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Broken Dove is a video production company with a focus on sports documentaries, scripted comedy, broadcast commercials, and digital content. Founded in 2020 and based out of Santa Monica California, Broken Dove productions is led by Director/Producer Danny Simmons. In 2019, Danny Simmons made his feature-length directorial debut with the boxing documentary Suffer For Good.

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Suffer For Good premiered on December 8, 2020, distributed world-wide by Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company on all major VOD platforms.

Suffer For Good is the moving story of Ethiopian boxer Seb Zewdie. His Olympic dreams were shattered by Russia’s boycott of the LA 1984 Olympics and a vicious near-death stabbing. After a chance encounter with CNN Hero Dr. Rick Hodes, Seb survived as a political refugee in the United States. Thirty-three years later, Director Simmons follows his journey back into the boxing ring. We now find Seb in LA a pro boxing and UFC striking coach still haunted by what could have been.

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Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica
Documentary production company Santa Monica

The story of
Danny Simmons

Simmons is an avid sports fan, having competed in the College World Series while studying at UC San Diego. He met Seb Zewdie, the subject of Suffer For Good while training at Seb Boxing in Culver City, Calif. He produces under the Broken Dove Productions banner.

In addition to his work in the film and television space, Simmons directed viral campaigns for brands like Experian, Four Seasons, Waldorf Astoria, and the city of Beverly Hills. He frequently films travel documentaries that have taken him around the globe and been distributed by Tastemade Studios, LAist, Gothamist and featured in media outlets such as Huffington Post, EATER, Condé Nast Traveler, and Angeleno Magazine.

Frequently collaborates with his sister Krista Simmons who inspired him to take his creative talents full time. 

Simmons directed/produced a pilot executive produced by Sterling K. Brown and written by Adrienne Carter (Everybody Hates Chris). Fox put Every Other Weekend in development with Will Packer Media and Fox Entertainment’s Sidecar Content Accelerator. The pilot starred Carter, Ryan Michelle Bathé (This is Us), and Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals).

 
The Cast

Meet the team

Danny Simmons
Danny Simmons

Producer

Documentary production company Santa Monica
Krista Simmons

Director

Christine Medrano
Christine Medrano

Director

Drone Videography Beverly Hills
TORI TIME

Director

Drone Videography Beverly Hills
JOE MENCONI

Director

Documentary production company Santa Monica
David Fisch

Editor

Meagan Solano
Meagan Solano

Editor

"about as inspiring as movies get"

"Constructing the documentary in this manner, no matter how cloying it might be, is nevertheless effective, and your heart bursts with pride at getting to know someone like Seb Zewdie, even for only an hour or so (the movie would be a perfect fit for a channel like ESPN)."

Brian Shaer
Film Threat

"A Very Human Story About Pursuing Your Dreams"

"Suffer For Good highlights the importance of hard work and determination, and shows that in life you are never too old to pursue your dreams."

David Stark
Watch or Pass

"Worthy of many eyes and hearts"

"At the end of the day, Danny Simmons has put forth a great film that dances the line between a documentary and a biography excellently. It's a little heartbreaking at times, but also full of hope and perseverance. "

WILL CONRAD
INDY RED

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