Nonfiction Storytelling
Below are samples of work from the Archivist Entertainment team.
Healing Us (2023)
Directed by Kenny Ballentine and Edited by Maddy Purves
Healing Us is the latest film from Archivist Entertainment. Healing Us is now available on Amazon.
“Same Sex Attracted” (2020)
Produced and Directed by Maddy Purves
Premiered virtually at Damn These Heels! Film Festival in 2020, breaking record attendance
Winner “Best Documentary” and “Best Director” at River City Underground Film Festival
Winner “Best Feature Film” and “Best Film of the Festival” at AltFF
Finalist at Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Utah Film Festival, Desperado LGBTQ Film Festival
Estamos Aqui (2016)
Directed by Kenny Ballentine
Premiered at The White House in 2016 as a special screening for the Obama Administration
Anchor Point (2021)
Edited by Maddy Purves
Winner “Best Feature Documentary” at Paris International FIlm Festival
Winner “Best Feature Documentary” at Cinequest Film Festival
Winner & Pitch Fund Recipient at AmDocs, American Documentary and Animation Film Festival
Winner “Peoples Choice Award” at Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival
Finalist at Portland Film Festival, Austin International Film Festival, Ashland Film Festival, Newport Beach
Nature Kids (2012)
Directed by Kenny Ballentine
Winner at the Yosemite International Film Festival
Winner NAEYC Special Achievement in Child Development
Driven by the Sound (2008)
Directed by Kenny Ballentine
Winner at the Paso Robles Film Festival
Finalist at The Westwood Film Festival