The Rebellion
2023 • Music Video • 8 minutes
Runtime • 8 minutes
Competition • Shorts
Country • United States
Language • English
Genres • Hip Hop
Screening Date & Time
Friday, July 14, 2023 • 7:00pm
Screening Venue
Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W. Hollywood Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60660
Synopsis
Written by lawyer/artist Ari Scharg, The Rebellion shines a spotlight on corrupt practices in the legal industry. Finding its roots in the real life $100 million Ponzi scheme perpetuated by celebrity lawyer, Tom Girardi, the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, Erika Jayne, the song focuses on how Scharg’s firm, Edelson PC, exposed the fraud and how there is currently a little known battle waging in the legal industry between reformers like himself and the Old Guard who want to maintain the status quo so they can continue exploiting a broken system.
Production Credits
Director
Gabriel Hostetler
Writer
Ari Scharg
Producer
Hunter Smalling, Masora Fukuda
Key Cast
Ari Scharg , Dave Fript, Aggie Merz , Dimitar Nikolov, Mark McKee, Troy Kemp, Brandon Smelko