Denver, CO – Director Stephen Santa Cruz & cinematographer Joel Stangle’s feature film Colfax &15th will screen one night only at the Denver Film Center on March 5th. The film is a fictional account exploring a faction of Denver’s criminal underworld as it intertwines with the bounty retrieval business. The film features all local actors including Joseph Trujillo and Ariana Sanchez. Q&A with Santa Cruz will follow the screening and Denver.

Colfax & 15th is about Issac, a young hood turned bounty hunter, who finds himself caught within a hidden web of corruption. He begins to unravel the shady organization of his employer, Rome, a bail-bondsman who’s fallen deep into a world of criminality. As Issac tries to reform his life, he is led down a path of deceit into an unseen subculture that teeters on the edge of law and lawlessness. Now, with a child on the way, Isaac must use his knowledge of the streets to survive and collect on one last bounty.

The two aspiring filmmakers, Stangle and Santa Cruz, both from Denver, Colorado, set out to make a film that authentically reflected the thriving but loosely monitored bail bonds and bounty retrieval industry in the modern western United States.

Santa Cruz describes the nature of this film and its exploration of a hidden facet of Denver:

“…we wanted to portray a side of the modern west that is seldom seen: corrupt, disenfranchised, impoverished, addicted and violent. It’s ugly at its surface, but underneath we find the human condition at work.”

The screening begins at 7pm. The Denver Film Center Colfax is located at 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO 80206, in the Lowenstein CulturePlex.

To view a trailer of Colfax and 15th, http://crazyhorsestudios.com/Colfax%20and%2015th/trailers.html.
For a full downloadable press kit, http://crazyhorsestudios.com/Colfax%20and%2015th/about.html.
For ticket information, http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=24646

Visit www.crazyhorsestudios.com/colfaxand15th for more information
Contact press@crazyhorsestudios.com, or call 720•236•6339 for press inquiries
Visit www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/ for screening information.

SONS OF SOIL centers on three backwoods characters in a triptych of short stories greatly influenced by such films as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Fellini’s 8 1/2, and Tetsuo The Iron Man.

The pre-production on the trailer is currently underway. Interested parties and financial backers may check out Kickstart to pledge funds or to obtain additional information.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27160373/sons-of-soil-promo-trailer-shoot

Crosier is best known for his comic book work. He has exploded onto the comic book scene in the last few years. Illustrating and writing multiple, nationally distributed comic book projects created with an innovated wood burning technique that include, “Bartholomew of the Scissors” and “Distortions Unlimited,” his writing has captured the attention of the industry.

Another project Crosier heads is the performance samurai demon/neo-kabuki group OFM: OdAm fEI mUd.

Crosier manages and directs the live performance group that includes a band, aerialists, elaborate practical effects, and a multi-media introduction.

Crosier explains his vision for Sons of Soil and how his background in comic books background and performance art offers him an edge his new venture in feature film.

“Sons of Soil is a extension of the mediums I’m passionate about,” states Crosier. Fusing together my interests in unique performance quirky, off beat content, and striking visuals, Sons wraps all of these aspects into the film horror genre that I thoroughly enjoy and study. I feel I can bring an undefined experience to the audience with this project and push the envelope with new innovations.”

After a near death experience due to a lifetime bout with chronic asthma and allergies in his early 20′s, Crosier’s unapologetic tenacity is driving him to finish the horror film that began to gestate in his early childhood with inspiration from the plains town of Kersey, Co. For more information about Daniel Crosier visit www.thothengine.net.

Daniel Crosier’s art site:
www.thothengine.net

OdAm fEI mUd’s site:
www.odamfeimud.com

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