ANIMAL NOIR (2017)

"Anthropomorphic animals like you've never seen them before. It's Chinatown meets Animal Farm and just like the George Orwell classic Lunacek and Juren's animals are an allegory for today's world. Private Investigator (and giraffe), Immanuel Diamond - Manny to his friends - has been asked by his uncle - an influential judge -- to track down a prey fantasy movie. Adult films in this world are staged hunts where one animal eats another and the judge's wife starred in one that has been hidden (until now). Giraffe detectives, hippo mob members, prey-obsessed lions, street fighting elephants, and oppressed zebras are just part of this wild animal kingdom. "

"Manny Diamond's search for his uncle's wife's missing prey fantasy movie heats up! As Manny tries to get info from the former star, she puts him on track to meet up with a former co-worker and anti-prey-film activist. With such a passionate companion in tow, will Manny be able to keep his head down away from hungry lions, drugged out monkeys, hippo mobsters and the cops? "

"Though still on the trail of the missing prey fantasy flick, Manny Diamond decides to call it a night and return home to his disconnected wife. But how will their night go - and Manny's case - when a group of hippo mobsters bust in looking for Manny? "

"When one of Shasha's wives goes missing at the annual Clan boss gathering, the Allthing, Manny Diamond joins the search party to investigate. Did she run away or was she the victim of retaliation from a rival clan daring to break the Allthing Peace? "