Aaron Pate

Bone to the Dog is a gritty comedy about Sam, a washed-up hitman whose life has been reduced to low-profile hired killings, alcoholism, and watching TV reruns with his best friend, a very picky cannibal. After years of self-loathing Sam is offered a chance to redeem himself. The job: kidnap the mayor's pet poodle. Unfortunately for Sam, the Mayor and his fumbling bodyguards will stop at nothing to track down this pampered poodle and bring him home.

When Lucy Boland gave birth to premature triplets, caretaking seemed to consume her life. Yet it was in that chapter that she rediscovered her lifelong passion to create. Until then, fear of judgement kept her silent. In this documentary short, Lucy reveals how her paths to becoming an artist and a mother are intertwined, and what it took to accept her creative voice. Local Takes is a documentary film series from Spartanburg, SC spotlighting southern artists.

Bone to the Dog is a gritty comedy about Sam, a washed-up hitman whose life has been reduced to low-profile hired killings, alcoholism, and watching TV reruns with his best friend, a very picky cannibal. After years of self-loathing Sam is offered a chance to redeem himself. The job: kidnap the mayor's pet poodle. Unfortunately for Sam, the Mayor and his fumbling bodyguards will stop at nothing to track down this pampered poodle and bring him home.

Bone to the Dog is a gritty comedy about Sam, a washed-up hitman whose life has been reduced to low-profile hired killings, alcoholism, and watching TV reruns with his best friend, a very picky cannibal. After years of self-loathing Sam is offered a chance to redeem himself. The job: kidnap the mayor's pet poodle. Unfortunately for Sam, the Mayor and his fumbling bodyguards will stop at nothing to track down this pampered poodle and bring him home.

When Lucy Boland gave birth to premature triplets, caretaking seemed to consume her life. Yet it was in that chapter that she rediscovered her lifelong passion to create. Until then, fear of judgement kept her silent. In this documentary short, Lucy reveals how her paths to becoming an artist and a mother are intertwined, and what it took to accept her creative voice. Local Takes is a documentary film series from Spartanburg, SC spotlighting southern artists.