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My Best Friend for Congress (4:29)

In 1993, my good friend, George Phillips, and I ran for senior class government. I won my race to be treasurer and he won the pres...

Mi Otro Yo (4:53)

Tucson High School students are battling a recent senate bill aimed at banning all ethnic studies courses and clubs in publicly fu...

Back Home and Voting (3:29)

My proposal is simple in content but more complex and nuanced in its presentation. I want to present 3 to 4 socio-psychological a...

The Politics of Smear (4:53)

How is it that during Election 2008, the words "Muslim" and "Islam" have become political dirty words?

Uncle Sam (3:55)

Every now and then, someone stands out of the crowd and makes people take notice. In this case, he happens to bear a striking rese...

Voting Schmoting (4:50)

An artistic and impressionistic pictorial of an unordinary life in an ordinary environment. For many years, economists have tho...

Leave the Many and Hold the Few (3:00)

“Leave the Many and Hold the Few” is a brief glimpse into the relationship that I have with my nana. Last year, I moved home ...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (3:19)

Every Tuesday my eighteen-month old daughter and I take a music class together. Last fall we switched from our kids only class to ...

Grandmother Granddaughter (03:00)

The house that Martha bought some 50 years ago is full of people. The film Grandmother Granddaughter is a snapshot of Martha’s l...

Interlude (4:17)

”Interlude” is an intimate and poetic portrait of the artist’s ninety-two year old grandmother, who is slowly beginning to ...

Portrait of an Alzheimer's Patient (7:15)

In the last week before my Grandfather went into an Alzheimer's care facility after 10 years of home care, I made this short ...

Proposals for a Love Letter (Part 1) (4:00)

A close up and personal depiction of the artist's mothers' relationship with her elderly mother. (The artist's'...

Diana and Carrie (3:03)

The story of Diana and Carrie is one like many in the nation; a daughter taking care of an aging parent. What makes their story u...

Why We Can't Parent Our Parents (1:57)

I spent two decades caring for seven elders. I'm an author, speaker, columnist and blogger on the subject of elder care. My s...

Dammit, Dad! (02:57)

Short film written and shot in 6 hours as practice for film race. Subject is close to me since my sister drives my father's f...

Care at 100 (3:00)

This story is about a daughter named Josephine Triplett that caregives for her recently turned 100year old mom Gemelia Herring. T...

Mary's Boys (3:15)

At age 91, Mary Mitchell is still able to maintain her independence, continuing to live in her home in Farmington Michigan thanks ...

The Ghosts of John Jay High (4:28)

Seven bright and accomplished John Jay High seniors cry foul at being unfairly lumped in with the school’s thuggish past.

Taxi (6:29)

A Taxi driver in Huntsville, Alabama asks passengers how Americans should deal with racism, expulsion, and reparation issues.

Reparation Blues (5:10)

A visual poem on reparations for the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, based on Ghail Rhodes-Benjamin's work of the same title.

Swim (5:11)

Animation and photography illustrate Jearld Ambrose's memories of swimming at segregated Atlantic Beach in South Carolina.

Bi-Racial Hair (4:56)

13 year-old Zora’s poem “Bi-racial Hair” offers a satirical look at the racism facing African Americans of mixed ethnicity.

Oh Johnny (4:18)

Elizabeth Patterson tells the story of the loss of her husband Johnny, killed when the Ticonderoga was bombed at the end of WWII.

Children on War (4:25)

In this short film, we hear the opinions of those who will ultimately be most affected by the consequences of current warfare.

Sonny's Letters From the War (4:02)

Pvt. Walter “Sonny” Pyrih, as remembered through his sincere and touching letters.
War Games

War Games (3:23)

A quirky, animated narrative that explores the author's childhood obsession with war, and how one accident changed that.

A Clearing in the Fog (3:28)

A moment of humanity in wartime from the life of Irving Sarot, WWII surgeon, as told by his grandson.
Beneath the City

Beneath the City (6:51)

Follow the lives of four subway performers.
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Kafka-2-Go (7:26)

Here’s a dream for your iPod: A visual manifestation of Franz Kafka's Fragments.
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Competing Thoughts (6:40)

Using pickup soccer as a microcosm of our globalized culture, this video essay explores the world of competition.