Acting
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A Mexican-American teen in Chicago struggles with her family's expectations for her, and her desire to become a dancer.
Carolyn and Howard are loving parents to their son Benny, but when they discover Benny may be developing unusual and dangerous behaviors, they devise a high risk mission in hopes of finding him a cure.
During the holidays, a pawn shop treats one of their customers in a rather unique way.
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it sets her on a reckless and terrifying course. An exploration of the potentially dangerous allure of the Internet, the film picks up where its predecessor, the cult hit Ask Me Anything, left off.
Two down and out friends living in Venice, California, struggle in social and economic deprivation. They reach the point where they can't go on. Escalating pressures force them to hatch a wild get-rich-quick scheme in a last ditch attempt to solve "all of their problems". The far-fetched scheme involves one of them being bitten by a rat in a major supermarket with the fantastical hopes of winning an outrageously huge settlement. What transpires is a perfect example of "the best laid plans of mice and men" where reality trumps delusion and, in one comic turn after another, depravity gives way to humanity.
Redemption Maddie is a 2007, 25-minute drama short film directed by Aaron Drew King, starring Allison Scagliotti as 14-year-old Maddie Clifford, who seeks redemption after a tragedy using manipulation, insulin, and a rabbit. The film, which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, was a project from the American Film Institute Conservatory and won three awards.