Founded by award-winning filmmaker Emily Abt in 2000, Pureland Pictures is a Bay Area based production company dedicated to creating character-driven fiction and documentary projects both large and small. Our films have premiered at Sundance and aired on Showtime, Starz, PBS, OWN, MTV and the Sundance channel. During its 18-year tenure, Pureland has built a strong reputation with clients for taking on delicate subject matter with skill and diplomacy. Our most recent feature "Beyond the Opposite Sex" premieres in March on Showtime.
Beyond the Opposite Sex
AIRING on SHOWTIME MARCH 2018
Ms. Abt provides an unusually honest, compassionate and challenging view of contemporary youth, neither sugarcoated nor prurient. “Toe to Toe”s observations about race, class and friendship are clear and accessible without being overly didactic.
Daddy Don’t Go” is a stirring film that derives much of its power from its non-judgmental perspective on its subjects…a nuanced and heartrending work.