When a woman suspects that her best friend’s suicide was actually a murder, she takes the investigation into her own hands. 

THE TYPEWRITER revolves around an antique typewriter – cherished, historic and housed in its original case. Within the case are hidden secrets. The story begins with a sequence of fun-filled, mischievous montages highlighting the joys that come from a lifelong friendship of two women. They banter back-and-forth about the challenges inherent in the demands of their lives and writing careers. The protagonist, MARCIE HUNTER (spunky, perseverant) is a Swedish-American writer struggling to find her path. Her best friend and mentor HANNAH RYAN (beautiful, wealthy, accomplished) is a successful writer, who reluctantly married her gay lover and tries to hide the truths behind their conflict-ridden union.

The carefree friendship shatters when Marcie is alerted by an unknown caller to come quickly to Hannah’s home late one night. Marcie arrives to find Hannah alone, lying on the floor and unresponsive. Mayhem and unusual events occur at the crime scene as Marcie appears to be blurring facts from reality. In truth, she is the only witness and is alone in her struggle to make sense of seeing two bullet entry wounds in Hannah’s forehead. The homicide detective tells her there were clear signs of a violent struggle and that “nothing was adding up”. However, everything shifts when the murder is quietly ruled a suicide. Will the guilty parties get away with murder?

Footprints of immigrants who came from the five Nordic nations remain throughout North American while their contributions are scarcely known until revealed in their own words.

Over time, generations of Nordic people immigrated to North America and quickly set to work to help build the infrastructure of our nation. Teresa’s quest to honor those people as well as discover her own family’s roll in history was the final stimulus for her to go on the road across the country. She feels the catalyst was when she began to notice that they were passing away in large numbers. Thus, she began a series of journeys across the Midwest and various other states in 2017. Teresa was able to obtain approximately 75 one-on-one interviews. Each story evokes personal memories from historical accounts that take viewers back in time. Surprising revelations emerge as we peek into to what life was like 80 to over 100 years ago.

(Approximately 75 Filmed interviews, B-roll, Treatment and Vignettes)

This film was made to be both a short film and a trailer featuring a series of short clips of representative interviews. The Iowa Film Commissioner requested one of the red-carpet events be held in their state as many of the original immigrants came there and some of the interviews took place in their numerous, small, and uniquely Nordic towns.

A quirky group of 20-something childhood friends share a mutual love of living as wannabe sleuths and danger follows them wherever they go. Eerie coincidences become foreshadowing of dangerous situations that unfold as their mischievous lives intertwine.

Having a lifelong interest in listening to stories of immigrants where she grew up in the Midwest, Teresa eagerly takes on projects of people who wish to document their family histories for posterity. Her goal is to preserve families’ pasts for future families to cherish.

Hope was Teresa’s first encounter working with a team of filmmakers in 1995. She knew thereafter that this was where she wanted to take her career. While her business background enhances her understanding of the overall process, the Arts and working with other artists is where she finally found her true calling.

This film was made at a prestigious Florida Children’s Hospital. It features the lives of young cancer patients and their families as they fight through chemotherapy and other harsh treatment regimens. Witnessing the surprising determination and fearlessness in these pediatric patients is both heart-breaking and inspiring for those who have never witnessed actual medical events. Viewers are immersed in the realities of life, death, loss, and hope.

This film presents a candid view of a multi-talented actor, singer, songwriter, and a ‘lover of life’. Her last role was in a film, featuring Laurence Fishburne. Mari’s personality and talent leap off the screen as she spontaneously ponders about her life. She surprised the filmmaking crew as she broke into a song that she uses to provide inspiration in her own life.

A young Italian family arrives in NYC with hopes and dreams of entering the family funeral business. Their lives are fraught with absurdity and betrayals, but their precocious child steadfastly holds the key to their future.

A small Mississippi river town becomes a place where aristocrats and wealthy people from around-the-world vied for a special kind of pearl. Unsung heroes lived lives of danger and hardship to harvest and craft the coveted pearls. They lived and died to make a living that ensured the adornment of people they’d never know.

Teresa was recently featured in Valley Life Press (ValleyLifePress.com) as she produced and interviewed a unique group of Norwegians in Norway, Illinois. They adopted the name – ‘Sloopers’ after the tiny sailing vessels that brought them to North America.

The sloops brought their ancestors to our shores almost 200-years-ago. The Sloopers were, and remain, a small group of Norwegian immigrants whose ancestors constructed the unique and compact sailing crafts that successfully crossed the daunting Atlantic Ocean. Each ship was only 26 feet in length and arrived at their destination without any perils or deaths. This outcome was far more common in other immigrant stories. The name and of the style of the ships still defines them.

These proud Norwegians have maintained their original values and traditions. Even today, you’ll find them working side-by-side continuing communal tasks and festivities still practiced in their native Norway. Teresa ran across their little town quite by accident and it turned into one of her favorite stories. Her last two interviews were with the last surviving member of one of the original family who came in the first fleet of ships. Remnants, artifacts, pictures, and pieces of Den Norske Klippe and Norden ships are still available to be viewed in their well-maintained museum. She also had the privilege of interviewing the oldest citizen of Norway, Illinois. He is currently 106-years-young.