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Although Thomas and Ellen Atkins are good and sincere parents, they must tolerate an irascible grandmother, a lazy uncle who feigns sickness, and a brother who believes himself to be a poet. They also tolerate the concern of little Thomas for all the sick animals in the village. When Atkins, Sr., needs money to meet a note, young Thomas, with the aid of his sweetheart, Mildred Hastings, secures money by threatening to expose an older sister's love affair. He buys 250 pigs, works with them overnight, and sells them for $10 a head; after eloping with Mildred, he returns home to his proud and happy family.

The family of a shepherd from the Caucuses inherits a car-wash in Moscow. From the far-away pastures they come to the capital and find themselves in an entirely different world with different values. Naive, trustful and eager to make new friends they are harshly rejected by the locals, who see them as aliens, with their sheep, their customs, and their reverence to the head of the family, the Grandfather, who makes an almost mythological figure. And only the weird black ram, that seems to appear out of the blue, unites everything as a generalizing metaphor. The ram embodies the attempts to cross the mental gap between Russia and the Caucuses, to overcome the mutual mistrust and hatred that divide the peoples.

So Far Close followed Shadow as he stumbled onto a college campus for the very first time. Unbeknownst to those around, Shadow was actually a homeless man struggling to find himself. Sergio, C4, and Shadow team up once again as they encounter more fun, struggles, life and more. This $915 indie feature film defies all odds and delivers a humbling story of friendship, sacrifice and willpower.

Blood! Sugar! Sid! Ace! is a feature length, psychological drama. The story follows SID! - a creator of words, films and visual art. Sid reflects upon his life's journey, painfully processing the mistakes he's made and the potential he has not fulfilled with work and women. To quantify his pain, Sid creates ACE! -a younger version of himself - and thus Ace is born unto this world of memories and frustration. Ace's main conflict is with BLOOD! - a manifestation of all the broken-doll females that have lead to Sid's downfall. From the debris of Ace's ashes, rises SUGAR! - the empathetic spirit that is the light at the end of Sid/Ace's dark tunnel. There's something about Ace that is more than meets the eye.

Jess is abrasive and doesn't care. Pier is a sweet girl, but is eager to explore her sexuality. Brianna is a former nymphomaniac fighting her inner desires by finding herself in a new state of celibacy. This vulgar, alluring, risque' threesome decide to plan a slumber party. As each colorful, animated character arrives at the event, shit begins to hit the fan. True colors begin to shine through. Dark secrets are exposed. No one is safe. This film is not for the sensitive and faint-hearted.