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Morty and Paloma try to find the money to help Morty complete his latest work, the socially conscious semi-erotic thriller, Ms. Kevorkian.

The Independent -- A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.

Animator Thomas Kempton gets more than he bargained for when a snowmobile trip turns to terror in the wilds of Northern Michigan. After narrowly escaping the clutches of two psychotic sisters who want to have him for dinner, Tom becomes obsessed with turning his cannibalistic close call into an animated film. But when he meets his captor's long-lost daughter, Tom finds that blood is thicker than ink, and his nightmares are only just beginning.

The Independent is the story of one man's struggle for a little bit of recognition. It's filled with interviews from Morty's celebrity friends, clips from his thirty years of films, and a cinema verite camera which follows Morty and Paloma as they try to find the money to help him complete his latest work, the socially conscious semi-erotic thriller, Ms. Kevorkian. The Independent is filled with great performances, and finds its way into your hands as the result of the settling of a lawsuit with a now-defunct, terrible little independent film distributor, the ugly details of which we are contractually unable to revisit here. Enjoy!