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Jason LaRay Keener is an American filmmaker from Alabama. He is best known for his stream-of-conscious, non-linear shorts.

Reining Nails

Keener produces his own films under the label Reining Nails, often with the help of collaborator J. Ledbetter. Their film Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival featured guest voice-overs from filmmakers Cory McAbee

Cory McAbee

Cory McAbee is an American writer and director, and lead singer of the band Billy Nayer Show.- Director :*Billy Nayer *The Man on the Moon...

, Damon Packard

Damon Packard

Damon Packard is an underground American film director and actor. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.- Early life :...

, Todd Rohal

Todd Rohal

Todd Rohal is an American independent filmmaker. His feature film is 2006's The Guatemalan Handshake. He is also responsible for the short films Single Spaced , Slug 660 , Knuckleface Jones and Hillbilly Robot ....

and Jamie Stewart

Jamie Stewart

James "Jamie" Cyrus Stewart is the front-man of the American musical group Xiu Xiu , a former front-man of IBOPA and Ten in the Swear Jar and a current member of Former Ghosts. He was also a member of 7 Year Rabbit Cycle which has since disbanded...

of the bands Ten in the Swear Jar

Ten in the Swear Jar

Ten in the Swear Jar, TITSJ, or XITSJ , was an indie/experimental band derived from IBOPA and after the breakup, progressing to the still-active Xiu Xiu. The band released two albums before breaking up in July 2000. Key members in the band include Jamie Stewart and Cory McCulloch. Several songs...

, Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu is an American avant-garde group originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception in 2002. His current bandmate is Angela Seo...

and Former Ghosts

Former Ghosts

Former Ghosts consists of former This Song Is a Mess But So Am I member Freddy Ruppert with collaborations from Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart, Zola Jesus originator Nika Roza Danilova, and Yasmine Kittles of TEARIST. Ruppert is the lead songwriter on this brutally gloomy, Joy Division-esque project...

. The film won Best Experimental Short at the 2009 Nashville Film Festival

Nashville Film Festival

The Nashville Film Festival , held annually in Nashville, Tennessee, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. In 2009, Nashville Film Festival received close to 2000 submissions from 86 countries, programmed nearly 260 films and had an attendance...

, as well as Best Alabama Short Film and the Kathryn Tucker Windham

Kathryn Tucker Windham

Kathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama and grew up in nearby Thomasville....

Storytelling Award at the 11th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival

Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival

The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is an annual film festival scheduled over one weekend in late September in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999...

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In 2009, Keener and Ledbetter released a DVD+R EP of their short films entitled Catfish with Falcon Wings.

Catfish with Falcon Wings has been remixed by Brighter Death Now

Brighter Death Now

Brighter Death Now is the artist name under which Roger Karmanik , the founder of the Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry, releases death industrial, power electronics and dark ambient music....

as projection for live shows. watch

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Reining Nails

Short Films

As Actor

As Score Composer

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