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Director Tim Kirkman returns to his native North Carolina to weave a tender and thought-provoking drama about the longing for family and the challenges of keeping one together. Three stories, all centered around Mother s Day, intertwine to tell a singular tale about the strength of the human heart and the love of family. Tall and world-weary, a handsome young gay drifter, Mark (Kip Pardue), arrives in a small coastal town to watch over the endangered loggerhead turtles that nest there. He finds a kind smile and a bit of solace in a local motel manager, George (Michael Kelly). Grace (Bonnie Hunt), a Southern woman approaching middle age but still lost in the world, returns to her hometown and a domineering mother to search for the son she gave up for adoption long ago. Elizabeth (Tess Harper), the tight-lipped wife of a conservative, small-town preacher, must decide whether to break with both her husband and the church to do right by her son. Anchored by nuanced and inspired performances, a dramatically mature script, and exquisite landscape cinematography, Loggerheads beautifully depicts the lives of characters who are ultimately driven by their hearts and souls to deal with the repercussions of their past actions and to make things right again, no matter how difficult.

The trailer for Troubadors. In the wake of the turbulent 1960s, a new style of song and songwriter came to the fore a style marked by vulnerable introspection and raw, naked emotion. Backed by little more than a lone acoustic guitar or simple piano, these exciting voices descended upon Los Angeles, now emerging as the center of the American music scene. Their epicenter for self-expression became an old beatnik folk club and a fitting name: The Troubadour. Troubadors traces Carole King, James Taylor and the singer/songwriter scene during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also interweaves the intriguing story of the 'world famous' Troubadour club that cemented their musical legacy. 'The Troub' became the place for these songwriters to inspire (and be inspired), to strut, compete, carouse, and to love. Run by a mercurial impresario named Doug Weston, the Troubadour was, for a time, the hub of the LA music scene. Between 1968 and 1973, The Troubadour launched the performing careers of some of the best songwriters of their generation and perhaps any generation: Carole King and James Taylor, as well as Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt, Eagles and many others. The inspiration for making a feature documentary grew out of a series of landmark reunion concerts Carole King & James Taylor played at the Troubadour in 2007, to mark the club's 50th anniversary. And it's that enduring spirit of camaraderie and creativity that pervades Troubadors, which chronicles the development of King and Taylor's unique voices, while tracing the strong connective tissue between them, and the remarkable group of musicians and performers who played before, after, and alongside them. Troubadors tells the story of when rock n' roll grew up.

A clip for April Showers. In this scene from the upcoming film April Showers, Sean (Kelly Blatz), Nick (Sean Durrie) and Chris (Jacob Highland) arrive at a nearby elementary school where survivors are being taken so that officials can get a final head count. Naturally the scene at the elementary school is chaotic due to the number of grief stricken parents, including Sean s parents played by Mark Arnold and Bonnie Pfrenger, arriving to see if their children are among the survivors.