A Guardian's Heart

Before the Freeze

2023

Before the freeze, there was beautiful garden. "Before the Freeze" is a short psychological thriller with experimental elements, about an overstressed, newly-single mother, her daughter, their dog, and what happens one afternoon when a friend comes over. "Before the Freeze" is Tenley E. Raj's debut film. Written, directed, shot, and edited and by Tenley E. Raj.

Get on the Bus

1996 · ★ 6.4

Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. Among the attendees are an eclectic set of characters, including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a Black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the March, including manhood, religion, politics, sexuality, and race.

What We Find on the Road

2024 · ★ 5.8

On TJ's 18th birthday, a stranger delivers him a key from his father, last seen as he was hauled off to prison eight years earlier. With the key is an address for a proposed meeting – 3000 miles away and in two weeks. The key unlocks a timeworn 1968 convertible, with a coffin welded to its floor. With each decision that follows, TJ plunges deeper into the mysterious and beautiful landscapes we all navigate – on our own, with our tribe, through the shifting turns of the road ahead.

Lesbionage

1988

In this romantic thriller, blackmail, kidnapping, and fraud combine to give two lesbian private detectives (and lovers) their toughest case. Will their relationship survive? Produced by women for women.

Suicide Room

2011 · ★ 7.2

Moody, dark and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based 'suicide room' where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.

Purgatory

A paraplegic young woman on her way to university meets a sadistic serial killer, and must work to escape an cycle of torment.

The Film Lost To Time

2024

A film buff's obsession with an elusive, possibly nonexistent film spirals into a dangerous descent, blurring the line between reality and madness.

Automatons

2006 · ★ 6.6

Somewhere in the distant future, The Girl is alone. She is the last of her people, the others having died in a generations-long war that the girl continues to fight with the assistance of a group of antiquated robot helpers and soldiers.

Common Creed: Trafficking

2024

A detective teams up with an agency to save his daughter from a ruthless Russian mob. But in the heart of the risky investigation, he discovers an unforeseen and deadly nemesis that threatens to shatter all he holds dear.

Cade: The Tortured Crossing

2023 · ★ 5.1

An identical AI twin restores an old mental asylum, where he takes it upon himself to mystically train the patients as warriors for humanity and justice.

Bury the Devil

2026

When a hospice nurse finds herself trapped with a dementia patient, she begins to suspect something else is wrong with the woman, something otherworldly, and must fight to survive the night.

The Observance

2026

After five years in a coma following a fatal car accident, Madison Neubauer wakes to find her home and family in the grip of 'The Observance', a religious cult who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.