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"A trip into the best of humanity."

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As a Journey Partner, you can help our film carry its message of compassion and dignity to audiences around the world. It is a chance to support the belief that storytelling can change conversations, influence culture, and inspire greater understanding between people. Most importantly, it is an opportunity to help ensure that the themes at the heart of Magan's Fare—kindness, empathy, respect, and care for our elders—reach as many people as possible.

A driver (Barkhad Abdi) takes an older woman back to her facility, but they have given up her bed. The driver must figure out what to do next.

**Winner for Best Live Action Short at the OSCAR QUALIFYING 2025 St Louis International FF, Winner, Programmer's Choice Award for Best Short Film at the 2026 Cleveland International FF, and Best Live Action Short nominee at the 2025 Raindance FF, Magan’s Fare explores themes of moral responsibility through the lens of our treatment of older adults, particularly the egregious, ongoing practice of patient dumping. The film is a “conversation” about the compartmentalization of our compassion for others and how we distinguish who receives our kindness and who does not.

With Magan’s Fare, we wanted to explore the idea of individual moral responsibility; the challenge of true empathy towards those in need outside our familiar “box”. The story centers around two first-generation immigrants and former refugees; Magan, a pragmatic, family man, ride-share driver from Somalia, and Jorani, an older nursing home patient. When Magan drives Jorani back to her nursing home only to find that they are kicking her out, he must figure out what to do with her. For Magan, Jorani is a fare, a means to his real monetary needs. As they spend more time together, however, Magan becomes personally invested in her fate. As we the audience identify more and more with Magan’s increasingly difficult situation, we question our communal responsibilities to one another. And through Magan, we are inspired to look more closely at our own capacity for compassion.

***The feature film version of Magan's Fare is currently in development.

ABOUT US

Chris & Dana are award-winning independent filmmakers. At the core of their filmmaking practice is a Cinema in Thought perspective—an artistic and philosophical approach that uses narrative cinema as a catalyst for reflection, empathy, inspiration, and social change.

Their films have been screened around the world and consistently give voice to those who are too often overlooked or unheard. They tell the stories of everyday people.

Dana and Chris create films not only to entertain, but to provoke the audience into questioning their assumptions, moral responsibilities, and relationship to one another—especially to the older adults in our communities. Each of their works is shaped by the belief that cinema is uniquely positioned to illuminate overlooked truths and to ignite both private internal empathic awakenings and public dialogue around systemic issues that remain largely invisible in mainstream storytelling.

Their commitment to portraying underrepresented stories, particularly around ageism, elder neglect, and intergenerational empathy, has positioned them as distinct voices in independent cinema.

Our Films

INVOLUNTARY

Carlton, a man in his 70s suffering from Dementia, is moved from a nursing home in the middle of the night.

Involuntary, starring Jack McGee, explores themes of moral responsibility through the lens of our treatment of older adults. Official Film Festival Selections include the 2023 Justice Film Festival and the 2024 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Through online and in-person screenings around the U.S., Involuntary is evolving into a powerful social-impact tool used by advocates, policymakers, and elder-rights organizations across the country to spark crucial conversations about elder abuse reform.

I still have the images of this wonderful film seared in my brain."

- Sam Brooks, Director of Public Policy –National Consumer Voice

for Long-Term Quality Care

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TURNING BLUE

A mother and daughter reach a critical moment

when the mother begins the final hours before her death.

Turning Blue, starring 2025 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress winner Kathleen Chalfant, examines themes of death, caregiving, loss, and the humanity within end-of-life decision-making.
*WINNER, Best Short Film - 2022 Indie Shorts Awards NYC
*WINNER, Best Writer of a Drama - 2023 New York Women in Film and Television, Online Shorts Festival.

Turning Blue has screened alongside “Death Cafes”, in-person or online gatherings where people, often strangers, meet to discuss death and dying over tea, coffee, and cake.

"Turning Blue is what happens when our heartbreak, too big for words, becomes a film

that tells our story. Gratitude is the word that comes to mind.”
- Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist

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IN THE ORCHARD

A grief-stricken woman befriends a Marine Veteran with PTSD, and their relationship leads them towards potentially tragic consequences.

In the Orchard explores grief, PTSD, and trauma in a complicated love story of desperation between two broken strangers.
*WINNER, Best Feature Film - 2018 Sonoma Int Film Festival.

In the Orchard has been cited by veterans as one of the most accurate depictions of the real PTSD experience.

"In The Orchard is a strikingly beautiful film. Every frame and moving image so lovingly pieced together, shining in every moment - a labyrinth of suns even amidst all the despair and grief."

- Natasha Alvar, Cultured Vultures

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