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- Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Espeut interviews Lauretta Hannon about stories from her bestselling book, 'The Cracker Queen--A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life.' Even after writing her story about growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, Lauretta has yet to set foot on the grounds of her youth, until now. Plagued with a family history of attempted abortion, abandonment, alcoholism, and violence, Lauretta discovers a new affirmation to her life by returning to her childhood home. In 'Raised in the South of Normal,' we find out how Lauretta is able to confront the discord and deaths of her parents and realize her purpose as a writer.
- After suffering from depression, anger and nearly dying from an illness, E.M. Watson tells a metaphorical story of how he overcame his dark past. Throughout this allegorical film, you as the audience will dive deep into E.M. Watson's state of mind within a 3 year time period spanning from 2014 - 2017. Using a fictional character named Lyn, E.M. Watson illustrates how honesty, persistence, and love can be the antidote to permanent suffering.
- GreasePaint is a documentary film by Daniel Espeut that follows Joey Thurmond and his family as they travel around the country performing the art of American circus clowning. The movie resurrects the dying art of clowning demonstrated by Joey's love for the craft and makes sure that people see the human side of clowning. While the over-arching story focuses on Joey and his ability to balance the business and family life, the viewer also hears from circus performers, old and new, discussing the positive and negative connotations that people have of clowns. Having started the clowning full time, Joey Thurmond has put his life savings and police pension into his ultimate passion. He overhauls the new show completely with a new background, traveling set, and living quarters. The family starts the year not knowing whether they will have enough money to make it back home from the road. His wife, Jamie, manages a lot of the day to day affairs and keeps the peace in the family. Joey's son, Tyler, weighs his options of staying with the business or pursuing his own dreams. Hernan Colonia, a late-comer to the show works on adjusting to his new surroundings and unfortunate immigration situation. The movie is a glimpse into a year of traveling in the most significant and dynamic year in the business' history while examining the clowning world as a whole. The audience sees the backstories of quite a few of the characters including Joey's rise from professional wrestler, to police officer, to clown. It is about the love of a family and how they manage to live and work together 24 hours a day while following their circus dreams.