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The Samaritans (Samaritan Hebrew: שוֹמְרִים Samerim "Guardians/Keepers/Watchers [of the Law/Torah]", Jewish Hebrew: שומרונים Shomronim, Arabic: السامريون Sāmeriyyūn) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant, originating from the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.
The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism. Samaritans believe that their worship, which is based on the Samaritan Pentateuch, is the true religion of the ancient Israelites from before the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they see as a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from the Babylonian exile.
Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the priestly tribe of Levi, who have links to ancient Samaria from the period of their entry into the land of Canaan, while some suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to the Samaritan polity of Baba Rabba. Samaritans used to include a line of Benjamin tribe, but it went extinct during the decline period of the Samaritan demographics. The split between them and the Judeans began during the time of Eli the priest when, according to Samaritan tradition, Judeans split off from the central Israelite tradition.
Actors: Sophie Bolen (actress), Jake Strunk (actor), Curt Anderson (actor), Arlie Hammons (actor), Curt Anderson (producer), Curt Anderson (writer), Curt Anderson (director), Curt Anderson (editor), Angela Peavey (actress), Brandon Hoezee (actor), Allison Mooney (actress), Baylie Mooney (actress), Elizabeth Mathias (actress),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Steve Greene (producer), Steve Greene (director), Steve Greene (editor), Steve Greene (composer), Steve Greene (writer), Jason Steadman (producer), Mike McKinnon (producer), Mike McKinnon (actor), Mike McKinnon (writer), Jacob Purser (actor), Brendan McCarty (actor), Brendan McCarty (actor), Garrett Christian (actor), Spencer Merrick (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Andrew Carslaw (composer), Andrew Carslaw (editor), Andrew Carslaw (producer), Andrew Carslaw (director), Rich Douglas (composer), Frazz Jarvis (actor), Brian Conroy (actor), Simon Smith (writer), Simon Dillon (writer), Zinta Gercans (actor),
Plot: Daniel and Melinda Edwards are happily married and looking forward to their first baby together. However their idyllic life is about to be shattered when Daniel is accused of murdering Melinda in the future. Can the mysterious Samaritan talk Daniel out of his crime?
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Plot: A woman who has fallen into a life of abuse has finally given up hope. By chance she meets a stranger. In a conversation with him, she realizes everyone has a choice in life and looks deep within herself to find the strength to take her life back
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Plot: Chuck is a killer who picks up innocent hitchhikers and murders them, leaving their bodies on the side of the highway like road kill. Rayne is a hitchhiking serial killer, who slaughters those that pick her up. When these two meet up, sparks fly, worlds collide...people die. Their initial encounter leaves Chuck with a serious limp and Rayne nearly unconscious. She is almost run over by Rebecca, a young girl on a cross-country trek to get back home. Believing Rayne to have been in an accident, Rebecca offers to help. Rayne accepts the ride, but refuses the help before passing out in Rebecca's car. Meanwhile, infuriated that she's stealing his thunder, Chuck begins pursuing Rayne, unaware that Rebecca has taken her in. At first too weak to act out her homicidal tendencies, Rayne becomes Rebecca's fellow traveler, and learns the reasons for her journey. Rayne finds herself torn between wanting to add Rebecca to her death list and becoming her mentor. Hot on her trail, Chuck unleashes a path of destruction, killing anyone who gets in his way and one ill-fated victim who had the unfortunate luck of resembling Rayne. Frustrated by her feelings for Rebecca, Rayne takes it out on a few hapless victims of her own, all the while keeping her true nature a secret from her road partner. When Rebecca offers to take Rayne home and begin a new life together, Rayne finds herself tempted. They say dead men tell no tales, but unfortunately one of Rayne's victims does. A news report about a recent murder shows a picture of the deceased, and Rebecca recognizes the man as someone who had antagonized them earlier. Faced with the truth and unable to handle it, Rebecca leaves but is kidnapped by Chuck, who has finally caught up to them. Chuck calls Rayne and using Rebecca as bait, challenges her to a showdown to determine just whom the road belongs to. The battle that ensues is one for the ages, a blood fest that will leave all three of them changed forever.
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Damon Dash (director), Kevin Hart (actor), Laurie Wallace (actress), Charles Q. Murphy (writer), Damon Dash (writer), Carson Grant (actor), Greg Travis (actor), Michael Rapaport (actor), Damon Dash (actor), Jay-Z (actor), Charles Q. Murphy (actor), Julian Wells (actress), Nathan Gendzier (miscellaneous crew), Derrick Simmons (actor), Stacey Dash (actress),
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why can't my words be seen for what they are
an expression of my ongoing struggle
I am not your culture
I am not your shelter
I am not your addiction
I am not your solution
running with my head down
the blood fills my mouth - the sting fills my eyes
dying to avoid the sight of the endless struggle
to find an end to this passion play of which we're all a part
the depths we'll fall to, for the love of
don? t want to carry it anymore - the weight on my shoulders
your hands around my neck
not seen as an attempt to dig deeper with myself