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The CEO of Eterne Films, Steve is an award-winning storyteller who has worked in the film and television industry for the last 30 years. He is the producer and a writer of the feature film, ONE HEART. He was the story producer for the 2018 original Amazon Prime series ALL OR NOTHING: THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES, a first-of-its-kind inside look at a major college football program. Steve has produced, directed and/or written feature documentary films that have been distributed theatrically, as well as by ESPN, NBC, ABC, and FOX Sports, including WITH OPEN EYES, MINISTER OF DEFENSE, SPIRIT OF THE GAME, REVERSING THE CURSE, and DRIVING FORCE. He is the author of more than 15 books, a popular speaker, and the founder of a national nonprofit that provides second chances for at-risk and incarcerated youth.
Producer, "Snoop & Son", ESPN series featuring iconic rapper Snoop Dogg and his son Cordell, a high school football phenom. In conjunction with production company First Row Films, led the ESPN effort in brokering the deal with Snoop to participate in the series. Broadcast premier September, 2014.
Director, "Dominique Belongs to Us". Broadcast premier April, 2015 The origin story of NBA hall-of-gamer Dominique Wilkins and his ascension to basketball fame from tumultuous beginnings in Little Washington, North Carolina. Broadcast premier April, 2015.
Producer, "Wuerffel's Way". In conjunction with director Jim Jorden helped lead the post production process in the story of University of Florida Heisman trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel and his New Orleans ministry that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Broadcast premier September, 2015.
Director, "Redemption Song". In conjunction with Spike Lee and ESPN's The Undefeated directed short film on the 1971 and 1974 Howard University soccer teams. The first and only Historically Black College or University to win an NCAA Division 1 national championship. Broadcast premier May, 2016.
Director, "The Walk Off" In conjunction with The Southeastern Conference directed the tale of L.S.U second baseman Warren Morris who in 1996 became the only player in College World Series history to hit a walk off home run to win the national championship. Broadcast premier May, 2016.
Director, "A Conversation with the President", a behind the scenes short film on ESPN's The Undefeated's town hall with President Barack Obama on the campus of North Carolina A&T University. Broadcast premier October, 2016.
Director, "No Experience Required". The story of Texas A&M's 1983 kickoff team, made up entirely of regular non-scholarship students. The unit, initially much maligned by scholarship teammates and the college football press went on to become the best kick off team in the country. To broadcast premier in Fall 2017.
Michael is a former member of the band For Love Not Lisa, who recorded two records for Atlantic/Elektra Records. FLNL’s “Slip Slide Melting” appeared on the triple platinum-selling soundtrack to the film “The Crow.” FLNL toured alongside bands; Green Day, No Doubt, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, and others. He was also a founding member of Puller, a band signed to Tooth and Nail Records, serving also as producer and engineer. Michael now works as an editor and co-producer for SER Media (Annual Bart Starr Award Super Bowl Special), as well as continuing to produce and engineer music in Los Angeles. He also serves on the board for a non-profit organization that works with at-risk women and children in Tijuana, Mexico’s Red Light District.
Jamal Trulove, is an American actor, musician, social activist, philanthropist and beloved father of four. Hailing from the Sunnydale projects of San Francisco, Trulove is the third child born to an interracial family. When he was 20 years old, Jamal launched his own independent music label resulting in the self-distribution of his debut album entitled, "Flowmazan." Trulove's buzz as a local celebrity caught a break in late 2007 when he appeared on the popular VH1 reality TV series, Love New York 2.
Shortly after, in early 2008, Trulove was inexplicably charged and wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit. His legal fight would soon be helmed by a robust appellate team of lawyers that exposed prosecutorial misconduct. After winning his appeal, aided by an amicus letter by the Innocence Project, Trulove's conviction was overturned. He received a retrial, despite evidence proving he was an innocent man. Trulove was exonerated in his second trial and immediately released from prison after nearly seven years. In 2018 a civil jury found that Trulove was framed by two San Francisco police officers. He was awarded a $13.1 million dollar judgment, capping off Trulove's 10 year fight for justice.
Trulove resumed his talent aspirations and in 2018 he landed a pivotal acting role in The Last Black Man in San Francisco (A24, Plan B). This highly celebrated independent film won two awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, including Best Director, US Drama. Released this June, The Last Black Man has received extraordinary reviews from the most influential newspapers, magazines and film critics as well as solid opening week box office results as it gains momentum and expands over the next few weeks. In fact, Rolling Stone called the film "an instant classic" and the LA Times proclaimed "newcomer Jamal Trulove excellent."
Trulove is currently cutting his teeth as an emerging producer with several scripted and unscripted projects on the horizon including a gritty docuseries depicting the tribulations of his highly publicized wrongful conviction and other heartrending stories within the American justice system. He has a role in the to-be-released animated feature, Pierre the Pigeon Hawk. Jamal divides his time between his residence in Los Angeles, family in San Francisco and a range of charitable endeavors across the country.