American Movie, Dogtown & Z-Boys, Super Size Me, Crumb, Murderball, Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Tarnation, Sherman's March, Bright Leaves, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Home Movie
Directors
Ross McElwee, Chris Smith, Errol Morris, Stacy Peralta, Morgan Spurlock, Steve James
"Williams has a surefire crowd pleaser on his hands, one that evokes really deep emotions of life and love, and it’s a winner. ’The Turning Point’ is a beautifully done slice of life, and I enjoyed it to pieces." - Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
"It all worked for me. I empathized with them, I understood them, and their choices, and the changes in their life. I even in quite a few scenes felt stressed and on the edge of my seat for what was going to happen next." - The Reviewer
"At about 20 minutes into The Turning Point, something interesting happens. It stops being a film, and it becomes something more-- something that is richer and more vibrant. It becomes real life." - Tony Vescio - Passionate Movie Reviews
"It’s funny, passionate, entertaining and informative all at once!" - Brian Morton, Rogue Cinema
"Parents-to-be would do well by checking out this movie... It’s a well-done doc that does what it sets out to do." - Eric Campos - Film Threat
This film began in 2003, when my wife Kristan and I decided to have our first child. Being a filmmaker, I thought I would make a short documentary about our life leading up to the birth. A very personal film, made mostly for our family and future kid, something they could watch when they were old enough to be interested. As Kristan’s pregnancy went on, and I got more and more footage, I realized that there might be a feature film within all of it.
I thought that the film would end once our child was born, but after the birth, I kept on filmming, as any dad with a video-camera would do. It wasn’t until our kid was about six months old, that I began to edit the footage together. I didn’t have a script of any sort, not even an outline, simply what we had lived through. I began to shape a film out of the raw footage. The first cut was almost two hours long, very rough, without a real beginning or end.
Over the next two years, in the brief free time I had, mostly during our child’s naps, I kept chipping away at it. I cut the running time to around 70 minutes, while also adding more pieces to the story. I figured out how the film shoud end, and came up with a completely new beginning. A real film came into being.
The Turning Point is now a journey from the beginning of my life into the second year of my child’s. It is a personal view at the process of pregnancy and a look at the steep learning curve of being a new parent. It is a funny and heartwarming ride; edited in a very tight, almost dream like fashion. I think that it will be a good film for couples looking to have a new child, or a nice look back for those that are already parents. It is a story that most of us go through sometime in our life, but told in way and from a perspective that has not been seen before. I believe that it is a completely unique film.
Not your ordinary documentary,
about the extraordinary thing we call life.
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It’s finally here the official U.S. trailer for my Movie. Here’s the link to check It out and don't forget to leave a comment about what you think about the trailer on the blog.
Hey The TURNING Point. I invite you to watch my most recent fantasy short film: "The Butcher and the Wolf" (2008). We started to roll in festivals. I hope you like it:
Thanks for the comment "Green Leaf Brew" my cd has been successful so far. This cd has opened up doors of opportunity. How does that relate to you? well if you need commercials made. I make them. We will be on major network Tv today during the "Montel Williams Show". If you need help getting a commercial project done. You can come see me at http://www. myspace. com/eldog5000 . Please feel free to come take a good look and listen my commercial is there on the page also.
Glen Ackerman of E Street Films has launched a new youtube channel! www. youtube. com/glenackerman. This is the first video posted stay tuned for the "Heather Grey" preview, a movie by Glen Ackerman, which should be ready in about a week. Thanks for watching.
