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The visionary new film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South is unlike anything you’ve seen before.

Starring Nashville-based cosmic roots band Coyote Motel, it’s a music and performance movie, but it’s also a cultural history, a memoir, and a psychedelic experience. In 10 songs and stories, The River explores the lives, lore, and locales along three great rivers of the American South—the Mississippi, the Cumberland, and the Tallahatchie.

The film has already been selected for multiple festivals, and has won awards for Best Experimental Film and Best Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack recording was released on March 19, 2024 when the movie has its hometown premiere at Nashville, Tennessee’s historic Belcourt Theatre.

The crowdfunded, 68-minute feature was conceived and written by Coyote Motel bandleader Ted Drozdowski and directed by Richie Owens of Parlor Films, and is also a collaboration of more than 15 Nashville independent artists, including light art creators Darling Lucifer Productions and the aerialists of Suspended Gravity Circus.

Starting at Nashville’s Cumberland and weaving south along the Mississippi and Tallahatchie, The River introduces viewers and listeners to muleskinners, coal miners, riverboat gamblers, freedom fighters, and the late musical giants of North Mississippi blues. It also essays the omnipotent, timeless magic of the rivers themselves, and the cities and rural outposts along their endlessly flowing waters, with grace, beauty, and surprise.

THE SONGS INCLUDED IN THE PERFORMANCE ARE:

• Tupelo – 6:01
• Black Lung Fever – 4:46
• Keep Me In Your Mind – 3:17
• The River Runs Forever – 3:27
• Long Distance Runner – 7:11
• Trouble – 3:02
• Homegoing – 4:09
• Still Among the Living – 4:30
• Down in Chulahoma – 3:55
• The River – 6:16

2024 / 68 Minutes / Documentary / A film by Richie Owens

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The true story of international soccer star, Nadia Nadim, who escaped Afghanistan to become one of the top women’s strikers in the world.

How can you rebuild your life when you lose both a parent and your homeland forever at the age of 8? Nadia Nadim, whose father was killed by the Taliban in 2000, embarked on such a quest. Her incredible journey – from her family’s escape from war-torn Kabul to reaching the pinnacle of international soccer fame – is the stirring and inspirational story that unfolds in this feature-length documentary.

Escaping Afghanistan with her mother and four sisters, the Nadim family traded danger for a life of relative peace in Denmark. It was here that a passion for soccer helped Nadia assimilate and thrive, eventually leading to her becoming a striker for Denmark’s national team and Paris Saint-Germain, one of the most popular women’s teams in the world. Now, having reached the top of her game, Nadia yearns to return to Afghanistan to uncover details about her father’s fate. However, with the country still gripped by terrorism, she’s forced to give up the trip. But with unshakable confidence, Nadia forges ahead with plans for the future: to become a reconstructive surgeon and transform people’s lives.

• WINNER: Palermo International Sport Film Festival
• Nominated, Magnolia Award, Best Documentary, Shanghai International TV Festival
• Nominated, Emmy Award, Best Sports Documentary, International Emmy Awards

Some Background:

• Nadia Nadim was ranked 20th on Forbes’ 2018 list of ‘Most Powerful Women in International Sports.
• Nadia was named an UNESCO Champion for Girls’ and Women’s Education in 2019 and is a brand ambassador for H&M Move.
• Nadia is one of the most popular female soccer stars in the world, having played for top teams like Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan.

2021 / Documentary / English, French, Dari, and Danish with English subtitles / 86 Minutes / A film by Anissa Bonnefont.

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In one of the last traditional tribes in the South Pacific, a young girl falls in love with her chief ‘s grandson. But when war with enemies escalates, she is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by warriors of both tribes.

With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose between their hearts and the peaceful future of the tribe.

“Thrilling performances as stunning as the setting.” – Washington Post

“One of the best…you will be surprised.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“An epic romance. Highly Recommended.” – S. Lyons, The Sound View

“Gorgeous…a welcome surprise…beautiful cinematography and sound.” – Glenn Dunks, Vanity Fair

Multiple Award Wins include:

• Nominated for 5 AACTA Awards (Australian version of the Oscars): Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Sound
• Winner, AACTA award for Best Original Score
• Winner, Audience Award, Best Cinematography, Venice Int’l Film Festival
• Winner, Best Director, Australian Director’s Guild
• Winner, Best Music, Film Critics Circle of Australia
• Winner, Audience Award, Best Picture, Venice Int’l Film Festival
• 2017 Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film
• First Australian film ever to be nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

Drama / 2015 / 104 minutes / Color / Nauvhal w/ English subtitles / A film by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler

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