Americana

Watch “The Town That Was.” A sweet and bitter taste of Americana.

A beautiful film filled with nostalgia, sorrow, and beautiful memories. Self-inflicted wounds are always the most worrisome!

How is that for a tease? Dedicate ten minutes to this film. You will be hooked.

Denmark — Saving Lives

Here is a wonderful film about the power of empathy, and how ordinary people can rise to the occasion and be considered heroes.

Watch “The Danish Solution.” A wonderful movie about how Denmark saved refugees during WW II.

This is a great example of “Filmanthropy” and why I am so proud to bring you all these films on Snagfilms.com. Beautiful people with a moving messages of hope and honor. Click here to watch.

Thank God for the Goddess

Sheila Nevins is a goddess. She is serious and talented and the most important figure out there to documentary film makers. HBO showcases great films and original programming like no other network, and Sheila is the person who has the “golden gut” and great taste. When she falls in love with a film, the film maker is far better off for it.

I was honored that she chose to acquire “Nanking” for HBO. She and her team worked tirelessly on its behalf and helped us to secure a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award.

She is the best. Thanks HBO too!

I have made two films. The distributor of Nanking, Thinkfilms, is out of business. The second film “Kicking It” — the distributor is out of business. The DVD distributor is out of business, too! This industry is shrinking and is in trouble. Sheila Nevins is a goddess.

Thank goodness HBO still thrives. Thank goodness SnagFilms is rocking, as is IndieWIRE, too!

Wal-Mart Buys VUDU

VUDU is a digital movie streaming and downloading service. Consumers more and more want to watch films on their computers or on their HD televisions sets in their own living rooms. TV’s and PC’s are merging and blurring. When Wal-Mart enters the market it has certainly gone main stream.

One of the reasons I created Snagfilms was to take advantage of this convergence and to make good work film ubiquitous to large audiences.

I think we have positioned Snagfilms quite well. In 18 months of service we are now streaming literally tens of millions of minutes per month of films to millions of consumers. We are helping Indie film makers. We are helping charities and we are helping consumers and bloggers to self express.

We are an independent company that is trying to do well by doing good. We have a double bottom line and are competing against giant corporations.

Support us today by watching films on Snagfilm and by grabbing a film widget and showing films to your friends. Help us be David to these Goliaths. Small is beautiful.