TFI Documentary Fund 2013
Juliana Lembi is a producer whose films have premiered at the Sundance, Tribeca, and Los Angeles film festivals. She is currently finishing her MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia University and beginning pre-production on her first feature-length film.
When an Indian mystic moves west, he and his disciples embark on an ambitious plan to build a city in the barren Northwest desert.
In 1981 an Indian guru and his followers journey west to Oregon and build a world-class utopian city. Conflict erupts with local ranchers and state authorities, as both sides are pushed down paths neither thought imaginable.
(2013, TFI/ESPN Prize)
When Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the most popular minor league baseball team of the decade, it revolutionizes the possibilities for independent sport in America.