“Uncle Ben” sequence from Aram Garriga’s feature documentary AMERICAN JESUS.

Animation by Beck Underwood and Melissa Stern. Narration by David Dark.

a Glass Eye Pix production

A nation-wide mosaic of testimonials from Christian organizers, Evangelicals, secular analysts, Apocalyptic Preachers, Prosperity Pastors, Mega-churchers, Snake Handlers, Christian Pop Culture & Music specialists, Creation Museum Curators, Atheists, Christian Bikers, Cage-fighters, Surfers and Cowboys, comprise this profound portrait of the USA in 2010 by Spanish director Aram Garriga.
Produced by Brent Kunkle for Glass Eye Pix

“AN AMAZING FILM….”
—Todd Brown TWITCH

“the best documentary on Christianity in the United States today.”
—Lynn Elias MOVIE SHARK DEBLORE

“Garriga is the new Alexis de Tocqueville…
a revealing outsider’s exploration of truths we Americans are too close to.”
—THE HUFFINGTON POST

“…REQUIRED VIEWING FOR EVERYONE.”
—RED LETTER CHRISTIANS

Now streaming on Kanapy, Hoopla, Roku Channel, etc

Ramping up to GEP’s 40th Anniversary,
we celebrate 40+ projects
that have come from our shop

By Kai Swanson

Each of the films on this list, produced and made in America by American filmmakers, explores a facet of patriotism in its own way. Some celebrate the country’s highest ideals, while others challenge its failures—yet all embody a belief in the power of storytelling to grapple with what America is and what it could be.

From the high-flying bravado of Top Gun to the quiet, realism of Wendy and Lucy, these films capture the spirit of a country that is constantly in conversation with itself. Whether through historical reflection, personal struggle, or institutional critique, they remind us that patriotism is not just about pride— it’s also about the American ideals of reckoning and the pursuit of something better.

#8 WENDY AND LUCY

Shot in the quiet corners of Portland, Oregon, Wendy and Lucy is a road movie in which the road simply runs out. Wendy (Michelle Williams) is on her way to Alaska, chasing the kind of fresh start that only exists in theory, when her car breaks down and her dog, Lucy, disappears. Stranded and nearly out of money, she becomes stuck in a cycle of small, compounding misfortunes—losing a pet, getting caught shoplifting for food, sleeping in her car, being treated as an inconvenience by a country that values productivity over people. The landscapes Reichardt captures are not the vast, romanticized America of classic cinema, but the America of gas stations, big-box stores, empty parking lots, and the vague hostility of anywhere you don’t belong.

Patriotism in the Act of Surviving

Wendy is nobody, which is exactly why Wendy and Lucy is so necessary. It’s a story of a person slipping through the cracks, of a life that doesn’t have the safety net we pretend exists. If patriotism is about valuing the people who make up a nation, then Wendy’s struggle is an indictment of what happens when that promise fails. Kelly Reichardt’s direction is stripped of sentimentality, but that makes it all the more devastating—this is not a tragedy; it is simply life. But in its small, heartbreaking way, Wendy and Lucy is also about resilience, about finding kindness in strangers, about the vastness of America not as a land of opportunity, but as a place where people keep moving, keep trying, because what else is there to do?

A Glass Eye Pix production starring Michelle Williams and featuring Fessenden

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This Valentine’s Day weekend, stream all episodes of THE UNLOVABLES, a web series written and directed by Ilya Chaiken (LIBERTY KID, PRETTY UGLY: THE STORY OF THE LUNACHICKS) and starring Eleanor Hutchins as Helen Purdy, an aspiring actress who’s down on her luck, and Kevin Corrigan as Clive, the miserable friend who drags her down even further. Guest stars include Fessenden, Jayce Bartok, Steve Cuiffo, and many more…

Stream all 6 episodes on YouTube

See more at UNLOVABLES.COM

Fessenden and Bob Odenkirk on set of Netflix’s GIRLFRIEND’S DAY,
released on Valentine’s Day of 2017.

Streaming now on Netflix

Watch the GEP Minidoc: STRAY BULLETS
on the Glass Eye Pix YouTube Channel

STRAY BULLETS
In upstate New York, two teenage boys tasked with cleaning out an old mobile home
are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge there.

Now streaming on Crackle and rentable on Amazon.

Ramping up to GEP’s 40th Anniversary,
we celebrate 40+ projects
that have come from our shop

From Andrew Mer, longtime Glass Eye supporter and Executive Producer on DEPRAVED

Steven Kasher Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of photographs titled Agog by Andrew Mer aka BigFusss mounted at Mitchell Algus Gallery, 132 Delancey St., NYC, from January 16th and now EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY 15th.
 
Active in the artworld since moving to NY over 30 years ago, Fusss is exhibiting his photography for the first time. The 30 images chosen for this exhibition, shot 2020 to present, map New York City by day and by night. The city seduces Fusss. He stands agog, full of intense desire, ardent, camera at the ready.

Critic Amanda Church from Two Coats of Paint writes:
“Through an essentially a mechanical means, Mer conjures a deeply personal alternate universe, more illuminated and alluring than real life, extending the range of contemporary abstract photography.”

Critic Judd Tully writes:
“So this debut, emerging chrysalis-like from the pixel-light corridors of Instagram to printed editioned photographs on a gallery wall, feels a tangy bit revolutionary.”

At the Steven Pinker Gallery

@bigfusss

SFX Maestro Brian Spears credited as Shop Supervisor
on new horror flick COMPANION. In theaters NOW!

Since I SELL THE DEAD, Spears has lent his skills to numerous Glass Eye projects including
BITTER FEAST, STAKE LAND, STAKE LAND II, THE INNKEEPERS, DEPRAVED, BENEATH, BLACKOUT
and others…

He is developing TWO new Glass Eye Pix projects going into production 2025, stay tuned!

Watch GEP Minidoc: Brian Spears