Atun-Shei Films

This is a Checkmate Lincolnites spoiler

Was John Brown Right? Was He Effective?

Holy Horror: A New History of John Brown's Raid (feat. InRangeTV)

The Sermon

Here's another upsettingly early access – I finished this one a little bit earlier than I needed to.

Filmed today / Checkmate wall finally uncovered!

Filmed something weird today on a new set that Eduardo and I made last week. And after months of it being covered in flats and various other crap, we uncovered the Checkmate Lincolnites wall to the light of day! Though the finale won't be done for months, I'm going to begin (the very long process of) filming it quite...

The Abolitionists Theme - new track from Dillon DeRosa

I asked Dillon to write a main theme for The Abolitionists since everybody hated the credits music of the first episode, lol. He knocked it out of the park, as always.

This will premiere in the John Brown episode, which I'm going to start editing in just a couple days.

Script's done

The Birth of an American Town ~ Episode 2

Young farmer DESTROYS greedy reverend with SICK BURN in regard to a HERD SIZING DISPUTE in a RURAL 17th century NEW ENGLAND TOWN!!!!

Birth of an American Town episode 2 will probably be up for early access for $10 patrons later tonight.

thank you

What a beautiful country

Filmed in Harpers Ferry for twelve hours yesterday. This is gonna be a good one.

The Sudbury Devil – Now Streaming

Buy or rent my film The Sudbury Devil now ► https://atunsheifilms.vhx.tv/

Hope y'all enjoy, and thanks so much your support and for allowing me to do what I do!

Back to work

Thanks for all your wedding well-wishes. Here's a photo of me and a friend I made while on my honeymoon.

I'm back to work a bit earlier than I planned, but my time off was fun and restorative and it felt like time to get back in the YouTube groove. There will be no main channel videos this month apart from promos for th...

i'm self-distributing my movie because cinema is dead

Some new ideas / why you won't hear from me for a while

Hey all! Just a general life and work update for you.

The roadshow for my movie will continue through Thanksgiving but is definitely winding down, and I'm probably no longer going to attend any screenings myself. But I'm glad I made it out to as many as I did and I'm glad some of y'all came up and introduced yourselves!...

Did Vikings Explore New England?

A Black Abolitionist's Drastic Response to the Fugitive Slave Act

New set

This is for that new series I was telling you about, The Abolitionists. I also made a Cult of Reason banner based on the one the French revolutionaries hung at Notre-Dame, but it didn't fit into the space. Oh well. It's adorning the studio for now but I was thinking I'd give it to a friend.

Gonna film this some...

Meet the first member of the Confederate States Air Force, Undead Division

I saw this guy at Home Depot and I immediately knew he had to fly over the battlefield picking up Union soldiers with his claws then ripping their throats out with his teeth. It'll be like Midnight Mass but much scarier, and with better special effects.

Well, shit.

Bad news for fans of Birth of an American Town – I got halfway through editing the second episode and completely ran out of the footage that I shot up in Massachusetts in July. I sort of knew this would happen, and hoped to get more shots while I was up there for the Sudbury Devil premiere, but it was such...

The Sudbury Devil Premiere Red Carpet Cast Interviews

Some interviews from premiere night on Saturday! We also filmed the post-show Q&A which will be up for $20 patrons tonight or tomorrow.

 It was great to meet all of you who introduced yourselves – we hope it was a fun and spooky time! We have a bunch of roadshow screenings coming up, with tickets still availa...

The Sudbury Devil – Original Soundtrack

Another excessively early access. Album's not officially coming out til September 7th. I'm going to do a livestream with Maestro DeRosa that evening talking about our collaboration on Sudbury, Checkmate, Frozen '50s and more, which should be fun. Enjoy!

Breaking Down the Historical Deep Cuts in The Sudbury Devil

So this is suuuuper early access. As you can probably tell from the video it's not meant to be published until after the premiere of my movie. But I'm traveling next week so it made sense to knock this out now.

The Birth of an American Town ~ Episode 1

Strange Weather

In honor of The Sudbury Devil reaching completion (I approved the final version literally like five minutes ago) I wanted to share my favorite cute in Dillon DeRosa's score, the climactic ditty "Strange Weather." 

Full OST releasing soon.

Enjoy.

Since I know some of y'all are in the Boston area...

Sudbury is screening at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline on 9/11, just a couple days after our Salem premiere. I'll be there with cast and crew for a Q&A. Come say hi!

"Birth of an American Town" delayed, cheery video about slavery in the pipe

Hello all, The Birth of an American Town is still coming and it's going to be an honest-to-god epic, but unfortunately it didn't come together in July like I thought it would – mainly because my guest narrator has been a little slow to get me the voiceover, and I can't start editing without it. 

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"Would you know what joy is hid / In our green Musketaquid"

I believe it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who once said "Drone photography injects a stupid amount of production value into any documentary."

Sorry for the radio silence recently – been busy (but what else is new). I'm working on that piece about my hometown that I briefly mentioned in an earlier update, which has spiraled...

Get tickets to the premiere of The Sudbury Devil

"The Sudbury Devil" will premiere in an intimate two-night event at 8 PM on September 9th and 10th, 2023 at The Satanic Temple World Headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts. The price of admission includes the film, a cast and crew Q&A, and access to the Salem Art Gallery, including TST's famous Baphomet statue. Buy your tic...

The Sudbury Devil – Official Trailer

Hello all, I'm very proud to finally present the first trailer for my film, The Sudbury Devil, three days early for my very generous patrons!

It's having its world premiere on September 9th, 2023 at a historic venue in Salem, Massachusetts. You can buy tickets to the premiere starting when this trailer drops on...