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An Award Winning Documentary Production Company

Founded in 2002 by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, we are a documentary production company located in Silverlake, California.

We make films & tell stories. Sometimes we win awards or cause controversies. We love what we do and are just as passionate as the day we started.

Black-and-white headshot of Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, wearing glasses and looking directly at the camera.
DIRECTOR / FOUNDER

Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Academy Award® nominee Scott Hamilton Kennedy is a writer, director, producer, cameraman, and editor. He has worked on everything from documentary and scripted film with legends like Roger Corman, directed music videos like Jimmy Cliff’s international hit “I Can See Clearly Now,” to commercials, motion capture animation, scripted and reality television. His documentary work includes Oscar Nominated The Garden, which tells the story of the complicated struggle over the nation’s largest community garden; Independent Spirit Award Nominee OT: our town—about the first play in 25 years at Dominguez High School in Compton; and the critically acclaimed Fame High, which follows four students through a year at one of the most respected and competitive performing arts high schools in the country. Scott recently launched Time Capsule Movies, a production company that personally curates documentaries that capture special moments in your life to be shared for generations to come.

Scott’s latest documentary, narrated by the esteemed astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson, is FOOD EVOLUTION, which, through resetting the GMO controversy, highlights the importance of using the scientific method to help everyone – from parents to politicians – make better decisions. FOOD EVOLUTION was both one of the most controversial and well-received documentaries of 2017, garnering a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, where the LA Times wrote: “Calm, careful, potentially revolutionary, FOOD EVOLUTION is an iconoclastic documentary on a hot-button topic,” and the NY Times: “FOOD EVOLUTION posits an inconvenient truth for organic boosters to swallow: In a world desperate for safe, sustainable food, GMOs may well be a force for good.”  It has been screened on Capitol Hill, the National Academy of Sciences, the European Parliament, the FAO, and many more.

Black-and-white headshot of Maureen Flannigan, executive producer and documentary filmmaker, smiling at the camera in a light textured blouse.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Maureen Flannigan

Maureen is a documentary filmmaker, director and branded content producer. For over a decade, Maureen has helped develop and create visually emotionally engaging content for major brands, broadcasters, start-ups, corporate and nonprofit organizations that bring people closer and companies forward.

SHOT IN THE ARM 2024

Exploring the “anti-vax” movement both historically and in the angry political present, this vital account probes the divides and disinformation that threaten our future.

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TWO MEDUSAS 2018

A funny and bittersweet coming of age story set around the drama that happens when two girls have the same Halloween costume for their elementary school Halloween contest: they both are going to be Medusa.

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FOOD EVOLUTION 2017

Using the controversy over genetically-modified foods as its entry point, ‘Food Evolution’ shows how easily fear and misinformation can overwhelm objective, evidence-based analysis.

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FAME HIGH 2012

Everyone dreams of fame. From the nail-biting freshman auditions to the spectacular year-end performances, Fame High captures the in-class and at-home drama, competition, heartbreak, and triumph during one school year at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), also known as Fame High.

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THE GARDEN 2008

From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future.

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OT: our town 2002

Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder’s American Classic OUR TOWN.

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Selected Press Quotes

“Calm, careful, potentially revolutionary, "Food Evolution" is an iconoclastic documentary on a hot-button topic.”

Kenneth TuranLos Angeles Times

“Fame High is one of the best documentaries of the year!”

Kirk HavilandToronto Examiner

“Scott Hamilton Kennedy captures the heart-wrenching devastation done in the name of profit, as citizens mourn. Incredibly effecting.”

Joe NeumaierNew York Daily News

“Scott Hamilton Kennedy's plucky, powerful storytelling makes this a worthwhile experience.”

Christy LemireAssociated Press

“OT: OUR TOWN is a modest, moving documentary.”

A.O. ScottNew York Times

“Food Evolution is a polished and provocative call for activists to be as scientifically minded as they believe they are.”

John DeForeHollywood Reporter