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Producer John Paul Rice says being cast in “Remember the Titans” changed his life, but maybe not in the way you'd assume. He didn’t pursue an acting career, but his experience on the film inspired him to become a producer. He learned the ins and outs of film finance from his mentor, Joseph Drake, then he partnered with writer-director Edgar Michael Bravo to form No Restrictions Entertainment. Drake taught Rice an important lesson; be prepared to be married to a film because you’re always going to be the one responsible for making it. Rice took that lesson to heart and set out to make the type of films they wanted to make—ones that raise social awareness and go places that typical Hollywood films don’t. “A Child’s Voice,” (June 6) the 6th project the duo has made together, is a supernatural thriller centered around a teenage boy...

Year: 2009

Director: Edgar Michael Bravo

Writer: Edgar Michael Bravo

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Trailer: link

Review by: Marina Antunes

Rating: 7 out of 10

One could queue up Edgar Michael Bravo’s One Hour Fantasy Girl and Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience for viewing one after the other and find a page-long list of similarities between the two. They’re both stories of women working jobs on the outskirts of society and both are more interested in trying to unravel why the women choose those specific jobs rather than focusing on the actions themselves but I bring up the comparison for another reason. Though one is made but a highly acclaimed and respected director it’s the “true” indie film that shines through even if it doesn’t look as polished as Soderbergh’s experiment.

Bravo’s film stars Kelly-Ann Tursi as Becky Lewis (or Brandi as she’s known to customers) a girl with a troubled past.