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A LONG HAUL is a documentary depicting the struggles of a charter boat captain whose seasonal summer business has fallen prey to a bad economy, high fuel prices, loss of customers and depleted fish populations. He is forced to moonlight as a captain on a broken down commercial fishing trawler to make ends meet. If successful working for the trawler's owner, the captain will be able to run the boat during the winter when there is no charter business at all.

Desperate to climb out from under a heap of personal debt and under pressure from the owner to get the boat fishing and make money, the captain sets sail for a three day offshore trip to net squid. At the captain's side is his loyal first mate, and a 13 year old boy from a wealthy family working for the captain as a summer job. The boat has not been fished in months and has become saddled with mechanical problems which compound the pressure on the crew to catch squid.

Kurtis Briand
Bart Ritchie
Leighton Brillo-Sonnino

Nathaniel Kramer
Producer Director Cinematographer Editor

Alex Wilson
Editor Post Supervisor Colorist

Post production
Soho Editors and Post Works

Sound post production
LA Digital - The Production Plant

Feature length documentary coming Fall 2011

10/30
ALH screened at the Long Island Film Festival, and was followed by a Q&A.

10/23
ALH screened at the New York United Film Festival.

10/5
Nathaniel Kramer was awarded Best Documentary Film Director and ALH won 3rd place for Best Documentary Short at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.

9/18
ALH screened at EdinDocs.

9/1
ALH screened at the New Filmmakers New York Summer Series.

7/23
ALH was accepted in the International Film Festival of Ireland.

7/7
ALH was screened at the Action on Film International Film Festival.

6/25
ALH screened at the San Antonio Film Festival

6/24
ALH screened at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival.

6/9
ALH was awarded Best Documentary, Best Director, and Best Cinematography by the Los Angeles Movie Awards.

6/6
ALH screened at the Lighthouse International Film Festival.

5/30
ALH screened at the DocMiami Film Festival.

5/23
ALH screened at the Lakeside Film Festival.

5/23
ALH was accepted in the Gold Lion Film Festival.

5/21
ALH was accepted in the International Film Festival of South Africa.

5/15
ALH screened at the Swansea Bay Film Festival.

4/21
ALH nominated at Sundeis Film Festival.