Department of Motion Pictures

11/11/2025

Calling All Friends of the DMP in the Greater Los Angeles Area and who dig a desert road trip! This is an URGENT CALL for People who like Any of the following:

A) MOVIES
B) TO BE IN MOVIES
C) TO PARTY
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE

Now is your chance to be one of our movies -- by partying!! We neeeeeed you this WEDNESDAY and/or THURSDAY to populate our big costume party scene at a bar in Pioneertown, CA (Palm Springs / Joshua Tree area).

All you have to do is fill out the form below, and come join us in making this cinematic tour-de-force known as HERE FOR THE WEEKEND. Directed by Casey Modderno, and featuring such talent as Patti Harrison, George Lopez, Gina Gershon, and even TURNER ROSS (he of the Rosses whose movies the DMP produces!). Gloria Sanchez and John August = EP's! Nathan Harrison = Location Manager!

Sign up here!:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMZdewPX-dVCTi7fTUjNFVAAorpV_bkXWT62GK9nxj_0Sb5Q/viewform

11/07/2025

Read The Guardian’s powerful article on THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT, “a new all-archival documentary that examines the evolution of the climate crisis from non-partisan reality to divisive political issue,” now streaming on Netflix.

Full article:

In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis

11/06/2025

Harper’s Bazaar puts BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD at number 12 for its list of “boundary-breaking” 50 Best Movies of the 2010s calling it “by far the most original piece of filmmaking to grace the screen this entire decade”

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/g69135735/best-movies-of-the-2010s/

10/31/2025

Now streaming on , THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT!

Watch the film calls “essential viewing for anyone interested in humanity’s future”

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10/30/2025

Watch the brand new trailer for THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT now!

Watch the full film when it premieres on Netflix this Friday, October 31st.

Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival materials, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tells the dramatic origin story ...

10/30/2025

Streaming starting this Halloween on , THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT!!! 

What’s scarier than ghouls and goblins? How about the real-life origins of the climate crisis — and the decisions that changed our futures forever?

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10/28/2025

It’s spooky season! Looking for a truly scary watch this Halloween? Check out THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT which explores the terrifyingly dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and learn how a political battle in the George HW Bush administration changed the course of history.

Streaming on October 31!

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10/25/2025

Bethany Ackerley at calls THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT “a must-watch documentary”, “an ersatz glimpse at a better future that never materialised” and “always riveting”

Catch the must-watch documentary on October 31!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835660-600-must-watch-documentary-shows-how-bush-senior-failed-the-climate/

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10/22/2025

Check out the amazing reviews THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT is getting on . Streaming premiere on October 31!

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10/21/2025

DMP CROSSOVER EPISODE: Contemporary D.A.

10/06/2025

We’re proud to announce THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT is the Winner of Planet in Crisis–Long Form Award at Jackson Wild Media Awards!!! And make sure to mark your calendars for THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT’s Oct. 31 release on

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09/11/2025

Congratulations to PHILLY DA director . His latest film PATRICE: THE MOVIE won the Emmy for exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking!!!

PATRICE: THE MOVIE is now streaming on

https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/movies/patrice-the-movie-hulu-emmy-20250908.html