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Co-director, Deep Down, 2010
Feature length documentary and multimedia project.  A community of neighbors in central Appalachia binds together to resist a coal company who wants to mine their land, as we examine the chain of power that produced this situation. (Co-directed by Sally Rubin; Official site: http://deepdownfilm.org

  • National broadcast on PBS series Independent Lens
  • Emmy-nominated
  • U.S. State Department's American Documentary Showcase selection
  • 100 community and festival screenings
  • Used in hundreds of university classrooms; distributed by New Day Films

Director and interactive producer, Family Time, 2010
In collaboration with the organization COLAGE, this project tracks the history of the queer family movement and its auspicious and exciting beginnings by young activists. The project includes a historical digital archive of photos, video clips, documents, and important moments in the history of this community.

 

  • Creative Work Fund project
  • Co-produced by COLAGE and used with national organization and local chapters / member groups

 

Co-director and Cinematographer, Mixed Use, November 2008
10:38 documentary; follows the life of a building that was used as Harvey Milk's Castro Camera store and political organizing headquarters.

  • Mix Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, November 2008 

Director, Mocito Isla
7:00 documentary podcast; a family who lives on a small island in remote wetlands in Paraguay fights to keep tourists away from their land and protect not only their way of life, but the surrounding ecosystem (in Spanish and Guarani with English subtitles)

Co-director, Godspeed, June 2007
14:00 narrative; based on book by the same name, by Lynn Breedlove, leader of seminal punk band Tribe8 (distributed by Altcinema, official site http://godspeedfilm.com)

  • Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, June 2007
  • Outfest Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, July 2007 

Director, In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents, 2005
31:40 documentary; five diverse and dynamic young people with LGBT parents share their stories of adoption, marriage, and what it means to be a family (produced by COLAGE Youth Leadership & Action Program ; distributed by Frameline Distribution )

  • National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2006
  • DocuFest Atlanta, GA, 2006
  • ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2006
  • Brisbane Queer Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia, 2006
  • Alliance for Full Acceptance, Charleston, SC, 2006
  • Penn State LGBT Film Festival, PA, 2006
  • Wingspan Film Festival, Tucson, AZ, 2006
  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
  • Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 2006
  • Rainbow Families of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2006
  • National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference, Oakland, 2005
  • National Council on Family Relations 67th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 2005
  • Out Takes Festival, Dallas, TX, 2005
  • Breathing Different Air Film Festival, Charleston, SC, 2005
  • New York LGBT Center, New York, NY, 2005
  • Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 2005
  • East Bay Pride, Parkway Theater, Oakland, CA, 2005
  • Boyle Heights Out and About Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
  • Sacramento International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Sacramento, CA, 2005
  • Families in the Desert, Palm Springs, CA, 2005
  • Great Lakes Independent Film Festival, Erie, PA, 2005 [Nominated - Best Doc.]
  • Oxnard Independent Film Festival, Oxnard, CA, 2005
  • Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, CA, 2005
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival Providence, RI, 2005
  • Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Tampa, FL, 2005
  • The 10th Annual COLAGE Family Week, Provincetown, MA, 2005
  • COLAGE Family Week, Saugatuck, MI, 2005
  • Frameline's Out at the Center Series, San Francisco, CA, 2005
  • Frameline Film Festival, 2005, San Francisco, CA [Audience Award, Best Short]


Director, Queer Youth Speak, 2005

14:10 documentary; two queer youth respond and connect to an exhibit of queer history, wonder about the lives behind the objects, and contribute their own poetry to the voices of famous LGBT artists and poets from the past

  • San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival (Frameline), 2006
  • National tour of “Out at the Library” exhibit, 2006-2007
  • San Francisco Public Library, 2005


Co-director, Sigmund Freud: Professional Psychoanalyst, 2005
5:48 narrative; a day in the life of Freud, the hand puppet, who diagnoses well-known characters (Co-directed by Kami Chisholm)

  • Bloomington Pride Film Festival, Indiana, 2007
  • Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, 2006
  • Milano International Lesbian & Gay Queer Film Festival, Italy, 2006
  • Mix Mexico, 2006
  • National Queer Arts Festival, 2006
  • San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005
  • OutFest: The Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005
  • BarceDona Lesbian Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain, 2005
  • Mix Brasil Film & Video Festival of Sexual Diversity, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2005
  • Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, 2005
  • Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005
  • Out on Film in Atlanta, GA, 2005
  • Far Out Fest: Santa Cruz Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005
  • Return to GRRRLVILLE: shorts by women, San Francisco, 2006

 

Co-director, Just Say It: A Revolution in the Making, 2004
35:45 documentary; political artists struggle to interpret and end the Iraq War (Co-directed by Jessica Dorfman)

  • Her Voice Her View Film Festival, New York, NY, 2006
  • Smogdance Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
  • Film Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2005

Director, Piece de Resistance, 2002

5:00 narrative; an erotic dark angel forces a young woman to confront her sexuality
  • Imaginaria Film Festival, Bologna, Italy, 2003
  • International Gay & Lesbian Television Film Festival, Auckland, New Zealand, 2003
  • Film Fatale Five Anniversary celebration, Santa Monica, CA, 2002 [Film Fatale Five Contest Winner]

Director, America Crossing, 2001

28:00 documentary; juxtaposed with the passing American landscape, American travelers discuss their fears as they travel by train in post-9-11 America
  • Chicago International Documentary Film Festival, March 2003
  • International Film & Video Competition, England, February 2003 [Gold Seal Award]
 
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