Laina Morris

Crying Wolf (2013)

Actors: Cameron Pace (producer), Jonathan May (director), Shayne Mims (actor), Taylor Kirk (actor), Joshua David Smith (actor), Kaylie Crabtree (actress), Lauren Drysdale (actress), Kate Ford (actress), Taylor Hartley (actress), Debbie Sutcliffe (actress), Kara Walla (actress), Katelyn Hanze (producer), Christina Jeter (writer), Dylan Nieman (composer), David Burgio (actor),

Herd (2012)

Actors: Tushar Dalvi (actor), Steven Singer (actor), Tiziana Guarini (actress), Steven Singer (editor), Steven Singer (composer), Steven Singer (producer), Steven Singer (director), Yvette Smith (actress), Devon Harris (actor), Robin Welch (producer), Robin Welch (actor), Robin Welch (actor), Jason Dooley (actor), Karina Herrera (actress), Barbara Forrest (actress),

Plot: What's it all about? 100 people of diverse backgrounds ages 4 to 87 answer life's most intriguing questions, creating a mosaic of shared experiences - serious, light-hearted and in between, revealing the often unspoken connection between us all. Some subjects addressed include birth, death, hate, love, fear, peace, god, politics, anger, beauty, technology, discrimination, obsession, tragedy, happiness - basically our human experience. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and often moving, this film is a warmhearted, insightful, fun and inspiring peak into the lives of others. Viewing this documentary may just make you think differently about the person next to you or passing you by on the street. Contains all original music.

Nurmoo (2009)

Actors: Harri J. Rantala (actor), Harri J. Rantala (editor), Harri J. Rantala (writer), Harri J. Rantala (producer), Harri J. Rantala (director), Kalevi Haapoja (actor), Oskari Katajisto (actor), Eerik Kantokoski (actor), Anna Alkiomaa (actress), Panu Mikkola (actor), Kauko Salo (actor), Oskari Korenius (editor), Hannu Rantala (actor), Atso Pärnänen (producer), Juha Koistinen (actor),

Eila (2003)

Actors: Kristiina Halkola (actress), Kari Hietalahti (actor), Jarmo Lampela (director), Hannu-Pekka Björkman (actor), Juha Muje (actor), Tero Kaukomaa (producer), Liisa Akimof (composer), Sari Mällinen (actress), Ilkka Koivula (actor), Aino Lehtimäki (actress), Petri Jokiranta (producer), Niina Pasanen (costume designer), Klaus Hedström (miscellaneous crew), Joona Louhivuori (editor), Tove Idström (writer),

Plot: Forty-something, divorced Eila works as a cleaner for the Finnish government. When the cleaning business is privatized, her colleagues go on strike against impending redundancies but end up settling their dispute on questionable terms. Eila is despised as scab until a lawyer helps her -- and hundreds of her colleagues around the country -- file a winning lawsuit against the Finnish State. Subplots include a gentle but clueless musician boyfriend and Eila's son, a juvenile delinquent just released from prison and trying to cope with his own problems. Based on true events in the 1990s when cleaning women of the former National Building Board sued the Finnish government for illegal discharges.

Pohjanmaa (1988)

Actors: Marko Röhr (producer), Esko Salminen (actor), Ritva Vepsä (actress), Rea Mauranen (actress), Jan-Eric Nyström (miscellaneous crew), Aarno Sulkanen (actor), Taneli Mäkelä (actor), Esko Nikkari (actor), Kalevi Kahra (actor), Paavo Pentikäinen (actor), Vesa Vierikko (actor), Vesa Mäkelä (actor), Tarja Keinänen (actress), Kari Sorvali (actor), Mikko Kouki (actor),

Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti (1979)

Actors: Sulevi Peltola (actor), Pehr-Olof Sirén (actor), Paavo Piskonen (actor), Kaj Chydenius (composer), Anssi Mänttäri (producer), Ritva Valkama (actress), Elina Salo (actress), Bertolt Brecht (writer), Soli Labbart (actress), Pekka Laiho (actor), Lasse Pöysti (actor), Irma Taina (editor), Rolf Labbart (actor), Tauno Lehtihalmes (actor), Pentti Auer (actor),

Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti (1972)

Actors: Bertolt Brecht (writer), Carl Mesterton (director), Hella Wuolijoki (writer), Ralf Långbacka (director), Lennart Snickars (actor), Georg Backlund (actor), Kristina Ågren (actress), Lisen Ivars (actress), Levi Hägglund (composer), Inga-Britt Eklund (actress), Håkan Gullmets (actor),

Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1960)

Actors: Peter Sturm (actor), Alberto Cavalcanti (director), Heinz Engelmann (actor), Erika Pelikowsky (actress), Elisabeth Stiepl (actress), Curt Bois (actor), Bertolt Brecht (writer), Alberto Cavalcanti (writer), Hanns Eisler (composer), Karl Skraup (actor), Elfriede Irrall (actress), Otto Schmöle (actor), Fritz Links (actor), Hill Reihs-Gromes (costume designer), Erland Erlandsen (actor),

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Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1957)

Actors: Paul Dessau (composer), Fred Düren (actor), Erwin Geschonneck (actor), Friedrich Gnaß (actor), Peter Kalisch (actor), Erik S. Klein (actor), Sabine Thalbach (actress), Helga Raumer (actress), Hans-Peter Minetti (actor), Regine Lutz (actress), Eva Brumby (actress), Bertolt Brecht (writer), Trude Bechmann (actress), Charlotte Küter (actress), Else Wolz (actress),

Silja - nuorena nukkunut (1956)

Actors: Aino Lohikoski (actress), Anton Soini (actor), Sakari Jurkka (actor), Pentti Viljanen (actor), Pentti Siimes (actor), Jussi Jurkka (actor), Pentti Irjala (actor), Heimo Lepistö (actor), Åke Lindman (actor), Kullervo Kalske (actor), Aku Korhonen (actor), Kaarlo Halttunen (actor), Tommi Rinne (actor), Leo Riuttu (actor), Rauha Rentola (actress),

Plot: In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.