Pipeline Films Impact Fund

Adapted from the book, Sousanna: The Lost Daughter, this heartbreaking true story is a poignant exploration of familial sacrifice, set against the backdrop of a war-torn Greece in the late 1950s. At its core, the film showcases real historical events that echo across generations, speaking to the universal struggles of those impacted by war and everyone’s longing for a sense of home.

In a world increasingly divided, the story of Sousanna and her family will resonate with contemporary audiences, as it illustrates the lengths to which a parent will go to protect their child. As we follow Sousanna’s journey of disconnection and her longing for roots felt by many adopted children, we are reminded of the enduring power of love and hope for a brighter future. It is a message that is both timely and timeless. The impact of this film lies in its ability to provoke thought and evoke empathy, ensuring that the voices of those affected by war and loss are not only heard, but remembered.

When Harriett Semander learns that the serial killer who confessed to murdering her daughter Elena is set to be released from prison, she wages a 20-year war against the criminal justice system to prevent it from happening.

Coral Eugene Watts confessed to the murders of 13 women, while being suspected of over 100 others, yet an obscure loophole in Texas law made him eligible for mandatory release after serving barely a third of his 60-year sentence. Determined to seek justice, Harriett was fighting not only for her own daughter, who was killed, but for everybody’s daughter who could be killed as a result of Watts’ imminent release back into society. She knew she was up against something much more powerful than Watts. She was battling a broken criminal justice system… and the clock was ticking. Based on a chilling true story.

A true crime investigation into the deadliest bank robbery in American history—and how prejudice and homophobia in a small Oklahoma town helped send an abused young man, Robby Johnson, to prison for a crime he did not commit, cause, or conspire to commit.

On December 14, 1984, 19-year-old Jay Neill slaughtered four people and stabbed three bank tellers seventy-five times at the First Bank in Geronimo, Oklahoma. Neill and his boyfriend, 22-year-old Robby Johnson, were arrested days later in San Francisco and tried together. Despite zero eyewitnesses placing Robby at the bank and an absence of physical evidence, a jury—urged by a prosecutor who called the pair “avowed homosexuals”—sentenced both to death. Years later, Robby’s sentence was overturned; phone records proved he was 16 miles away at the time of the murders. He now serves four life sentences without parole.