P R O J E C T S

I've been lucky to work in many different roles on many interesting projects over the years. Here are of some of my favorites...

	Sari's Mother. Editor. {peek} Sari is an 11-year-old boy in rural Iraq who is infected with HIV. Amidst the disintegrating infrastructure of the Iraqi government, Sari's mother undertakes a fearless fight to obtain proper health care for her child. A rare portrait of an Iraqi woman. Directed by James Longley.
	Iraq in Fragments. Editor. {peek} A complex picture of a post-war Iraq. Through stunning verite camera work, explore the lives of ordinary Iraqis and a country pulled in different directions by politics, religion, and ethnicity. Directed by James Longley. www.iraqinfragments.com.
	March Point. Additional Camera. {peek} Cody, Nick and Travis wanted to make a gangster movie or rap video. Instead, they were asked to investigate the impact of two oil refineries on their tribal community. Follow their journey as they come to understand themselves and the threat their people face. Directed by Annie Silverstein. Broadcast on PBS/POV Fall 2008. www.marchpointmovie.com
	Native Lens. Instructor. {peek} {peek} The past hundred years of filmmaking have virtually ignored the self-defined identities of Native people. The many damaging stereotypes based on Hollywood images of the American Indian have left Tribes without a voice. Native Lens is a program that helps Native youth in the Pacific Northwest tell their own stories through video. www.nativelens.org.
	Lost & Found. Editor. {peek} An episode of Seattle Channel's Community Stories. Veta Hernadez, a single mom who found her calling through a job placement training program, reunites travelers with their items lost at Sea-Tac Airport. Directed by Laurie Bohm.
	Le Jardin. Director, Camera, Editor. Girl meets balloon and dancing ensues. Improvisational dance shot on graffiti streets and in an urban garden. Filmed with good ol' Super 8, edited by hand late at night with a razor blade and tape. Co-Directed & Co-Edited by Karn Junkinsmith.
	The Sidewalk Never Ends (trailer). Editor. {peek} Effi runs away from her abusive home. She finds a surrogate family in a group of homeless youth, who have come to the streets from all walks of life. Directed by Travis Senger. www.effifoxmovie.com.
	The Letter (movie trailer). Editor. {peek} A group of Somali immigrants move to a small town in Maine only to be welcomed by a letter from the mayor telling them that there is no room for them and that their friends should stay away. As you can imagine, it gets ugly and it's all shockingly true. Directed by Ziad Hamzeh. See also: www.arabfilm.com
	Breaking the Silence. {peek} Co-Founder, Lead Instructor. Community-based workshops, a youth-produced video, and a documentary. Breaking the Silence uses media literacy as a tool in HIV-prevention among youth in the Caribbean. www.breakingthesilence.info.
	The Stigma Project. Producer, Editor. A series of 13 short 'trigger' videos about HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in Caribbean health care settings. Designed to portray realistic and controversial scenarios; for use in training. The action stops at a critical moment to prompt discussion and debate among viewers. A project of I-TECH.
	Kudus Song. Camera, Editor. {peek} A lyrical dance for camera performed in and around an ancient Indonesian teahouse as dusk falls. Produced and performed by Katy DeRosier.
	Seattle Aquarium. Director, Camera, Editor. {peek} {peek} Have you ever fed a giant octopus? Can you dissect a squid? Would you befriend a dragon fish? Two short videos featuring teen naturalists and adult volunteers respectively. Take a peek behind the scenes at the Seattle Aquarium.
	Reel Grrls. Instructor. {peek} By teaching teenage girls how to be critical television watchers and producers of their own media, they develop a voice in an arena where they are heavily targeted as consumers but where their artistic expression is seldom heard or seen. When teenage girls get behind the camera, they discover they have a lot to say! Check out the website for full details: www.reelgrrls.org. Or read this great article.
	Jyothi's Hope. Editor. {peek} Jyothi is infected with HIV. Before anti-retroviral drugs are available in India, one of Jyothi's young children becomes very ill and dies with AIDS. Months later, Jyothi is among the first patients at Tambaram Hospital to receive life-saving anti-retroviral therapy. This short video chronicles her transformation. Produced by I-TECH. Directed by Tom Furtwangler.
