MIKE CASSEDY
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BARREN
​(short film)
Middle-aged and unable to conceive, a long-term caregiver seeks out a witch whose powerful potion changes her life--and that of her disabled sister.

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SUCKER​
​(short film)
An 18-year-old, pressured to “become a man” discovers the man he wants to be through an unexpected connection with a total stranger, forever changing how he sees both his parents.
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THE INVENTION OF TRAGEDY
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​A chorus of students, all alike and all unalike, are trying like the devil to tell a simple story. Wellman’s examination of the post-9/11 world and America’s general and genial acceptance of the Iraq war.
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MADRE MARIA
​(short film)
​While crossing the desert near the Mexican border, a pregnant immigrant winds up getting captured by an American vigilante. In an unexpected turn of events, her captor learns more about the true nature of the woman he holds hostage.



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HALF-LIFE
​(tv series)
Half Life takes a comedic look at a NYC mom trying to reboot her stalled screenwriting career without letting the rest of her life fall apart - moms can have a midlife crisis too.​
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16 WORDS OR LESS
​(short film)
A lone and over-helpful flower shop clerk tries to contain the challenges of her customers’ lives, but can’t do the same for herself.​ A tale of hair, loss, grief, and language.
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UTILITIES NOT INCLUDED
​(web series)

​Two jaded Brooklyn hipsters lease their spare room at double the rate to a clingy Midwestern girl whose personality creates havoc to the household dynamic.
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MANUFACTURING MISCHIEF
(political puppet show)
Manufacturing Mischief is a satirical play by Pedro Reyes that features puppet characters based on Noam Chomsky, Karl Marx, Ayn Rand, and Elon Musk. The work was conceived as part of Reyes's residency as the inaugural Dasha Zhukova Distinguished Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology. 


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SIDELINED
​(short film)
​Leela's world is split in half. One piece belongs to her family, and the other to her football team. On the night of a big game, her parents plan an emergency trip to India. Leela sees an opportunity to bring family and football together.
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THE MOVIE HOUSE ON MAIN STREET (documentary)
The Movie House on Main Street is a documentary about the story of the Rosendale Theatre and the story of many small screen movie theaters across the country that have closed due to an inability to sustain financially.
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THE WEEK IN FILM TECH (podcast)
​​The Week in Film Tech is a podcast designed to cover the week in film gear news you need to know in 20 minutes or less.
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PROMETHEUS BOUND
(film)
​Prometheus Bound examines the discrepancy between what is legal versus what is just, to dismantle the concept of injustice veiled as order. Prometheus Bound is fully designed and staged for an audience of no one. Instead, it is captured for the screen as a purely cinematic experience, with mask, original music and deeply compelling performances of the late Rubenstein's visionary text.
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