Money Merc, a famous rapper disillusioned with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity, leaves the city and his career behind to find himself in a small-town farming community.
Maxwell Freddie Gibbs, Bob Tarasuk, Hernan Orozco, Jared Smith, Cole Tarasuk, Jamie Neumann
Diego Ongaro is a French director living in rural western Massachusetts. He wrote and directed ME MY BAG AND MY BALL (2005), a short film that won the Canal+ Award at the 2006 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Diego then directed three other short films: RETURN TO LABRADORIA (Clermont Ferrand & Aspen Shortfest 2008), RICE AND MEAT (Winner of Milano Film Fest. 2009 – Short Yet Good section) and BOB AND THE TREES (Boston Independent FF 2011, Maryland FF), the latest being the inspiration for his debut feature film bearing the same name. BOB AND THE TREES had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival (NEXT), won the top prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic and screened in more than 20 international festivals throughout the world. Diego was short-listed for the Someone to Watch Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. DOWN WITH THE KING is his second feature film.
