This landmark series, produced by Medstar Television, pioneered science-based criminal investigation docudramas. Its website states it profiles “puzzling, often baffling cases whose riddles are ultimately solved by forensic detection.” Michael Ray Brown researched and wrote the script, conducted interviews, directed reenactments and B-roll, logged the shots, and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the editor on the rough …
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Produced by New Dominion Pictures, this true-crime series delves into the U.S. judicial system from the viewpoint of the prosecutors who work the cases. It ran on Discovery for two seasons. This is an excerpt from “The Boneyard,” the two-hour pilot co-written by Michael Ray Brown, our principal filmmaker at Hold My Beer Entertainment. A …
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Xploration Station is a two-hour block designed to get young people excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) that is syndicated to broadcast stations across the country. Earth 2050 focuses on future technologies and how they might affect our lives in the year 2050. Michael Ray Brown served as a field producer on several episodes …
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This feature-length documentary is a gripping investigation into hydrogen power as a solution for climate change. Politics and the petroleum industry have shielded public knowledge and funding for this most abundant clean energy source. Scientists, engineers, and automakers are raising the question: “Why aren’t we doing this?” The producers at Providence Entertainment entrusted Michael Ray …
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Recruited at a local video game tournament, 22-year-old Tyler Conway is catapulted to the major leagues overnight. Suddenly he’s living in a high-stakes world, competing in a global arena, and confidently leading his team on a path to glory. But as his plans begin to unravel, Tyler has to confront his own personal demons in …
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Set in the Bahamas, this funny and uplifting family film follows 16-year-old Justice as she overcomes racial prejudice and brings change to her community — all while having the time of her life learning to sail! Uprooted from her life in Chicago, Justice moves with her dad to the Bahamas where his job is relocated. …
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This is Roosevelt Elementary School’s “official” Readathon flash mob video for 2013. All 800+ students K-5 sang and danced to “It’s A Readathon” (original lyrics set to a take on “Gangnam Style”) on February 1, 2013, in Santa Monica, California. Michael Ray Brown co-directed the performances and edited the video, intercutting footage from 15 different …
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Returning to their family’s cabin in the dark, Wisconsin woods to scatter the ashes of their father, a troubled young man and his brash sister are terrorized by signs that an ancient, Native-American spirit, awakened by a ritual murder, has marked them for death. While serving as assistant editor on this independent film (shot in …
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