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“Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.”

– Peter Forbes

TEAMWORK

Collaborate with us in the development, budget and production of your project; our commitment is to realize a creative, meaningful vision that evokes the emotions you want.

PRODUCTION

We'll be bringing your vision to life with the most current video, sound and editing equipment. Your video will look amazing until the end of time with Ultra HD4K.

CONNECT

We work with you to help reach the intended audience and strategize a plan to maximize your video's impact.

Who We Are

Stone's Throw Films develops stories that connect people and produces content that matters for:
Independent features
Short films
Documentaries
Corporate & Non-profit communications
Websites & Behind-the-Scenes videos

LISTEN - Tell us what your vision is:
    - the kind of story you want to tell
    - the ideas you want to develop
    - what you want your audience to take away

CREATE - We offer creative storytelling solutions that allow your audience to connect with why what you say matters

ENGAGE - You collaborate with us in the development, budget and production of your project; our commitment is to realize a creative, meaningful vision that evokes the emotions you want.

Laura Hart McKinny

President

President of Stone's Throw Films, is a Screenwriting Professor. She’s a member of the founding faculty at the University of North Carolina, School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking. She has her B.A. from University of California Los Angeles and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, where she wrote a novel, Men Against Women. Producer of the feature, “Susie’s Hope,” she has worked as writer producer director of numerous documentaries. Currently, she’s working with PBS-NC to develop “Mighty Girls,” a short documentary about teens living in chronic poverty who are working to follow their dreams. Executive producer, she and her writer producer partner have teamed with Michael Miller (“Raising Arizona) to develop “An American Love Story,” about the 50-year marriage of an inter-racial couple, screening at River Run International Film Festival, April 2023. She has written a screenplay, “Bird’s Eye View.” She and her creative partner have teamed with Shawn Harwell, writer producer--Eastbound & Down (2009), The Campaign (2012), and Red Oaks (2015) -- to develop a narrative anthology series inspired by “Mighty Girls.”

John Hart McKinny

Vice President

Stones Throw Films’ Creative Director and Vice-President has worked as a production
assistant, co-producer, and script supervisor on numerous short films, industrials, and
documentaries, including, “Up with People,” In Broad Daylight,” and “Remembering Frederic:
The Genius of Chopin.” He was a producer and LLC manager on a feature, “Susie’s Hope” writer-producer-director for short documentaries, “Labor of Love: The Healing Build," airing on PBS-NC; “Hold on to Hope:
Camp Carousel,” and "Extraordinary People.”
He was a producer for Discovery Channel’s “Night at Bowman Grey.” He has optioned Jimtown Road, a novel of linked stories, and is co-writing a dramatic limited series.
Executive producer, he and his writer-producer partner have teamed with Michael Miller
(“Raising Arizona) to develop “An American Love Story,” about the 50-year marriage of an
inter-racial couple, Ron and Cle Thompson, screening at River Run International Film Festival, April 2023. He has co-written a screenplay, “Bird’s Eye View.” He and his creative partner have teamed with Shawn Harwell, writer-producer -- Eastbound &
Down, The Campaign, and Red Oaks -- to develop a narrative anthology series inspired by “Mighty Girls,” a short documentary.

Daniel George McKinny

1946-2013
Founder

Founder of Stone's Throw Films and founding faculty member of the UNCSA School of Filmmaking. McKinny was a camera operator, director of photography and director. His credits included movies-of-the-week, theatrical motion pictures, documentaries, and TV series "Perry Mason" and "90210."

A Few STF Projects

STF Reel

Susie's Hope

A feature film about the true story of an inspirational relationship between a survivor of a pit bull attack, who adopts Susie, a pit-bull mix puppy found beaten, burned and left for dead. Together, they change the law in North Carolina to seek protection for all animals.

Stone’s Throw Films producers worked with the feature director in the development of the script which needed to appeal to a family audience; we met with community animal lovers to facilitate confidence of regional investors, worked on a complex, economical budget that embraced animatronics from LA, hired a competent crew and collaborated with other producers to hire an affordable, talented cast.

Superb performances and excellent production value make credible this sensitive content. Viewers, for some, this feature their first glimpse of animal cruelty, champion this feature as a heartwarming story.

Labor of Love: The Healing Build

A marketing video that tells the story of the first collaboration, building a home, between two internationally renowned non-profits: Habitat for Humanity and Hospice & Palliative Care.

The “bond of hope” happened with just the right mix of interviewees expressing authentic emotions, montages, music and the confident voices from leaders of these two organizations creating a powerful, positive message.

We appreciate the opportunity to team up with non-profits and we work together to realize a cost-effective budget.

An American Love Story

We meet Ron and Cle Thompson at their 50th wedding anniversary. This event is the
springboard to reveal their inter-racial rollercoaster marriage that takes on their professional and
personal challenges in a complex national landscape.

As We Are

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