Blood, Sweat, and Beer

Directed By Alexis Irvin

A documentary exploring the explosive growth of the craft beer industry and the struggles of two start-up breweries.

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BLOOD, SWEAT AND BEER follows a trio of 23-year-olds as they struggle to start The Brew Gentlemen Beer Company in Braddock, hoping their brewery will help this once-prosperous steel town bounce back from decades of neglect, violence, and population loss. The film also tells the emotional story of Danny Robinson, a boardwalk brewery owner and restaurateur whose business is threatened by an aggressive trademark lawsuit that could leave him bankrupt.
I've filmed, produced, and directed two feature documentary films. My film Blood, Sweat, and Beer was acquired by Hulu and featured in USA Today, Paste, The Washington Post, and on NPR, WBEZ Chicago, and ESPNRadio. Blood, Sweat, and Beer was also selected for American Film Showcase, a film diplomacy program hosted by the U.S. State Dept. and USC. I've screened my first film, The Dream Share Project, at over 200 colleges and high schools across the U.S. My first non-fiction book, Build Your Dreams, was published by Running Press. I produce video and written content for clients like: Challenged Athletes Foundation, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Social Impact Media Awards, Plastic Oceans Foundation, Ciena, Propelify, Techweek, Loangifting, AMP Medical Products, Entrepreneur.com, and many, many more. I graduated from the 2019-2020 UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and the 2020-2021 UCLA Professional Program in Television Writing, Comedy. I won the 2021 UCLA Writing Television Comedy Pilot competition for my dramedy script "The Broad in the Huddle."