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Cool, organic documentary film follows a day in the life of Houston, America's 4th largest city. Light on dialog and narration, the story is told through strong cinematography, editorial and a few words from famous Houstonians. The film is one of a series of city-based documentary films created by commercial director W. Ross Wells and producer/writer Merideth Melville of Zenfilm. Cinematographers Raul Casares and Wayne Forster both made artistic contributions to the film. As did Gaffer Richard Lacy and 1st ACs Justin Deguire and Sara Bowman. One Day in Houston features cameo appearances by Heavyweight Champ George Forman, African American ballet pioneer Lauren Anderson, Designer and Project Runway winner Chloe Dao, Grammy winners Yolanda Adams and Johnny Nash to name a few. Musical highlights feature jazz violinist Michael Ward and a performance by Beetle at Houston's famous Continental Club. One Day in Houston was commissioned by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitor's Bureau and funded in part by a grant from Continental Airlines. The film has won numerous awards including a Platinum Remi from WorldFest and a Create Magazine award. The film is entered in many upcoming festivals.

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JULY MOON is the story of the lost NASA tapes, and the man who had them stored in a garage for over twenty years. The film tells the story of the race to space called for by President John F. Kennedy, and continues as a NASA intern named Gary George purchases the 2-inch magnetic tapes at a government surplus auction at Ellington Air Force Base. The FBI comes into play as NASA property is seen being thrown away as trash at George s parents home in Houston, Texas. Buzz Aldrin is enthralled while viewing the historic footage for the first time and recounts the famous mission and the moments leading up to Neil Armstrong s epic moment.

Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, with consequences that reverberate throughout the world today. Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team with Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to bring George Crile's best-selling book to the screen. Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His 'Good Time Charlie' exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians. Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne Herring (Roberts), one of the wealthiest women in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen (Afghan freedom fighters). Charlie's partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA Agent Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman), a blue-collar operative in a company of Ivy League blue bloods. Together, the three of them Charlie, Joanne and Gust travel the world to form unlikely alliances among the Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, arms dealers, law makers and a belly dancer. Their success was remarkable. Funding for covert operations against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually. The Red Army retreated out of Afghanistan. When asked how a group of peasants was able to deliver such a decisive blow to the army of a superpower, Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq responded simply, 'Charlie did it.'