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We’ve been locked away in an editing booth with the driven Joey Johnson steadily working our way through the second spine-tingling cut of Shadowed, a feature thriller written and directed by Joey that we shot in September. It’s a good one and we are going into our second phase of post-production and starting it off [...]

We’re ecstatic that KCTS 9 will be broadcasting Smoke, Sand & Rubber on Halloween at 10:30PM – with more screenings over the following two weeks. It’s okay to wear a costume while watching – preferably a costume that moves fast.

Frenetic Productions has been a little quiet on the website front, but incredibly busy in offline life. We’ve collaborated with Daily Riots Productions and writer director Joey Johnson to shoot the narrative feature, SHADOWED, and are busy editing it. Smoke, Sand and Rubber was in the Local Sightings Film Festival and not only did we [...]

Check out a little video I made for Seattle’s update to the Comprehensive Plan.

Join us to check out Smoke, Sand and Rubber and several other movies as part of STIFF this Sunday, June 5th at 6:15 PM. We’ll be there and also enjoy three other films, Through The Red Door, Son of None, and Girl in the Red Dress. Check it out: http://stiff.strangertickets.com/films/3201735/smoke-sand-amp-rubber It’s playing at the JewelBox [...]

Don’t forget to come to our free screening tomorrow at the Shoreline Community College’s Theater. There will be feats of strength and race cars! For now, enjoy this short about two noteworthy Northwest races, Allen Heath, and Len Sutton – featuring Mel, Art Waller, Jack Snyder and the incomparable Bonnie Guitar.

If you can’t make the screening of SMOKE, SAND AND RUBBER this Tuesday, buy yourself a copy at Amazon.

Smoke, Sand & Rubber is an affectionate look at the little known world of midget car racing. This small gem of a film provides a panoramic view of abiding passion, familial love and creative legacy. I loved this film – it had me smiling the whole way through, even as I wiped away tears. Jennifer [...]