Lens

Stirred by wisdom and honesty. Moved by originality. Compelled to speak truth through film. We make documentaries because history is written by the powerful, but the truth belongs to the people who survived it.

We capture the authentic texture of human consequence, turning overlooked struggles into permanent cultural records.

A camera is an instrument of accountability. We don't look at the world to mirror it. We look to dismantle the silences that keep systems intact and individuals unseen.

We believe a documentary shouldn't just inform the mind. It must reconfigure the conscience. Our work bridges the gap between systemic events and the human heart, transforming passive spectators into active witnesses.

Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation. Nevada (2021).

VOICES

EP's Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff

True creative alchemy is rare, which is why we are profoundly grateful to partner with Executive Producers Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff on two of our film projects – with a third soon to be announced.

Matthew and Adam don’t just back films. They champion truths that demand to be told. From exposing continental nuclear fallout in our Oscar®-qualifying feature DOWNWIND to fighting for irradiated military veterans in our award-winning short THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, their dedication to accountability is unsurpassed.

They bring unmatched cinematic instinct, artistic integrity and a fierce commitment to giving voice to the unseen. We are honored to continue pushing boundaries alongside them on our next chapter, coming soon.

Actor/filmmaker Matthew Modine (R) and producer/marketing executive Adam Rackoff (L) at the Westport, Connecticut Library (2024). Modine and Rackoff helm Cinco Dedos Peliculas LLC, a film, video and new media production company.

Decades of bombing and betrayal

Named Best Short Documentary at the 2025 Santa Fe Film Festival, THE INVISIBLE ENEMY investigates the long-term environmental and administrative challenges facing former military and civilian personnel. The film documents the experiences of individuals stationed at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), which served as the epicenter for nearly 1,000 continental nuclear weapons detonations.

The narrative focuses on personnel, such as Dwight "Chico" Brown, who served with the United States Air Force Security Police at the range from 1982 to 1986.

During that time, Brown was exposed to toxic ionizing radiation, plutonium particles and hazardous open-air chemical burn pits during daily service tours. But because assignments at the NTTR were classified under strict national security guidelines, the Department of Defense does not publicly disclose individual service verification records for these locations. Consequently, many cancer-stricken veterans are unable to provide the official documentation required to qualify for specialized Veterans Affairs healthcare benefits and medical compensation.

Chico Brown, Las Vegas, Nevada (2024).

Michael Douglas and the power of peace

Two-time Oscar® winning actor Michael Douglas is the world's longest-serving United Nations Messenger Of Peace (since 1988). He has dedicated his life to the elimination of nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

Michael Douglas's lifelong intersection with nuclear activism began in 1979. Douglas produced and starred in the political thriller The China Syndrome, a film exposing safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant. In an eerie twist of timing, the movie premiered just twelve days before the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania, instantly turning a fictional thriller into a prophetic national conversation and cementing his personal commitment to the cause.

Michael Douglas, Santa Barbara, California (2022).

Mary Dickson, life-long advocacy

Mary Dickson is an award-winning Salt Lake-based writer, playwright, and PBS-TV host whose advocacy is built upon personal survival. As a thyroid cancer survivor who grew up in Utah during the peak of Cold War nuclear testing, she has spent decades transforming her community's quiet medical tragedies into an internationally recognized movement for historical justice.

Frustrated by cold government documentation, she gathered hundreds of hours of raw testimonies from surviving neighbors alongside declassified nuclear test minutes. She stitched them together into Exposed, a searing dramatic play that was nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association's prestigious Steinberg Award. She brings honesty and courage to DOWNWIND.