	Wake the Town (movie trailer). Editor. {peek} By day, it comes at you from street-side cassette vendors, passing minibuses, and the corner bar where people play dominoes. At night, the bass rhythms of megawatt mobile sound systems can't be ignored anywhere you are. Dancehall spills out of the clubs and into the society, economy, and politics of the Caribbean. Directed by Norman Stolzoff.
	Maiden USA. Editor. A five-channel video installation about girls and body image, displayed in galleries around the U.S. After analyzing media trends that frame teenage girls as subjects of crisis-driven scripts, Maiden USA responds with images of photo booth buddies, jammin' girlbands, wild pixilations, and rearview mirror visions of unexpected heroines. Directed by Kathleen Sweeney.
	Tips for Talking to Strangers. {peek} Director, Camera, Editor. In a media-saturated world, what happens when neighbors start talking to each other? A short documentary about the national phenomenon of Conversation Cafes and its origin in Seattle. Look for this video at the Seattle Art Museum and on PBS.
	I Am (Not) Van Gogh. Production Assistant. {peek} A misfit artist proposes a film to a confused public arts festival panel. A true story, many times over, originally created as a site-specific art installation for Seattle's Bumbershoot festival. Directed by David Russo.
	Georgetown. Assistant Camera, Lights, Sound. A "fly film" about the battle for community in the South Seattle neighborhood of Georgetown. Produced by the Seattle International Film Festival. Directed by Kathlyn Albright.
	Salmon in the City. Editor. {peek} Commissioned by the Seattle Arts Commission on the occasion of salmon being declared an endangered species. An animated poem contrasting the life cycle of Pacific Northwest salmon against our modern urban landscape. Directed by Wendy Jackson Hall.
	Gotta Smoke? Editor. Why do so many people start smoking when they are in high school? What does it take to quit? Frank discussion with teens about the temptations and frustrations of tobacco addiction. Directed by Aaron Murphy
	KCTS: Talk Back to Tobacco. Editor. When is comes to talking about tobacco, who do you think youth will pay more attention to -- their parents or their friends? KCTS teams up with teens to create anti-tobacco spots that are written by teens for teens. Produced and shot in KCTS studios. Directed by Ti Locke.
	Paradigm Shift. Camera, Lights. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a comprehensive international treaty for children now ratified by 173 countries. The United States refuses to sign. This documentary explores the issue of child abuse and children's rights -- featuring political leaders, social workers, and, of course, children. Directed by Oliver Tuthill.
	Recycle or Bust. Editor. You might know King County Solid Waste as the folks who pick up your garbage on Tuesday morning. But did you know that they're also the folks who send artists of every kind into schools to teach kids about the importance of recycling? This video documents these "Recycle Artists" in action. Directed by Malory Graham.
	Spectrum Dance Theatre Music Video. Director, Camera, Editor. Where do they get their moves? Youth at the Garfield Commmunity Center show up after school for lessons in hip-hop dance and then perform their choreographed dances for the camera.
	Zion Sax. Camera, Editor. A saxophonist, singer, and composer living and working in the Caribbean. He has shared the stage with international stars like Shaggy and the Fugees and has even performed for Nelson Mandela. Rob Taylor is Zion Sax.
	The Call. Second Camera, Production Assistant. {peek} Fog machines at sunrise on a brisk Fall morning in the Northwest. Reflecting magic hour light off a bounce card. Crouching with a camera behind wet ferns in the forest. Spying Nymphs in flowing white dresses. This 16mm film short is an interpretation of a poem about being called upon by the muses. Directed by Malory Graham.
	about the view from nowhere Producer, Director, Camera, Editor. What is the importance of diversity and dissent in striving to make the world a better place? This experimental documentary about Seattle'sCenter for Ethical Leadership applies the theories of Habermas, Lyotard, Butler, Foucault in a critical reflection upon our collective pursuit of the "common good".