Two films you should see this Summer

Here are a couple of new documentaries that you might not know about, but will enjoy watching.

Friends of mine made this documentary about Albert Ruddy, who was the producer of "The Godfather". Directors are usually more well known than Producers by the general public and the result of only two meetings, Smith and Bradley discovered they had enough footage to make "Tough Ain't Enough: Conversation with Albert S. Ruddy".

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2831378/

The film was released to the film festival circuit in 2013, however only recently has the film been distributed by Indie Rights. 

Tough Ain't Enough is a very inspiring and fun documentary told by Al Ruddy himself about his adventures in the film industry as a producer. 

And finally, everyone can see and hear his story which is now streaming on Amazon Prime and Youtube.

"Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol" is a personal documentary about young Dion Labriola's quest to contact with the young actor Ike Eisenmann through writing many letters to him to star in an animated science-fiction epic he was developing in middle school. 

After an exhaustive string of failed attempts, a magical turn of events points Dion directly toward his goal in the most unexpected of ways - 40 years later.

Here's the Animateducated interview with Dion Labriola and link to watch "Dear Ike" for free through PBS SoCal.

Hope you get a chance to see these films and leave a comment below if you watched them.