Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
"Nefarious" was written, directed, produced and narrated by Benjamin Nolot, founder and president of Exodus Cry, the film's distributor. Nolot, who travelled to 19 countries to collect the film's content, said that the purpose of the film is "to draw people's attention to the issue, but also to inspire them in terms of what they can be doing … to take a stand against this injustice." The film was officially released on July 27, 2011, with individual grassroots screenings also taking place. Laila Mickelwait, Exodus Cry's director of awareness and prevention, screened the film in several countries in an attempt to persuade governments to make laws similar to Sweden's "Sex Purchase Act", which criminalizes the purchasing rather than the selling of sex. The film was released on home video on May 1, 2012.
The Residents
In 2014, The Residents began collaborating with director Don Hardy on a video series starring Randy, entitled "In My Room", as well as a feature length documentary film covering the history of the group, entitled "Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents". The production of this film involved the digital transfer of the group's many years of archived video, film and tape, including the production materials shot for "Vileness Fats" between 1972 and 1976. "Theory of Obscurity" was completed in 2015 and premiered at SXSW Film Festival.