Peter Marshall Smith

Bolivia: Don't Tread on Me (2009)
Film by The Underground (Documentary and Short) Co-Director / Editor The recent election of Bolivia's first indigenous president has provoked rich landowners to secede from the central government.

All Fired Up (2009)
Film by The Underground (Documentary and Short) Co-Director / Editor An elderly veteran of the civil rights movement who marched with Martin Luther King, details her experience with racial segregation as a youth in the midst of the historical election of the first African American president.

Nicaragua: A Dying Generation (2009)
Film by The Underground (Documentary and Short) Producer / Editor In 2006, Nicaragua banned all forms of abortion including therapeutic abortions, which are operations to save the mother's life, after a furious campaign by the Catholic Church. The new law also established jail sentences of 6 to 30 years for women who terminate their pregnancies and doctors who perform the procedure. As a result, the deaths of women who have had "back alley abortions" have skyrocketed infuriating human and women's rights groups all over the world. It is somewhat ironic that Nicaragua's leftist government approved the law. However, this was largely due to their attempts to appease the powerful Catholic Church in exchange for the church's support for their anti-poverty measures. The Underground went to Nicaragua in 2008 to film interviews with the families of the victims, human rights groups, representatives of the Catholic Church, and government officials - this short documentary is the result. Since then this film has been used by several human rights groups as ... Written by Matt Weinglass

Street Samurai (2008)
Film by Lasrever (Action, Crime and Short) Writer / Director / Editor The murder of an elite assassin has broken a long-standing peace between the Cartel and the Yakuza. Now the son of the Street Samurai has taken up his sword, with a mission to find his father's murderers and make them pay in kind.

Brutal (2008)
Film by Lasrever (Thriller and Short) Director / Editor A con-woman draws her mark into a dangerous blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.

Freaks Like Us (2008)
Film by The Underground (Documentary and Short) Producer / Editor The Highway to Change. A non-stop drag out 15-hour road trip, from the California deserts through the Colorado Rockies to the Democratic National Convention of 2008.

Sadly, Too Late (2007)
Film by Lasrever (Comedy and Short) Director / Editor At Jane's video store, it's all mixed together. At Tristan's coffee shop, there are things that don't mix. When she asks him out, is it the beginning of some Mom & Pop business?

Who You Know (2006)
Film by Lasrever (Comedy and Short) Director / Editor / DP They say making it in LA is not about talent, it's about who you know. Well, Who You Know, follows the lives of 7 eccentric artists and 1 regular guy trying to sell out stadiums without selling out, trying to get laid without getting screwed, and trying to live and love in L.A. without going (even more) insane. Who You Know takes an intimate and scary-honest look at the L.A. you never see, the L.A. that no one in their right mind would ever fantasize about. Who You Know isn't about getting off the bus from Omaha and being handed a contract role on a soap opera by the biggest producer in town because, "you've got that special something, kid." Not even close. Written by Ernessa T. Carter

The Underground (2006)
Television by The Underground (Documentary) Writer / Director / Editor / DP The goal is to promote thought, and rattle the institutional cages that say there's no such thing as quality underground television.

In Memory of Rusty (2006)
Film by Lasrever (Drama and Short) Director / Editor / DP A special kind of family film. The dysfunctional kind.

Hard-Wired (2005)
Film by Lasrever (Crime and Short) Co-Writer / Director / Producer Wireless Internet security is a combination of prevention, detection, and response. Although barriers exist, there are ways through them. Hackers find those ways. One hacker has devised an exploit to pull off the largest bank heist in history - 2.5 billion dollars netted in 77 lines of code - all by way of the internet, where information is at your fingertips, but wisdom is out of reach. Written by Lasrever

Honor Among Thieves (2004)
Film by Lasrever (Thriller and Short) Co-Writer / Director Two thieves, in love with money and the same woman, clip Vegas with a sophisticated system of button cameras, wireless transmitters, and listening devices. They take the casino for enough to incur its wrath and become the targets of revenge, even among each other. Written by Lasrever

Here It Comes (1999)
Film (Drama and Short) Director / Co-Editor A lyrical examination of a young, reckless kid who can't communicate with his mother. The choices he makes in life, he makes unconsciously, but they still have deadly consequences.

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