Shepherd Ahlers

Producer, Assistant Director

A Southern Noir thriller, set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town where a woman and her young daughter are caught in the crossfire when whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect.

Desperation Road

Follows the life of writer Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel.

Wildcat

Laila, a Palestinian-American drummer, visits her grandmother in her new apartment during a powerful storm under the guise of helping her unpack. But her nefarious goals slowly unfold as they delve deeper into the mystical fateful night.

Maqluba

Cash is trying to live an honest and quiet life, but when Big Cat forces him back into her services, he proves capable of anything to protect the town and the only family he has left.

Red Right Hand

A ride-share turns into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after it follows a car fitting the description of an AMBER ALERT.

Amber Alert

Based on a true story. When George arrived at basic training in 1944, he was met with a melting pot of cultures from across America. From bare knuckle boxing to verbal assault, these boys fought to solidify their reputations before they set off for the raging war in the Pacific. This is a story about pride, identity and brotherhood set during a crucial turning point in American History. 

Shot on Kodak 16mm Film

Director: Skyler Lawson
Actors: Dylan Grunn, Grant Schumacher, Delil Baran and Ronan Colfer
DP: R. Aaron Webster
Producers: Skyler Lawson, Shepherd Ahlers
Gaffer: Brenton Oechsle
1st AC: Nicole Lehrman
2nd AC: Paul Schreiber
Sound: Matt Sisco
Colorist: Kassim Norris
Music: Skyler Lawson

Processing and Scanning: Kodak Film Lab Atlanta

Archival Creative Commons footage provided by: Prelinger Archive at Archive.org

LEFT HAND

Saint Clare

Storm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.

Earthstorm - “Tornadoes”

A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.

Bones and All

Co-authors of bestselling book series, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Kristine Carlson and husband Dr. Richard Carlson share an amazing life. When Richard passes away, Kristine is knocked off balance.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story

Disaster strikes when teenage Cody becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident.

Silo

The true-crime story leading to the first-ever conviction of an F.B.I. Agent for murder.

Above Suspicion

Follows top American gymnasts, Olympic gold medalists as they compete for the four coveted Team USA roster spots in the Olympic team competition.

Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts

Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.

Don't Tell a Soul

An artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals her new home's history.

Things Heard & Seen

Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

Wrong Turn

Tired of being bullied, Cassandra Evans prays that her nemesis, Katie Sharp, the queen bee of social media, would know what it's like to walk a day in her shoes. Her prayer is answered in an unexpected way when they get "Switched."

Switched

A young woman learns her fiance has become possessed by an entity.

Becoming

A coming-of-age story about the complexities of young romantic relationships.

Summer Night

When George Price arrived at basic training in 1944, he became brothers in arms with men of a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures from across America. For many of these young men being at war was their first time experiencing the melting pot that America was becoming. The war was not only fought on foreign soil but in the hearts and minds of the men who fought.

Left Hand

The onset of a new American depression has a young woman left with little options as a single day takes her for a trip through a romantic and brutal fever dream.

Nora

Two Dollar Bill

A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

Tragedy Girls

A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

Where Hope Grows

Battling insomnia, Roy Cawl spends his sleepless nights watching the comings and goings of his reclusive neighbor, Mr. Robb. Convinced that he's hiding something, Roy breaks into Mr. Robb's house where he discovers a cache of photographsphotos of himself...in places he's never been...with people he's never met. But when Mr. Robb is found dead, Roy is the primary su...

Twin Reflex

The Cosmonaut is the story of a young man who left earth once upon a time and has now returned to find that everything has changed. His memory fragmented by a crash landing, he must now travel the desolate wasteland that he once called home and rediscover why he left in the first place...