FILMOGRAPHY
Niger - Tales of Resilience
To understand Nigerians’ efforts to counter violent extremism in their communities, we travel with Rapper Ali Master, the multi-talented creator and musician, to capture the spirit of resilience in the Sahel. With the help of a great Nigerian film team and three inspiring subjects along the way, Ali Master leads the way from Niamey to Diffa - and back. (27 Min) USAID Peace Through Development.
Immigration Battle
Why is it still so hard for Washington to fix America’s immigration problem? Go behind closed doors on Capitol Hill to explore the political realities surrounding one of the country’s most pressing and divisive issues. (114 Min) FRONTLINE, WGBH Boston.
How Democracy Works Now (Feature Film Series)
Ten feature documentaries linking dozens of fascinating people, each connected by a commitment to change the way the U.S. handles a bedrock national identity issue—immigration. Together the films make up one very big story, only visible at the end of the arc. NETFLIX, HBO.
BETTER FORECASTING, A BRIGHTER FUTURE
How can sudden wealth destabilize a developing country? That’s the big question around the multi-billion dollar extractive industry worldwide. Peru, a nation still new to the best exploitation of its natural riches, faces the delicate pluses and minuses of good fortune. (35 Min) REVENUE WATCH.
LETTERS FROM YASMEEN
When there’s not one educated woman in a very traditional village who is trained to teach young girls, how can they learn? An innovative idea to provide girls a basic education in the most conservative parts of Western Pakistan. (28 Min) THE WORLD BANK.
Well-Founded Fear
Political asylum in the United States: Who deserves it? Who gets it? Who Decides? Enter the closed corridors of the INS for an incredible close up look at "The Ellis Island of the 21st Century." (119 Min) POV and CNN.
Tashilham
In a New York City loft, an artist and an anthropologist consider a remarkable piece of art. The work is a serial diptych with a Tibetan name that translates as “Fortunate Journey”. The artist is renowned 20th century American painter, Irving Kriesberg. His interlocutor and friend is therapist Judith Gleason. (47 Min) MUSE FILM AND TELEVISION.
These Girls are Missing
A film about men and women, about marriage...families...having babies; a film about tradition and the modern world. A film about who goes to school in Africa—and why girls are missing.
(60 Min) FAWE, Forum of African Women Educationalists and ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.
Jason V: Expedition Planet Earth
Sixty hours of live programming beamed from a jungle control room in a Belize rainforest offer students in the U.S. offer a ringside seat to a real life science expedition hosted by renowned oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic, Dr. Bob Ballard.
(60 x 60 Min) THE JASON PROJECT.
Becoming the Buddha in L.A.
The central ideas of Buddhist tradition, as illustrated in the lives of contemporary Angelenos—a Cambodian gang member, A Japanese-American from Watts, a Canadian Tibetan Lama and a young Vietnamese widow. With commentary from Gary Snyder and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh. (57 Min) WGBH, Boston.
Washington/Peru: We Ain't Winning
Filmed in the US Congress, Peru’s capital city Lima, and the cocaine fields of the Upper Huallaga Valley, the film examines the explosive relationship between the U.S. and Peru at the end of the twentieth century, as the war on drugs stands at a tragicomic crossroads and Peru is on the brink of disaster. (59 Min) WHYY, Philadelphia.
SITES OF RECOLLECTION
The work of four contemporary installation artists is explored, but not seen, in a short film that examines the images and ideas artists bring to their work. Produced to accompany an innovative exhibition, "Sites and Recollections: Four Altars and a Rap Opera."
(30 Min) WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART.
Inside the Khmer Rouge
Called "the best documentary on Cambodia ever produced" by writer William Shawcross, this production for the BBC’s Assignment strand is the fruit of a 2-year research project on the elusive movement and its activities inside Cambodia, on the Thai border, and in the international diplomatic arena. (47 Min) ASSIGNMENT BBC, LONDON.
Kamala and Raji
Two of the world’s “very poor”, Kamala and Raji are working women who must survive on less than $1 a day. Their moving story brings viewers into the struggle to carve out a place for themselves in the modern world. (47 Min) POV, PBS.
Local Heroes, Global Change
Stories of development from a developing country perspective. At once passionate and reflective, intimate and far-reaching, the 4-film series illuminates moments in the lives of some remarkable people as it reveals normally hidden processes of power. Filmed in 10 countries on 4 continents. (4 x 57 Min) PBS NATIONAL BROADCAST.
Angkor Wat Under Siege
As civil war rages on all sides, and each of 4 warring parties claims the ancient treasure as their own, a team of Indian archaeologists wrestle political, artistic and psychological difficulties in their quest to restore the exquisite Cambodian temple.
(28 Min) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER.
RETURN TO YEAR ZERO
Ten years after the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge, with Cambodia renamed Kampuchea and the United Nations-backed coalition waging guerrilla war against a new communist government installed by neighboring Viet Nam, a high level of danger and uncertainty still haunts the country. Villagers and city dwellers draw parallels between life under Pol Pot and the rocky aftermath. (42 Min) DISPATCHES, CHANNEL FOUR, UK.
THE FRESCOES OF DIEGO RIVERA
A richly illustrated biographical journey with the renowned Mexican painter, commissioned to accompany a special exhibition. (30 Min) THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART.
Waiting for Cambodia
As a geo-political impasse leaves Cambodian refugees stranded on the Thai border for a dozen years, the film highlights refugee efforts to keep cultural and religious traditions alive in the camps. (57 Min) PBS NATIONAL BROADCAST.
Born Again
An intimate backstage portrait of a "Moral Majority" fundamentalist Baptist church captures several intertwined personal dramas to reveal how private struggles and family bonds lead to the formulation of political and religious ideals.
(90 Min) PBS NATIONAL BROADCAST.
Dadi's Family
Three generations of a family in crisis in rural India through the eyes of the family matriarch, Dadi, who explains among other things why family planning is a bad idea. (60 Min) NATIONAL BROADCAST, PBS ODYSSEY.