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Michiel Thomas

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Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan PowterStop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter · 2025
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
2025
MovieDocumentary
In the ’90s, pop culture icon Susan Powter burst onto the scene with her signature bleach-blonde buzz cut and bold message of health and wellness. After conquering infomercials, becoming a New York Times bestselling author, hosting her own talk show, and seeing her face on thousands of products, she dramatically walked away from Hollywood and into obscurity. Crippling lawsuits with her business partners left her bankrupt, and she has since lived as a total recluse below the poverty line in Las Vegas, where the filmmaker ultimately finds her. This documentary explores the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of Susan Powter while asking what it will take to bring her back to audiences—and whether her message, Stop The Insanity, is still as relevant and powerful today as it was in the early ’90s.
Fair PlayFair Play · 2009
Fair Play
4.02009
MovieDrama
Marie and Steven appear to be a happy couple, but Steven's secret relationship with another man begins to threaten his idyllic home life.
Gemmel & TimGemmel & Tim · 2021
Gemmel & Tim
9.02021
MovieDocumentary
In 2017 and 2019, Gemmel “Juelz” Moore (26) and Timothy “Tim” Dean (55), two gay black men, died of a meth overdose at the West Hollywood apartment of white businessman, activist & political donor Ed Buck (66). The parallel stories of these two men, are intimately told by the friends who loved them, grieve their loss, and who hope to protect others from similarly tragic fates.
Relighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan StoryRelighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan Story · 2023
Relighting Candles: The Timothy Sullivan Story
2023
MovieDocumentary
Tim Sullivan owns a candle shop in West Hollywood that employs newly sober, and homeless men and women to help pour the 20k Christmas candle orders every year.
Game FaceGame Face · 2015
Game Face
4.82015
MovieDocumentary
Game Face shows the quest to self-realization of LGBT athletes and the acceptance in society. The film follows athletes during their coming out process, and sheds light on the obstacles LGBT sports players deal with throughout their career.
That's WildThat's Wild · 2020
That's Wild
1.02020
MovieDocumentary
The award-winning feature documentary That’s Wild tells the inspiring journey of three teenage boys at-risk from Atlanta attempting to climb four 12,000 ft snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
Ballin' OutBallin' Out · 2024
Ballin' Out
2024
SeriesDocumentary
This 5-part Emmy® winning doc series, presented by Outsports, follows the LGBTQ+ women on Team USA's wheelchair basketball as they compete at the World Championships in Dubai, while simultaneously shining a light on their personal lives

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Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan PowterStop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter · 2025
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter
2025
MovieDocumentary
In the ’90s, pop culture icon Susan Powter burst onto the scene with her signature bleach-blonde buzz cut and bold message of health and wellness. After conquering infomercials, becoming a New York Times bestselling author, hosting her own talk show, and seeing her face on thousands of products, she dramatically walked away from Hollywood and into obscurity. Crippling lawsuits with her business partners left her bankrupt, and she has since lived as a total recluse below the poverty line in Las Vegas, where the filmmaker ultimately finds her. This documentary explores the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of Susan Powter while asking what it will take to bring her back to audiences—and whether her message, Stop The Insanity, is still as relevant and powerful today as it was in the early ’90s.

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