NRT
Films
NRT
Films is an animation and film production company which seeks
to make profitable independent films that appeal to niche and
wide audiences. NRT Films is the production branch of 4HG Entertainment,
a northwest Louisiana company involved in the finance of live
action and animation films. 4HG Entertainment's genres
include animation, drama, faith/family entertainment and thrillers.
Currently,
4HG/NRT Films has several projects in development and/or in
production, including:
- Anybody Love
- The Formula
- The Crossover Teacher
- The Greatest Escape
Anybody
Love
Published
book written by Steve Stephens. Screenplay written by
Bill Dumas
Live
Action Feature Film
In 1945
on a small farm in Louisiana, Emma Bobbi ("Anybody")
Love, a 14-year old black girl, becomes pregnant after being
raped by a local white boy. The story, based on try events,
is told through the eyes of Billy Austin, a white 13-year old
whose grand parents own the farm where Anybody's sharecropper
grandparents lived. Billy's grandmother, Miss Molly, rallies
the family to seek justice in this crime that the rest of the
town insists on ignoring. The townspeople's unrelenting resistance
of Miss Molly's crusade pushes her family unity to its limits
and threatens to deepen the schism between black and white in
this deeply segregated community.
Status:
In finance negotiations. Director: Julie
Dash
The
Formula
Based
on the published book "God
In Our Schools" written by Steve Stephens. Screenplay
written by Lyn Morgan and Steve Stephens.
Live
Action Feature Film
The second
story in the integration trilogy by author Steve Stephens, The
Formula tells the story of the first black student in the Louisiana
white school system, using a formula based on faith, The Formula,
set in 1967, weaves a story of doom, then eventual hope, in
the South's struggles with racism and integration.
Status:
35mm black and white test footage shot, starring Caitlin
Wachs and Herb
Tripp. Director: Kevin
Altieri. In finance negotiations.
The
Crossover Teacher
Screenplay
by Steve and Pat Stephens, and Bill Dumas
Live
Action Feature Film
Set
in the early 1970s, The Crossover Teacher, the third
tale of Steve Stephens integration trilogy, tells the story
the integration of black school teachers in white schools, and
white school teachers in black schools.
The
Greatest Escape
Manuscript
and screenplay by Lyn Morgan, Steve and Pat Stephens
Feature
Animation
The Holy Family must escape Bethlehem
as King Herod orders the massacre of all male children under
the age of two after Herod is told by The Three Wise Men that
they are following a bright star that is to lead them to the
birth of the Messiah, the real King of the Jews. Obsessed
with destroying the new King, Herod makes plans to kill all
males under two years of age, thereby thoroughly destroying
this threat to his royal monarchy.
Status:
In production, Co-production partnership with S. Korea's
Sun Min Co. Director: Kevin
Altieri. Projected release date: December 2008.
