the career ladder in a male dominated arena. It focus on her ability and drive to develop curriculum, programs, and standards that results in National certification and recognition for the The Fulton County Sheriff's Department. It is a story of excellence, perseverance, and triumph of the human spirit.

Alex is an African-American kid from the Bronx who dreams of playing basketball as his idols

As politicians stand up and promise 'change' to the nation, what are the people who need it the most doing to make a difference in their own communities with nothing at their disposal but their own creativity? Living together in a converted school bus, a wildly diverse group of artists, filmmakers, and musicians leaves Los Angeles behind looking for answers and searching for the intersection of Art and Politics in America. From Venice Beach to Brooklyn, New York, through the Southwestern desert to the deep south, this is a portrait of the United States seldom seen in the mass media. 'You're trying to change things by doing pure actions. In an impure world, that's a beautiful thing.' -Oliver Stone

In a Mother Teresa meets Indiana Jones adventure three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern day knights travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.

Dutty Sykes, a young urban male, whose childhood was spent in a neighborhood shadowed by Boston’s expanding skyline, understood the reality of business decisions from an early age. Raised by Ronesha Sykes, a single mother who indoctrinated him with the knowledge of supply and demand

'A Change Is Gonna Come' featuring GRAMMY nominee Jana Mashonee and Juno winner Derek Miller