Ragtag Productions is an American independent
film and video production company based in
Astoria, Queens
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast ...
. They are noted for the
web comedy series ''
We Need Girlfriends'' that ran in 2006–2007. The company entered into discussions with
CBS
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about turning ''We Need Girlfriends'' into a
television series
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pilot with ''
Sex and the City
''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United Stat ...
'' creator
Darren Star. After premiering the first episode in August 2010 at
The Feel Good Film Festival
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founded by
Kristen Ridgway Flores, their newest project ''My Future Girlfriend'' debuted online on .
Background
Company founders
Steven Tsapelas,
Brian Amyot and
Angel Acevedo were film majors at
Hofstra University in
Long Island, New York, where they met. Upon graduation, the three moved to Astoria to work together producing film shorts and submitting them to festivals. After seeing the increasing popularity of online film submissions and contest, they decided to focus on the
Internet
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as a medium to distribute their work.
Filmography
*''We Need Girlfriends'' - 2006–2007
*''I Live With My Parents'' - 2009
*''My Future Girlfriend'' - 2011
References
External links
Official website"We Need Girlfriends" website
Film production companies of the United States
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