Punk rock cinema
in a post-truth world

FAILED STATE: OUR DEBUT SPYZIETY

… all shot on a phone.

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OUR UNLIKELY HEROES and ONE STEEL-EYED BITCH-ON-WHEELS

Levy

"I'm not gonna let those horse thieves steal Failed State. Not when there's a bidding war going on!"

Meyer

"I don't know what planet you call home, but there is no bidding war."

Lucinda

"Do we work with the C.I.A.?"

Paulson

"We call it The Agency."

Albert

"It's a double reverse paradox, what I suspected all along."

Pam

"Shh. The Mouse has ears."

Levy

The Other Writer

Meyer

The Writer

Lucinda

Junior Exec in the Wind

Paulson

"The Agency" Liason

Albert

Truth Seeker

Pam

The Iceman

Behind the Scenes

With Mel Brooks as a spirit animal and a how-to instructional manual by Jean-Luc Goddard — we make more with less by design.
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“You remember that episode of SCTV directed by David Lynch about All The President’s Men? Failed State.”
— Ann of Piedmont, CA

“Yo, it’s like One Battle After whatever but didn’t cost a hundred million. And I kinda liked it better.”
— My friend Bill (who hates everything)

Misfits and Miscreants

Matt Doherty

Grand Poobah

Matt Doherty began his life as an cosmonaut before he learned he was claustrophobic. After a brief stint in the Circus of The Stars, he started Ohkeydoh when his older brother double dog dared him to — after a contentious game of lawn ball. Committed to repairing the pipeline and discovering new sustainable ways to help artists be self supporting, he started stealing rare antiquities. He is also available to weather proof your windows or add solar to your roof – reach out for a free estimate.

Mikey Philbrick

More Than Meets The Eye

Mikey Philbrick  (team member) is a mind-bending, shape-shifting incarnation of chaos, the living manifestation of independent cinema. In the year 2088 A.D. Old Mikey was sent back in time to teach younger Mikey the future secrets of cinema. He is uniquely trained and highly motivated. a specialist without equal—immune to any countermeasures and there is no secret he cannot extract, no security he cannot breach, no person he cannot become. No film he cannot make.

Mike Greenwood

The Lost Beastie Boy

Mike Greenwood (or Greenberg, as many have misnomered) is an artist, actor, producer, composer, sound designer, award-winning writer, high school track star, father, and musician. As others might see it, mostly broke and unemployed. He is forever a student of life, and quite literally a 37 year-old student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mike’s previous academic ventures included clown college at the Second City Chicago, along with the prestigious 3-fingered Freddie’s school for keytar and hambone. Go ahead and give ’em a looksie on Instagram.

Marc Alan Fishman

Multi-Hyphenate

Secretly the reason Barenaked Ladies broke up, Marc Alan Fishman has been the thorn in the side of many world-famous friends. Never pleased to stay put longer than necessary, this fly-by-night paint-by-numbers idiosyncratic wordsmith drifts throughout the streets of Fairfax always looking for his next fix. Some say Matt, Mikey, and Mike simply liked the homogeny of adding another ‘M’ to the menagerie. And with that, Marc Alan Fishman chortled “lemme make ya some arts, kiddos!”. The rest, they say, is mystery.

Debra Hoy

Redacted Title

She’s like Banksy, or that one band that plays with trashcans on their heads. But more functional. Without her, none of this is real. Or is it? She knows. You don’t. Don’t ask. In fact? You never read this.