BLOOD BROTHER

Rocky Braat, a young man from a fractured family and a troubled past, went traveling through India without a plan. Then he met a group of HIV positive children living in an orphanage — a meeting that changed everything for him.

Rocky left his life, friends, and career in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to live with the kids. Steve Hoover, his best friend and filmmaker, was unsettled and intrigued by this drastic action. In an effort to find out what compelled Rocky to give up every source of stability in his life, Hoover decided to trace Rocky’s story, following him to India. He witnessed Rocky and the kids endure disease, abject poverty, and death. But, strangest of all, in the midst of these troubles, he also saw their deep joy.  And he came to understand why Rocky had given up everything he had to experience it.

Blood Brother is a story of friendship. It’s a story of a life, stripped down to its essence. Most of all, it is a story about love, enduring in the face of death.

Steeltown supported the documentary Blood Brother, which won the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.

PROJECT DETAILS

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2013
Length: 93 minutes
Directed by: Steve Hoover
Executive Producer: Steve Hoover, Leigh Blake, John Carlin
Producer: Danny Yourd

ALMOST HOLY

“Crocodile Gennadiy,” real-life, self-appointed savior, who works tirelessly to rescue homeless, drug-addicted youth from the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine. At the same time, he challenges dealers and abusers. Despite criticism, Gennadiy is determined to continue his work. Sundance Award-winning director Steve Hoover’s second feature is a bold portrait of a man on a mission.

PROJECT DETAILS

Genre: Documentary
Year: 2015
Runtime: 94 minutes
Network: Starz
Written by: Steve Hoover
Directed by: Steve Hoover
Producer: Danny Yourd

BACK FOR GOOD

Max Kelly is on the verge of a quarter-life crisis. Four years after graduating “Most Likely to Succeed” from her acting conservatory, Max feels no closer to achieving her goals. She’s single, uninspired, and just scraping by as a cocktail waitress on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. When her new agent commits suicide, Max decides it’s finally time to give up and move back to her hometown of Pittsburgh to rebuild the life and love she left behind.

PROJECT DETAILS

Genre: Feature Film, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Year: 2015
Length: 74 minutes
Written by: Bailey Donovan, Molly Donovan
Directed by: Bailey Donovan, Molly Donovan