The Evolution Of "Family Matters": The Movie
"Family Matters" was an idea that evolved when filmmaker Jim Akman was introduced to the "Extreme Filmmaker's 48 Hour Film Fest" in 2004. The filmmakers are given two days to create a film and then they vie for the opportunity to have their work featured at the prestigious Arclight Theatre in Hollywood.

Pulling in known actors to expedite the process, Jim shot the film and edited it in a weekend. It was submitted and selected for the Film Fest on february 26th, 2004. It has since been accepted in various other film festivals across the U.S.

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This was Jim Akman's first sojourn into the world of Extreme Filmmaking. Mr. Akman took on all the filmmaker's roles as writer, director, director of photography, stunt coordinator, actor, editor, producer, music arranger, sound man et al...

Quote From Mr. Akman: "Even with only having two days to create a film, it was one the few times that I had total agreement with everyone on my staff."

Assisting Mr. Akman was Lucy Nagle, of whom, Mr. Akman has proclaimed, "Lucy was invaluable on the set" and I couldn't have done it without her.

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