Stories by @Jeshisthename

The Tall Tales of Father Bog

A black family in Roseland, Chicago becomes caught in the midst of a rising sociopolitical conflict in their neighborhood. Prompting them to revisit the outrageous stories of local folk hero, Father Bog.

Gospels

The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is depicted in a modern day setting from the perspective of the four gospels.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things: (90s Edition)

Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake's mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world. An exploration of regret, longing and the fragility of the human spirit, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS is directed and written by Academy Award® winner Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Inspired by Iain Reid's bestselling namesake novel.

Elsagate

An incisive look at the Elsagate controversy from the perspective of author James Bridle and human rights activist Matan Uziel.

Artie Hoban's Billion Dollar Invention

A downtrodden eleven year old becomes a worldwide celebrity sought after by vindictive corporations, greedy adults, and a sinister witch after inventing a revolutionary drink.

When Carrie Met George

Successful producer George Lucas and film actress Carrie Fisher, (both recently divorced) become romantically interested in one another during the late 1980s.

The Disruptive Minds

Former film marketing executive Stacy Spikes launches the infamous subscription service known as MoviePass.

Chosen

A type one diabetic nurse in a small town suspects that a series of strange occurrences happening around her have an extraterrestrial origin.

Everything is Made Up

Depicts the life, death, and rebirth of the American iteration of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" from the perspective of improvisational musician Laura Hall.

Pigs With Lipstick

Gathered in the PEOC following a scandalous affair, a board of political fixers and White House staffers set out to piece together the truth and figure out a solution.

Juvie

Set in a juvenile detention center, Juvie depicts the life of kids who are scared, lonely and locked up. Some are drug offenders, some have killed and some are just misfits. Although the set never changes, the "juvies" venture out of their cells to tell why and how they were caught. The barren cell and lack of props are effective in keeping with each character's desolation.

Meta Man

A middle-aged superhero grapples with depression, fame, and his tiring health in early 21st century America.

Music of the 23rd Century

A collection of short films, visual interpretations, and music videos set to the tune of electronic house, rock and roll, metal and psychedelic pop.

The Trick

A military academy dropout returns to his small Colorado town where he becomes involved in his uncle's criminal schemes.

M. Kreggardemp

A struggling vaudeville performer in The Bronx becomes haunted by a vengeful spirit.

Axiom's End

It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government―and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him―until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades. Realizing the extent to which both she and the public have been lied to, she sets out to gather as much information as she can, and finds that the best way for her to uncover the truth is not as a whistleblower, but as an intermediary. The alien presence has been completely uncommunicative until she convinces one of them that she can act as their interpreter, becoming the first and only human vessel of communication. Their otherworldly connection will change everything she thought she knew about being human―and could unleash a force more sinister than she ever imagined.

The Racket

A bartender starting life anew in a small rural town in Southwest England is confronted by a gang of sadists with an axe to grind.

The Dragon Woman

In a parallel world torn apart by war, a young woman/dragon hybrid sets out to vanquish a tyrannical leader before he can extinguish the last of her people.

The Roaming Dogfish

A disturbed family tries to maintain their sanity in the midst of their daughter's unexpected pregnancy, a mysterious virus, and the troubling past that surrounds their deeply superstitious great aunt.

Picasso At the Lapin Agile

In a Parisian bar during the early 1900s, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso have a lengthy debate over the value of genius and talent while interacting with a smattering of colorful characters.