The Butterfly Circus

Here Mr. Mendez meets Will, the main attraction of the freak show, who has tetra-amelia syndrome, meaning that Will is limbless: he is on display alongside other odd characters, such as a painted (tattooed) man and a bearded woman.

Will is bitter and unhappy, but after meeting Mendez, he decides to leave the carnival, hiding on one of the Butterfly Circus trucks to escape.

This short film shows the outstanding growth in character of Will as he faces oppressions in his everyday life The production was completed in 12 days by a cast and crew of over 150 people, on locations in the Southern California regions of the San Gabriel Mountains, Riverside, Palmdale and Santa Clarita.

[2] The movie features internationally recognized motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, Latino celebrity Eduardo Verástegui (from Bella), Doug Jones who played the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four-Rise of the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien in Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

By July 2010, the film had already accumulated over 7 million collective online views primarily through posts on YouTube.