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Brady Hall says:

My cat Reggie is a big stupid idiot who brings in half-dead rodents and lets them run off under furniture to die and stink up the place. He screams and yells all the time like a jerk. But other than that he’s Ok.

I’m a big stupid idiot who makes movies sometimes. My latest one is called Scrapper and is pretty Ok.

Underground Film Journal says:

Brady Hall makes outlandish short films, such as The Unreachable Pyramid that we plan on featuring on the site soon, as well as feature films with wonderful names such as Hello, My Name Is Dick Licker that screened at the 2012 Atlanta Underground Film Festival.

There’s an interesting thing about audience. Filmmakers make movies with them in mind, but don’t have any control over their reaction. Such was the case in Wednesday night’s screening of Scrapper, at this year’s Pan African Film Festival. Written and directed by Brady Hall, the film stars Michael Beach, who’s probably most known for roles in Waiting to Exhale, Soul Food, and ER, where he loved and cheated on black women. These black women were the primary audience members at this screening of a film that saw him in a radically different form than these aforementioned works. Set in Seattle, Scrapper tells the story of Hollis Wallace, a lonely man who makes his living collecting...

A new year of film festivals has officially launched with the grand-daddy of them all (here in the USA anyway) the Sundance Film Festival, ending its run last weekend. In February, however, all eyes will be on the Pan African Film Festival that takes place in Los Angeles, CA, which runs from February 6-17, 2014, celebrating its 22nd anniversary.Continuing on with highlights from this year's event... from the narrative section, here's your first look at Micheal Beach (Soul Food, Waiting to Exhale) in the new witty drama Scrapper.  Beach stars in the drama - helmed by Brady Hall - as Hollis Wallace, who makes a living by collecting discarded metal...

Emir Baigazin’s Harmony Lessons won the 39th Seattle International Film Festival’s Best New Director grand jury prize on Sunday [9] as top brass handed out jury and audience awards.Scroll down for full list of winners

The Siff 2013 Best Documentary grand jury prize went to Penny Lane’s Our Nixon and Lucy Walker earned a special jury prize for The Crash Reel, while Kyle Patrick Alvarez took the Best New American Cinema grand jury prize for C.O.G.

In the audience awards, Henk Pretorius’ Fanie Fourie’s Lobola won the Best Film Golden Space Needle Award and Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom took the corresponding documentary prize.

The Best Director Golden Space Needle Award went to Nabil Ayouch for Horses Of God, while best actor was awarded to James Cromwell for Still Mine and best actress to Samantha Morton for Decoding Annie Parker.

The Best Short Film Golden Space Needle Award was presented to [link...

Here's your first look at Micheal Beach (Soul Food, Waiting to Exhale) in the new drama Scrapper, premiering at the Seattle Film Festival on May 21. Beach stars in the drama - helmed by Brady Hall - as Hollis Wallace, who makes a living by collecting discarded metal "scraps" or pieces. A loner, Hollis spends most of his spare time caring for his sick mother. Conflict arises after he he meets a runaway teen, who becomes his work partner. The film is said to be inspired the filmmaker's home renovation; Brady became curious about people who asked him about collecting metal. Here's more: Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he...

Grinning Man Media Group has given Indiewire the first look at their feature film "Scrapper," premiering at the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival, and inspired by filmmaker Brady Hall's home renovation. While renovating his home, Hall came across individuals asking to collect scrap metal. His curiosity about these men and their lives led him to create the film. The movie centers on Hollis Wallace (Michael Beach), who survives off the collection of scrap metals cast off by others. He has a sick mother who he tries to support with the money made from 'scrapping' and spends most of his time alone, until a chance encounter with a runaway teen named Swan (Anna Giles). The two form a friendship as they become partners in scrap collection until their individual lives create a strain that might make them part ways for good. The film premieres in Seattle on May 21st. Get...