Sandra Seacat

Under the Banner of Heaven

Josie Pyre

A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.

Palo Alto

Tanya

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Frances

Drama Teacher

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

The Rose

Reporter

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

The New Age

Mary Netter

Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.

The Trainer

Sandra Seacat

Jack Flex is broke, buff, and wildly delusional—but he’s got a dream: to sell his absurd invention, the Heavy Hat, on his mom’s favorite shopping channel. When a desperate producer gives him a shot, Jack’s web of lies—celebrity clients, Hollywood fame—starts to unravel. With just one week to turn fiction into fact, he sprints through L.A. in a chaotic quest for credibility, hope, and a shot at stardom.

You Don't Know Jack

Janet Adkins

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Alex of Venice

Sandra

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.

Daddy and Them

Elbe Montgomery

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.

The Baby Dance

Doreen

Six months pregnant and living in a beat-up tiny mobile home, Wanda LeFauve thinks she has found the solution to her problems when she agrees to meet well-to-do Rachel Luckman and her husband. The childless Luckmans are desperate to raise a baby and Wanda is anxious to find a home for her latest. They strike a deal, but as the birth parents and the potential adoptive parents get to know each other, fundamental differences emerge.

Promised Land

Mrs. Rivers

Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.

Behind the Lines

Self

Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired by the stage play If All the Sky Were Paper, the film tells the story of Carroll, who travels the world to seek out the greatest war letters ever written

Sympathy for Delicious

Mrs. Matilda

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

Prey for Rock & Roll

Jacki's Mom

In late 1980s Los Angeles, Jacki and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy, are trying to make it big. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot at the big time is unsuccessful, she will give up her dreams of stardom.

Country

Louise Brewer

Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.

The Time Being

Annette

A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.

Jane Austen in Manhattan

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Nailed

Sandra the Midwife

When a passionate but turbulent affair with an emotionally troubled girl results in pregnancy, a struggling writer and his tight-knit family are forced to decide how the story will end.

The Destiny of Marty Fine

Woman on Bench

Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees something he shouldn't have - a mob hit. An old gangster offers a deal: Marty can save his own skin by committing a murder, or be killed himself. When push comes to shove, Marty can't kill the mark, a scamming club owner. Now the clock is ticking and Marty is on the ropes, with one last chance to prove he is still a man with a choice.

Nobody's Child

Barbara

Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.