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After a back-to-school night that became a frenzied fight for survival, the seventh grade has finally settled down for Jake, Lucy, and TJ. Of course, there are still your basic Level Three humiliations: awkward hygiene challenges, toxic nicknames, and science fair debacles.  But at least nobody is running for their life. That all changes when dangerous intruders descend on the historic Chicago hotel Jake calls home. After a daring escape, Jake, Lucy, and TJ find themselves fugitives on the run, chasing a series of cryptic messages that lead to a mysterious plot to steal Civil War codes that somehow still matter today. Along the way they survive a shocking betrayal and unearth more stunning family secrets.

More than a decade after their mother's mysterious death, the Cooper sisters are suddenly forced to confront the secrets that have haunted their family for years. Bailee Cooper is a successful freelance editor who has a chance at romance with her boss, Mark. But, tormented by fears of her past and the specter of her mother's mental illness, Bailee keeps Mark at arm's length. Bailee is also unable to free herself from the feeling that she's responsible for her sisters Greena and Piper. When their father, Tony, orchestrates a surprise reunion at the family vacation house where they last saw their mother alive, Bailee and her sisters are faced with a choice: Leave the past where it lies- or confront Tony about their suspicion that he may have murdered their mother years ago. The sisters confront their father, and he finally reveals the truth: their mother jumped off a hospital roof to her death. This stunning revelation raises more questions, launching Bailee on a quest to uncover another, even darker secret. Wrestling with her repressed memories, Bailee comes to realize that someone was indeed murdered in the Cooper home years ago - but it wasn't her mother. When Mark shows up to comfort Bailee amid her tumultuous family visit, Bailee begins to let her guard down and allows herself to grow closer to him. However, if she can't uncover the truth and overcome her traumatic past, she risks losing everything. 

WHALE TALK is the story of TJ (The Tao) Jones, a young black teen determined to live by his own code in the very white city of Spokane, WA. At Cutter High, TJ is a problem to be solved: maverick, trouble-making, and maddeningly articulate, TJ is also the school’s most gifted athlete. Though he resists every prodding to join an organized sport, TJ instead enlists a team of outsiders for his new swim team … in a school without a swimming pool His team may never win a race but they learn to define themselves on their terms – finding dignity and friendship in a school that has shunned them…all while TJ becomes an unstoppable force in the pool and out. WHALE TALK is inspiring, hilarious, thrilling, heartbreaking and by its end, truly shocking.

At the turn of the century, Gabriel met the love of his life and they were married only a few days later. He spent the next two years photographing her almost exclusively. He placed her as the jewel at the centerpiece of rose gardens, forests, and ocean sunsets. 

In the following years, their three children were born, providing Gabriel with a new muse –family. Then early one morning in 1906, the Moulin family was literally shaken from their sleep by the worst earthquake in US History. Gas and water mains exploded, buildings collapsed and mouth-like fissures swallowed horses and carriages whole. In all, 3,000 people would lose their lives to this tragic event. And Gabriel was there with his camera to capture the carnage. The photos from this event and the subsequent rebuilding of San Francisco sparked the imagination of millions and earned Gabriel some valuable patronage. In 1909, he received a telegram invitation from William Hearst to join him at his castle on the McLeod River. The meeting led to a bizarre assignment and a friendship that would last for decades. What followed was a series of invitations that literally punctuated history as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Alexander Graham Bell erupted onto the scene and commissioned photographs for Moulin. By the 1920s, Gabriel’s sons had joined the family business and created new opportunities for experimentation and invention. They took to the skies.

Our story begins near the end of the legendary lawman’s. A 70-year-old Bass Reeves sets out on an evening patrol for the Muskogee Police force. A storm is blowing in from the West. After being startled by a metal pail blowing off its perch at a nearby feed store and nearly putting a hole in it with his revolver, Bass hears footsteps behind him. Outsmarting his “pursuer” as only Bass would, he learns he is being followed by a young boy (5) named Buster Williams, who is pretending to be Bass Reeves – finger guns and all. And, it turns out that Buster is in pursuit of Jim Webb. Buster is elated when the police officer shares that he knows a thing or two about Bass Reeves and Jim Webb. Then, upon learning Buster doesn’t have a reliable home to return to, Bass offers Buster a sarsaparilla in the nearby Turner Muskogee Hotel lobby saloon. To Buster’s delighted surprise, the hotel proprietor recognizes Bass and calls him by name. Buster is about to learn about his hero, from his hero. What follows is an intimate portrayal of Bass’s story through his own perspective. As Bass shares his story, others trapped by the weather in the saloon join his storytelling. By the end, Bass has captured the intrigue of the entire room – ending with the tearful story of the arrest of his own son, Ben Reeves. It is our goal as producers of this project that the film does for audiences what Bass’s story did for the saloon guests. The story told in hindsight by a witty and wise legend is a treasure trove of inspiration for a life well-lived.

When two Americans meet in a Mexico bar, their lives are intertwined as they undertake a trek down the Baja peninsula in search of the lost treasure hidden in an abandoned mission on the coast.  Along the way, the two unlikely friends encounter the Sonoran desert, the wild Baja coast, the local police, motorcycle gangs, and bandits. But when they come across a lonely outpost in search of shelter, their lives are transformed by the two inhabitants of the lonely farm.