Making Pictures
Derp Dog Films is focused on making meaningful feature films and documentaries that explore the human condition motivated by a respect toward all - because we all matter.
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We are also a collaborative film community looking to find, create, and present opportunity to new, who have the the talent, the drive, and desire to make great art - they just need the break.
This little dog needs help too. The kind of help only people can offer. All kinds of people who want to affect change for the betterment of everyone.
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That person just might be you.
Feature Film - Esther Jackson's Good Trouble
Esther is tired. She's tired of being late to school because a new interstate divides her once vibrant Black community.
She's tired of the excuses, the apathy, and the
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watching her family and friends having to face
Esther wants change, a better life, and a boyfriend. She wants to be a kid, but the world around her won't let her.
Documentary - Blessed are the Immigrants
The United States is a nation of immigrants. This is not mythical propaganda but simple statistical fact. Ninety percent of the U.S. population are decedents of immigrants. What isn't fact is the idea that America has always welcomed immigrants. Each influx of new Americans have faced their own wave of anti-immigrant bigotry and even violence.
"Blessed are the Immigrants" takes us on a historical rewind through the good, bad, and sometimes very ugly story of coming to America. "Blessed" compares and contrasts our melting pot past with our very anti-immigrant present searching for common ground and a continued hope that our nation of immigrants desire.
Documentary Series - Spirits in the Sky
Spirits in the Sky is a documentary series that takes a street level look at faith in America. Beginning with how our freedom of religion began and evolved to coexist,
Documentary - Our Forgotten Rose
It was a late September Saturday in 1949 when my Aunt Rose boarded a train in her small southern Indiana home town bound for St. Louis. It would be the final leg in what must have been a painful youth that still remains a mystery today. A mystery that begs the question - why.
Why would a seemingly happy 21 year old woman from rural Indiana, with her entire adult life ahead of her, take said life 200 miles away, and without explanation? And was she alone that last night?
Vertical Shorts - Series
Keeping it fresh and timely.