Bruce Schwartz
Writing
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Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Valley Girl
Miranda is a retired hooker whose quiet life turns upside down after her former pimp, Peppy, discovers her whereabouts and ropes her into stealing from a wealthy land owner. Reluctant to get involved, Miranda asks a ranch hand to keep Peppy away.
Dark Canvas
Elderly Phoenix Jackson journeys on foot through rough terrain to obtain medicine for her grandson. Based on the short story by Eudora Welty.
A Worn Path
Set in the 1960s, grocery store clerk, Sammy, witnesses three girls walk into the local A&P wearing nothing but bikinis. Things go awry, as the very act leads to a day that Sammy will never forget.
A & P

Struggling to survive amid urban squalor in downtown Los Angeles, transplanted Mojave Indian Triam Lee sees no other option but crime to support his family. But when he unintentionally commits murder, Triam must face the repercussions of his actions, including pursuit by racist cops, as well as his own sense of guilt. Shot in 1977, Bruce Schwartz's stark yet moving film was one of the first to star a Native American in a lead role.
In MacArthur Park

An in-depth portrait of memoirist George Crane and poet Barry Tagrin, two renegade American intellectuals who have made homes on the beautiful, rugged and isolated island of Paros, Greece.