More Films From Reel Nation Media

At Reel Nation Media we are always striving to bring audiences and artists quality media art that will inspire them to lead better lives for themselves and their communities. In all our works, we strive for dialogical expression to explore the truth and bring it into the light so that we may all have a chance to reflect.

In 2016 Reel Nation Media released Stand Up, a wrestling documentary that shared the story of high school wrestlers who defied defeat to find their winning spirits. So what new films are coming next?

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REEL NATION MEDIA SEASON 1

A series of short adventures about a certain theme or subject which will take you on a digital and physical journey. This is the biggest project in the works, and release looks like late 2018. It's going to be on the DL, for now...

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"Years in the 48 Hours"

Director Doug Henderson is the main subject of "Years in the 48 Hours"

"A filmmaker finds the fruits of his labor from many years of struggling in the Baltimore 48 Hour FIlm Competition." This is a short documentary tackling a theme we love, which is perseverance. This title is a must see for artists and independent small business owners. "Years in the 48 Hours" is coming to festivals in summer 2018.

"UNWHOLLY HEARTS"

Early Concept Art

“A Muslim couple’s desperate attempts at pregnancy are only met with failure and mysterious prophetic nightmares. When the possibly infertile, in-denial husband takes their fate in his own hands and trusts his faith in black-magic, the depressed wife is flung into a battle to stay sincere to her own faith- or to save her marriage, the only light in her life.” This psychological thriller is the next short film in Reel Nation Media's lineup.

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DEAD ED

Computer design of the robot, ED.

If you don't know the story behind Dead ED, here is the short version of it. In 2012 the founding members sought to create Sci-Fi epic and funded the project through Kickstarter. The project was never completed because it got stuck in "visual effects hell". The founders of the company have taken it upon themselves to fulfill their promises to the Kickstarter supporters by completing the movie no matter what. A man and his robot ally are not going away anytime soon. Dead ED is set to release publicly in early 2018.

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PURSUIT OF REFUGE

In 2015, director Abdullah Abu-Mahfouz, director of Stand Up, set out to capture the journey of a Syrian Refugee family striving to live a happy American life. This heart felt film will uncover the struggles and strife of starting a life from zero, but still showing unlimited love for your family. Pursuit of Refuge will be screening in festivals early 2018.

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STAND UP SPECIAL EDITION EXTRAS

Though the Stand Up full feature documentary is finished, there is more content to come for wrestlers, athletes, and all determined folk a like. Extras will include future interviews with the subjects of the film and with other wrestling figures, short documentaries on unique wrestling stories, and helpful wrestling content. It's going to be a long time before we stop serving our favorite wrestling family!

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Dead ED Isn't Dead 2! - The Unwanted Sequel

Well, well, well... have a lot of explaining to do, don't we?

"An Idea about appreciating each other after straying away, an idea about breaking free. That idea is Dead ED," said a year younger me, in an embarrassing video released to Kickstarter backers, as I was figuring out how to explain what the hell happened to the, then three-years-old, now four-years-old, Kickstarter film. Now I am trying to figure out how to explain what the hell happened, once again.

Failure is what happened, ladies and gentlemen. Here is last year's video:

Written Recap:

In the video we apologized, went through how our team split up, and how life threw us to the curb. To me watching the video is almost unbearable, and like wanting to punch my little brother in the face, repeatedly. Looking at your old self is... weird. Then we discussed the startup of this production company, Reel Nation Media. We then explained how our obligations to our backers would not change, and it still hasn't. You also got to see a short but sweet unfinished scene of the film where our heroes were turning against each other as they were trapped with little hope of escape. Next we promised to still commit to the Kickstarter rewards, finish the film, and to introduce a new lifetime rewards system which promised the backers equivalent rewards for every film in the future (this will still hold true). We then promised monthly updates... yeahhhhhhhhhhh. Didn't happen. You'll see why- but something gives me hope at the end of the video. "Dead ED shows that it's never too late to set things right. That is what this journey is about."

Nothing could be more true.

So here we are, trying to set things right.

In the year since that video, a lot has happened: We finished our first feature documentary film, Stand Up, but could not get to distribution until August 2016 because of some novice failures related to the film. We also had to shut down our office because our steady stream of income from short documentary was eliminated when Al Jazeera America decided to abort mission for good. By that time, we had started an Al Jazeera short documentary that we were commissioned for. Even though we could have dropped it we felt that our responsibilities to the subjects demanded more time, which turned into our newest film, Refuge. So we had to start spending more of what we didn't have to keep that project alive. As if things couldn't have gotten any worse, a lethal illness affected a family member, which had to result in a split of the team once again... what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?

This is me working with AlJazeera. I was an assistant to the famous John Ware from the BBC's Panorama. I'm going to really miss that.

No worries, everything is fine now, that person was a champion and is making it out, and we're actually doing pretty well. Stand Up is on its way to theaters while Refuge is almost done with production. Dead ED is the project that had to wait because the lack of time and resources. Hopefully it can bring this Nation back together again.

Here are the trailers for "Stand Up" and "Refuge".

Our plan is to finish what's on our plate, including Dead ED, by March 2017, and to deliver all original Kickstarter and lifetime rewards for all projects. Then we hope to start anew. I will be making a video to explain more, but I just needed to get this out while I had 20 minutes of spare time. Thanks for your patience this whole time, guys. I feel like I could not be any more in the wrong. Hopefully you'll give me another shot!

For Dead ED Kickstarter backers, please get ahold of me at RNM@reelnationmedia.com for concerns or complaints so that I may address them with full commitment.

Expect more frequent updates.

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