Big Mouth Productions

06/21/2024

01/15/2024

"Without words, there was this understanding between us of this shared experience. It made you feel like you’re in the right place, telling the right story."

- Max Lowe, director of Courage

Read more on Deadline Hollywood

At the beginning of the Netflix Oscar-contending short documentary Camp Courage, young Milana Abdurashytova takes out paper and makers and draws what she calls “a home of my dreams.” It’s a lovely …

01/13/2024

An update about Dick Johnson ⬇️

A quick hello from Dick! He now lives in a dementia care facility on the East Coast near his son, and Kirsten is able to visit monthly. He still remembers that Kirsten is his daughter, and likes to tell her how much he loves her.

🎧 Hear from Kirsten on a recent episode of the That Film Blew My Mind podcast, available here: https://bit.ly/3tVImWb

01/13/2024

Audiences call Camp Courage ""inspiring,"" ""beautiful,"" and ""a story of hope."" Discover the remarkable story of a summer camp that tests the limits of bravery and cultivates resilience among those who need it most.

🎬 Watch now, only on Netflix: netflix.com/campcourage

01/12/2024

A young girl, her grandmother, and the camp that builds confidence for families going through unimaginable change.

🎞️ Watch Courage now, only on Netflix: netflix.com/campcourage"

01/10/2024

Meet Olga and her granddaughter, Milana, who were made refugees by the war in 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Together, they travel to a summer camp in the Austrian Alps to test the limits of their own bravery, and to strengthen the bond between them.

🎥 Watch Camp Courage, only on Netflix: netflix.com/campcourage

01/07/2024

🎥 Have you watched Camp Courage on Netflix? It's our new documentary short that follows Olga and her granddaughter, Milana, who are made refugees by the war in 🇺🇦 Ukraine. Together, they travel to a summer camp in the Austrian Alps to test the limits of their own bravery, and to strengthen their growing bond.

The new doc short follows a young girl and her grandmother to a special summer camp in the Austrian Alps.

08/21/2023

05/31/2023

Anonymous Sister is opening June 2nd at IFC Center NYC. When a young woman turns to the camera for refuge, she ends up with a firsthand account of what will become the deadliest man-made epidemic in United States history. Thirty years in the making, Anonymous Sister is Emmy Award®-winning director, Jamie Boyle's chronicle of her family's collision with the opioid epidemic.

Learn more: nonymoussister.com/watch

05/25/2023

🎥 Make plans to see Anonymous Sister from director Jamie Boyle when it hits theaters next month!

11/29/2022

10/05/2022

Our teachers and children deserve better!

06/06/2022

Including Dick Johnson Is Dead — "the subject of death is approached in an honest and even humorous way, which helps the film be about enjoying life as much as it's also about confronting the inevitability of death."

Netflix cornered the market for true crime stories, but documentaries like 'The Last Blockbuster' and 'Shirkers' show another side to the platform.

05/26/2022

Headed to Mountainfilm? Make sure to catch a screening of Anonymous Sister. More info: https://bit.ly/3z0LXSR

We can’t wait to screen in Telluride this Memorial Day weekend at *Free Narcan training and handout after both screenings thanks to our incredible partners at And additional resources provided by

05/21/2022

In April, we filmed for two weeks in Nashville, for BAD ON PAPER, a work-in-progress film directed by Katy Chevigny. Production and post-production will continue through 2022.

L - R: Alonso Cacho(sound), Mindy Cook (AC), Emily Topper (DP), Tracy Facelli(DIT), Shelby Wertsbaugh (Gaffer), Katy Chevigny (Director).
📷: Jace Kartye

05/18/2022

Our own Katy Chevigny directed two episodes in Season 2 of Home, featuring visionary architects Anna Chavepayre (France) and Auguste Van Oppen (The Netherlands). Check out the trailer now and tune in to watch next month!

04/27/2022

The First Step screens at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival this weekend — followed by a discussion with director Brandon Kramer producer Lance Kramer and local advocates from South Los Angeles featured in the film.
🎟 https://www.paff.org/

04/22/2022

Anonymous Sister is screening in-person and virtually, starting this weekend at RiverRun Film Festival! Details/Tickets: https://riverrunfilm.com/events/3pwq1lboyk/

Over the course of three decades, Jamie uses her camera to document life. When her loved ones succumb to unexplained illnesses, she turns to the camera for refuge and ends up with a firsthand account of what will become the worst man-made epidemic in United States history. “Anonymous Sister” is ...

04/21/2022

These Brown Girls Doc Mafia - Public Fellowships offer $10K in funding, curated industry connections, and a year of mentorship and community building. Check it out! ⬇️

04/21/2022

The First Step screens at Filmfest DC this weekend! The screenings will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and film protagonists. Learn more and get 🎟: https://filmfestdc2022.eventive.org/schedule/6245b7fdd722fc0059d03b7c

04/19/2022

Alan French reviews Resurrection, Anonymous Sister, and Generation Wrecks at the 2022 Florida Film Festival.

01/25/2022

Kirsten Johnson Reflects on the three mirrors of cinema.

Dear beloved IDA, You are 40 years old! How time flies. Time, consciousness, and cinema are like friends who hold mirrors up for each other.

12/17/2021

A big thank you to Catapult Film Fund for supporting our next project, POST MORTEM!

11/23/2021

Honored that Big Mouth Production’s newest project, Post Mortem, is among the Jewish Story Partners grantees!

11/17/2021

If you haven't seen Anonymous Sister at DOC NYC, there's still time! Make plans to catch an in-person screening this evening (11/18) or watch virtually this month. Details: https://www.docnyc.net/film/anonymous-sister/?utm_source=docnyc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2021festival

11/16/2021

Filmed over 30 years, Anonymous Sister is director, Jamie Boyle's chronicle of her family's fall into opioid addiction, providing a poignant and timely study of what it means to experience life in all its beauty and pain.
Now screening at DOC NYC: https://bit.ly/3wpQhrw

11/12/2021

What a world premiere for Anonymous Sister at DOC NYC! And the coolest part? EP Julie Stampler did a Nalaxone/Narcan training demonstration AND a kit was given to every member of the audience.

11/12/2021

We ❤️ Jamie Boyle's advice for other women directors: "Insist on relationships, teams, and communities that lift you up and hold you there. Walk away from the ones that don’t."
Read more her Women & Hollywood interview and catch a *virtual* screening of Anonymous Sister at DOC NYC this weekend! ⤵️

Jamie Boyle is a two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. She is the director, cinematographer, and editor of the short documentary “Take A Vote” and she is the producer, editor, and cinematographer for Emmy Award-winning documentary “Jackson.” She edited “Trans in America: Texas Stron...