fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life

Product Code: FE5000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

Jo is busy fending off suburban boredom, when her teacher assigns Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter to her English class. She relates to the central character: forever the listener, definitively the outsider and perpetually misunderstood. When she is the victim of a gay bashing, those close to Jo question their own responsibility and find a voice for those persecuted simply for being different.

Penny Penniworth: A Story of Great Good Fortune

Product Code: PK6000

Approx. Run Time: 75 min.

The eponymous Penny, deprived of her fortune by the untimely death of her hapless father, must go off to London and navigate her way among unscrupulous suitors anonymous benefactors. After throwing herself on the mercy of the family solicitor, Mr. Bunting, Penny and her mother are sent to live with the slightly deranged Miss Havasnort to cater to her every whim. Penny soon becomes prey to the roguish Rupert Stryfe, heir to the House of Stryfe.

El Viaje de Beatriz (Beatriz's Journey)

Product Code: V42000

Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

When Beatriz storms into her room to escape yet another fight between her parents, she turns to Beatrizita, a doll made for her by her recently deceased abuela, for comfort. Beatrizita magically comes to life and sends Beatriz searching for her abuela in Dreamland with nothing but a blank map to guide her. Along the way, she discovers the regalitos (little gifts) of spirit that her abuela’s kindness instilled within her.

Blind Lemon Blues

Product Code: BE2000

Limited Streaming Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 50 min.

This 50-minute musical celebrates the legacy of Blind Lemon Jefferson and his profound influence upon the development of American popular music. Jefferson was a blind street musician who played his guitar at the corner of Elm Street and Central Avenue in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas, Texas, until a Paramount Records scout discovered him.

Story Stew: A Fairy Tale Revue

Product Code: S1H000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

Familiar fables take on new twists as the mystery of the missing food leads the kids of all your fairy tale favorites—Jack, Jill, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Hansel, Gretel, Mary, Little Miss Muffet, the Big Bad Wolf, the Gingerbread Man, Puss in Boots—through the woods to Grandmother's house, up a beanstalk, and finally to the witch's gingerbread house.