Daniel Blake Smith
Writing
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A struggling actress tracks down the star of a movie she hopes will be remade, only to uncover dark secrets.
Wake

Three generations of men—a millennial on the run from a drug dealer; his father, a jaded professor trying to keep his job; and the family patriarch fighting senility—all struggle to find meaning in life.
Mr. Wonderful
When a down-on-his-luck 20-something discovers his blood cures cancer, he finds himself dangerously poised between the rush of fame and fortune and the hot pursuit of Big Pharma bent on eliminating him and his 'miracle blood.'
Blood

A California lawyer, hiding out in a small Texas town while on the run from the mob, risks exposure when he decides to defend a local man he believes innocent of murder.
Texas Heart

This award-winning feature examines a minority group that is discounted and often ignored by mainstream media. Sharing a common past, many African Americans and Native Americans have combined to create a unique culture that has meshed the traditions and fine heritage of both. Little known, little documented, and often marginalized, this group has become all but invisible at the dawn of the new millennium. James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians and African-Americans, who often merged their cultures to work and live together while mainstream white society shunned them. Through illuminating anecdotes and interviews, descendants of fused black and Indian families discuss the complications of their mixed heritage and how their culture was largely erased on official documents.
Black Indians: An American Story

This two-hour documentary explores one of the great historical tragedies of America's aboriginal people. In 1830, eager to gain access to lands inhabited by Native Americans, President Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Act which forced the Cherokee Nation to leave their homeland and to relocate into uncharted territory. Many of these forced settlers suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation, and upon arriving in Indian Territory, they arrived with no past and no future.
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

Documentary exploring the horrific Carrollton, Kentucky bus crash, which killed 27 people, mostly children, and injured many others. It was the worst drunk-driving related accident in US history.