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RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS

95% Tomatometer/100% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.

"The director Janice Engel gives 'Raise Hell' such momentum — it’s a whoosh of a movie — that you are quickly swept up in its sights and sounds."
     - Manohla Dargis, New York Times

"Janice Engel's film is a rollicking re-acquaintance with Ivins' distinctive drawl...."
     - Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

"A fleet footed and loving introduction to the work of a gunslinger scribe."
     - Glenn Heath, Jr., San Diego CityBeat

"This movie just a hoot and a half."
     - Christy Lemire, FilmWeek (KPCC-NPR Los Angeles)

"[A]s depicted in this sprightly, fast-paced documentary directed by Janice Engel, Ivins was a one-of-a-kind commentator who was both smart and savagely funny, using a take-no-prisoners sense of humor to eviscerate those she felt abused the public trust."
     -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

"'Raise Hell' offers an entertaining and bracing look at one of journalism's least punch-pulling practitioners."
     -Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

ANGELS IN THE DUST

"Nothing short of wondrous."
     - Sara Cardace, New York Magazine

"An important, enormously emotional film....the director explores a marginalized world that few filmmakers have ever entered and she should be applauded for helping to expose one of society's greatest ongoing tragedies."
     - Gary Goldstein, REEL.COM

"Watching Marion Cloete's compassion, wisdom and practicality in the face of unimaginable misery will provide purpose and courage and adrenalin for everyone with their own struggles, big and small."
     - Nicole V. Gagné, Film Journal International

"Audiences will be drawn by the children's irresistible spirits and by Cloete's fierce blend of goodness and outrage."
     - Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

"Cry if you must-then go to participate.net and do something."
     -Ella Taylor, Village Voice

The inspiring story of Marion Cloete who, with her family, fearlessly walked away from a life of privilege in Johannesburg to start and orphanage for more than 550 South African children. For a nation overwhelmed by an HIV/AIDS epidemic and recovering from Apartheid's legacy, Marion's orphanage offers a pathway of hope. Click here for more on Angels In The Dust.




WILD AT HEART FILMS was founded by James Egan: producer, screenwriter, and a screenwriting professor at the USC Graduate School of Cinematic Arts.