Vanessa Donley

An eccentric wayward poet contemplates failure as his delusions unravel and he searches for purpose in the ordinary world.

"Violet is Single" is a story about a famous San Francisco food critic who uses her love of food to compensate for her troubled love life. Violet claims to prefer singledom, believing that relationships make people boring, yet her many attempts at dating suggest she's not really comfortable with being alone. Things change, though, when she meets a fortune teller who tells her that she will be incredibly successful but alone forever. Believing she's romantically doomed, Violet gives up on love and in the process finds Mr. Right, or so she thinks.

Candyland is a narrative art film that deals with the misuse of prescription drugs. It zooms in for a passenger and driver view of the emerging problem of prescription drug abuse. Can't focus? Don't bother to adjust your screen. Seven million Americans currently use such drugs for non-medical reasons. Lawyers, executives, producers, and other respected people in the community have fallen prey to claims that their pain will go away. Now, many are hooked.