Sam Fleischner

A young pickpocket in the New York subways – living a fast, free lifestyle – is confronted by a woman who he had a one night affair with. She informs him that she is pregnant with his child. He must now choose between continuing with his lifestyle and taking responsibility for his actions.

Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.

When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.

Max goes on a cruise alone when his girlfriend Willow (Norah Jones) dumps him. Once in Jamaica, he escapes the tourist zone only to be robbed and stranded. But Jamaica is waiting to meet him with unexpected and extraordinary encounters.

Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras meet legendary dub reggae group The Congos in St. Catherine, Jamaica and create the full-length album, ICON GIVE THANK. In conjunction, RVNG released ICON EYE, a feature film documenting the young musicians’ time spent living and learning The Congos way. The visual companion to the musical fruit of GIVE THANK, ICON EYE, is a feature-length travelogue executively produced by Christine Vachon (Killer Films) and Randall Poster & Gelya Robb (Search Party Music).

Patiently documenting the installation of new coastal infrastructure in the Rockaways, this observational process story was recorded on 16mm film and features an original score by Animal Collective.