EXHIBIT 10.37.a

AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), is entered into as of March 26,
2002 between FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION, a California corporation ("Foothill"), and MRT Technology, LLC a California Limited Liability Company doing
business as Ritek Global Media ("Junior Lender"), with reference to the following recitals of fact:

WHEREAS, Image Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation ("Debtor") and
Foothill have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
"Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which Foothill has agreed to make certain loans to Debtor;

WHEREAS, Foothill and Junior Lender entered into that certain Subordination Agreement dated March 13, 2001 (the
"Subordination Agreement"), relating to amounts owed by Debtor to Junior Lender;

WHEREAS, Debtor and Junior Lender desire to enter into an amendment to the Optical Disc Replication Agreement, a copy of which is attached
hereto asExhibit A(the "Optical Disc Amendment"), providing for revisions to the repayment
provisions of amounts owing by Debtor to Junior Lender;

WHEREAS, Junior Lender and Debtor have asked Foothill to enter into this Amendment to permit such revisions as provided by the Optical Disc Amendment; and

WHEREAS, Junior Lender hereby acknowledges the continued subordination to Foothill of the indebtedness owed to Junior Lender by Debtor,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Subordination Agreement, as amended hereby.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, conditions, representations, and warranties set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION
1    DEFINED TERMS.

Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subordination Agreement.

SECTION
2    AMENDMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

Section 4(a)
of the Subordination Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:



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SECTION
3    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Junior
Lender hereby represents and warrants to Foothill that (a) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment are within its limited liability company powers, have
been duly authorized by all necessary action, and are not in contravention of any law, rule, or regulation, or any order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction, or award of any arbitrator, court, or
governmental authority, or of the terms of its governing documents, or of any contract or undertaking to which it is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or affected, and
(b) this Amendment constitutes Junior Lender's legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against Junior Lender in accordance with its terms.

SECTION
4    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO AMENDMENT.

The
satisfaction of each of the following unless waived or deferred by Foothill in its sole discretion, shall constitute conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Amendment and
each and every provisions hereof:

(1)  Foothill
shall have received this Amendment duly executed by the Junior Lender, and the same shall be in full force and effect; and

(a)  Foothill
shall have received the Optical Disc Amendment (in the form attached hereto asExhibit A) duly executed
by the parties thereto, and the same shall be in full force and effect.

SECTION
1    FURTHER ASSURANCES.

Junior
Lender shall execute and deliver all agreements, documents, and instruments, in form and substance satisfactory to Foothill, and take all actions as Foothill may reasonably
request from time to time fully to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Amendment and the Subordination Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

SECTION
5    MISCELLANEOUS.

(a)  Upon
the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Subordination Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "herein", "hereof" or words of like import
referring to the Agreement shall mean and refer to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(b)  This
Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. The provisions of Section 20 of the Subordination
Agreement are hereby incorporated in this Amendment by this referencemutatis mutandis.

(c)  This
Amendment can only be amended by a writing signed by both Foothill and Junior Lender.

(d)  This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be
deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Amendment. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be
equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original
executed counterpart of this Amendment but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment.

(e)  This
Amendment reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any
other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.

(f)    The
Subordination Agreement, as amended hereby, shall be and remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and hereby is ratified and confirmed in all
respects. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of or, except as expressly set forth herein, as an amendment of, any right, power, or remedy of
Foothill under the Subordination Agreement as in effect prior to the date hereof.

[Signature
page follows.]

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

| |  | FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION,
a California Corporation     
| |  | -----------------------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                                        
| |  | MRT TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
a California Limited Liability Company
| |  | By:                                                        

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DEBTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Image
Entertainment, Inc. (the "Debtor") has received a copy of, and has read, the foregoing Amendment Number One to Subordination Agreement. Debtor agrees to be bound by such agreement, and
not to take any action that would breach or violate the terms thereof. Debtor consents to the execution, delivery, and performance of such agreement by Foothill and Junior Lender, and agrees that
Debtor's obligations to Foothill and Junior Lender are not diminished by such agreement. Debtor acknowledges that it has no rights under the foregoing agreement and is not a third party beneficiary of
such agreement.

Dated
March 26, 2002:

IMAGE
ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,a California corporation

| |  | IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
a California corporation
| |  | ---------------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                                
| |  |                                                    
| |  | Name:                                              
| |  | Title:                                             

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Exhibit A

Amendment No. 1 to Optical Disc Replication and Loan Agreement.

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