Projects

Stigma

Two young kids, Parker and Melisa, witness unusual happenings in the rural area around their homes in 1980s America. Their lives are changed as their paths cross. (Trailer)

Milk Money

Red&Black is currently in post-production on this documentary about the current dangerous state of dairy farming. Check back soon for more information. (Trailer)

Terra Firma

The Terra Firma Project is a series of short films designed and created specifically as talking-point tools through illustrative and illuminating stories. Produced alongside a specific cirriculum developed by a West-Michigan higher education institution, the project features 8 short films ranging from humorous to dramatic to abstract, specifically focusing on that exciting and sometimes uncomfortable transition from high school to college.

Hills of Holes

"Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do." -Wendell Berry (more)

Always Looking Up

"Why do you carry a briefcase with you everywhere you go?"

"It's for when they come back."

"When who comes back?"

"The aliens. For when the aliens come back."

White Eyed Winter

An honest farmer, and father of two, is awoken in the middle of the night to find a stranger wounded in his barn. But when he and his two children are compelled by circumstance to nurse the man back to health, tensions begin to rise between the stranger and the farmer as their apposing backgrounds come into conflict. (more)

Project Launch

Project Launch was developed as a series of 5 mini-documentaries created to re-image and re-introduce Cornerstone University to the community by proudly telling the stories of their esteemed alumni.

Seasons

Red&Black partnered with Philip Carrel to create a moving short film about a man's struggle to cope with the loss of his wife. (more)

Team Babbitt's Motorcross Profiles

Team Babbit's is a 1st place Areanacross dirtbike team. As a way to energize and excite their fans as the season began, we created this series profiling their top riders.

Escape

The beauty of a Ven Diagram is that it allows one to compare and contrast two seemingly different objects and ideas in a simple, quick, visual manner. This is exactly what this mini-film accomplishes by colliding two seemingly unconnected ideas together: War and Gardening.

Checkers

Checkers is a short film written and created around the end-of-life experience. Two old men get together to play a game of checkers. As they reflect on their friendship together, they remember the times they shared when they were younger. (more)