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Role: Director, Producer, Editor

Summary: American Circumcision is a feature-length documentary on circumcision in America, and the growing Intactivist movement, which says that all human beings should have the right to make their own choices about their bodies.

Currently finishing post-production. Learn more about the film here.

Role: Director, Producer, Editor

Summary: This teaser trailer for American Circumcision, a feature-length documentary on circumcision in America, went viral and got…

• 156K views, 373 comments, and 2137 shares on Facebook within 24 hours of being posted to a page with 200 likes and zero promotion.
• Got over 20,000 views on YouTube.
• Appeared on the front page of Reddit r/Documentaries, with over 700 upvotes, and nearly 1500 comments.
• Went on to get over 478k views, 4800 shares, and 900 comments on Facebook.
• Lead to a Kickstarter one month later that raised over $90,000.

Currently finishing post-production. Learn more about the film here.

Awards:
Narrative Feature Audience Award – Austin Film Festival 2014

Official Selections:
Premiere – Austin Film Festival (2014), Austin TX
Toronto Black Film Festival (2015), Toronto, Canada
Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (2015), Arlington Heights, IL

Role: Editor

Summary: When a wounded veteran returns home with violent PTSD, he and his devoted wife must fight to prevent the disease from separating them forever.

Narrative feature. All dialogue improvised by the actors.

Produced by Helmsman Studios.
Terrible Love on IMDB.

Role: Director & Editor

Summary: One year ago, my dad appeared on the front page of the Drudge Report under a headline that wasn’t true. This is his story.

Related Blog Posts:
Media Storm Surround Marotta Advice. Links to all blogs and media coverage mentioned.
Should I Be Storing Food, Water and Firearms? The original article that started it all.

Official Selections:
Beaufort International Film Festival (2014), Beaufort, SC
International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (2013), Los Angeles, CA
Offshoot Film Festival (2013), Fayetteville, AR
River’s Edge Film Festival (2013), Paducah, KY
Rockport Film Festival (2013), Rockport, TX
Three Rivers Film Festival, (2013), Pittsburgh, PA

Role: Editor

Summary: When people think of India they think of spiritual awakening, “the world’s largest democracy,” lush jungles and the towering Himalaya. But inside this country of 1.1 billion is an ongoing insurgency that tests the limits of India’s constitutional democracy. Chhattisgarh, a new state formed in 2000 is the center of a Maoist uprising that has continued since the 1960’s. “Jungle Warfare College” is a documentary short that shows a cross section of this conflict and Brigadier BK Ponwar who vows to fight it.

Produced by Veverka Bros. Productions.
Jungle Warfare College on IMDB.