The successes and failures of amateur non-profit fundraisers Sam and Yogi — this is a gritty, outrageous, and irreverent intertwining of lives and experiences while working a face-to-face canvassing job in the streets of New York City.

Get A Real Job

When awkward 20 something, British transplant Jessica learns she will be deported if she doesn’t find a job with a visa sponsor, she capitalizes on American’s fascination with the British royal family. With the help of her best friend Rachael, she trials out a series of jobs for which she is completely unqualified for.

From Buckingham Palace

When awkward 20 something, British transplant Jessica learns she will be deported if she doesn’t find a job with a visa sponsor, she capitalizes on American’s fascination with the British royal family. With the help of her best friend Rachael, she trials out a series of jobs for which she is completely unqualified for.

Grand Jury Award Winner - Slamdance 2023 Jury's notes: “With idiosyncratic music choices, sibling chemistry out the wazoo, and a philosophical Brooklynite as the series lead (played by Howard Lester in his introductory role), Theodore Collatos’s Palookaville explores the surreal existence of JoJo, a man victimized by a random act of violence who now thinks he’s the famous defunct boxer/anti-fascist, Joe Louis. Will you believe that JoJo’s become the Brown Bomber? Doesn’t matter, because you will believe in Palookaville.”

Palookaville

Things get turned upside down when JoJo wakes up believing he’s Joe Louis - one of boxings greatest legends...

Essayistic and reflexive, the series recounts Wey’s explosive career while building a critique of the social structures that disenfranchise Black peoples globally.

Hard To Swallow

Hard To Swallow is a poetic food show chronicling the life and perspective of Nigerian chef / writer Tunde Wey.

New York's newly appointed head of rodent mitigation must unite her staff in a struggle against bureaucracy and the rats, which outnumber them a million to one.

Rat Czar

New York's newly appointed head of rodent mitigation must unite her staff in a struggle against bureaucracy and the rats, which outnumber them a million to one.

Faced with rising rent and a final chance to live their dreams, five artists in their mid 30s run an event venue out of their sketchy Brooklyn warehouse loft. Navigating wild lifestyles, aging roommate drama, and the creep of modern anxiety, can they get their shit together? ...or at least make this month's rent?

Loft and Found

Five millennials with Peter Pan syndrome run an event venue out of their chaotic Brooklyn warehouse loft.

Think "The Office" meets "Vanderpump Rules."

Patrons

"Patrons" is a digital short series that follows a group of blundering, self-involved, thirst-trap seeking contestants as they try to stay out of their own way, and survive a reality TV gameshow that trains them to serve at a high end cocktail bar.

In this series hosted by Kareema Bee, a Black woman and artist explores her journey through self-love in dialogue with others, supported by The Big We Foundation. In the pilot episode, Kareema finds out her African ancestry in an unexpected way, which catapults her into an exploration of her roots and how it extends to her community, only to find what she's been searching for may have been there all along.

The Self-Love Act

Should we eradicate mosquitoes? Create superintelligent AI? Create artificial wombs? These are some of the questions on Ada’s mind as she heads to the first day of her new job at the public library. She soon realizes her daily reality–mundane duties, grumpy boss–is completely at odds with the urgency she feels about the pressing problems facing humanity.Ada struggles to balance this reality with the future she imagines, where she explores her big ideas with anyone who will listen–her boss, her grandmother, or an unsuspecting visitor to the library.

On one hand, Amamah tries to please her traditional Muslim mother, who is desperately trying to set up Amamah on various arranged-marriage dates back at home on Long Island, and on the other hand, Amamah secretly pursues her real passion, stand up comedy in NYC, without her mother even knowing. As the season continues, Amamah’s unrelenting ambition to achieve her dreams in the competitive male-dominated comedy industry coupled with her growing web of lies jeopardizes her relationship with her mother, her friends, and her sanity.

Girls Aren't Funny

Based on true events, GIRLS AREN’T FUNNY is a fresh and daring comedy series that centers on Amamah, a young Pakistani-American comedian who leads a double life.

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