An Australian war reporter and trans man gains unprecedented access to the Taliban, while keeping his identity secret.
The rise, fall and rebirth of The Notic, an upstart streetball collective from Canada in the early 2000s.
DiAna's Hair Ego: AIDS Info Up Front A film by Ellen Spiro 1990 | 29 minutes | Color -- Realizing the extreme inadequacy of local information on AIDS prevention, cosmetologist DiAna DiAna, with her partner Dr. Bambi Sumpter, took on the task of educating the Black community in Columbia, South…
GOOD MORNING DIGESTION! Healthy and happy digestion is the foundation of health. This is why Yoga and Qigong have amazing techniques to clear stagnation, open the fascia, and light our digestive fire. In traditional Chinese medicine the hours of the spleen and stomach are 7am-9am. This is the best…
CALLING THE GHOSTS A Story about Rape, War and Women Executive Producer: Julia Ormond Directed by Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic 1996 | 63 minutes | Color -- An extraordinarily powerful documentary, CALLING THE GHOSTS is the first-person account of two women caught in a war where rape was…
This is part 4 of a 7-part series. Lobsters slowly migrate north, moving into the Machias Bay from warmer, southern waters. George works quickly to finish setting his full quota of traps. During July, August and September, he and Mark put in long days, hauling, baiting and banding their catch. Each…
During April, George and Mark, his son and sternman, begin setting traps for the season ahead. It’s cold and rough on the ocean, and lobsters are scarce. Halibut fishing, permitted for only several weeks of the year, offers George the chance to draw on his carefully accumulated knowledge of where…
Spring in Buck’s Harbor is about preparing for the fishing season ahead. Work on lobster traps and on halibut hooks begins in earnest. But it is rarely a solitary activity. Every day people come and go from George’s dooryard – offering advice, seeking help, and enjoying companionship…
George Sprague lives and works in Buck’s Harbor, Maine. He is widely known for his "cellar" (affectionately called the whine cellar), where people gather to talk, make lobster traps, share stories and pass the long months until spring. It is a spontaneous theater, with a lively cast of…
After 50 years, six Vietnam War veterans return to confront their past, seeking closure. For them, it's not just revisiting old grounds but also processing their trauma and honoring the fallen. Hanoi, now unrecognizable, has healed from war's wounds. Former military prisons attract tourists,…
A conversation with famed, New Canaan, Mid-Century Architect, John Black Lee. We spoke at his home, House III, off the Silvermine River in New Canaan just a few years before his passing. I still live in the Silvermine area and still occasionally pass by his old home.
Just As I Am: The Shira Choir is a little film with a great big heart. Following the lives of several members of a special-needs choir during a global pandemic, it’s a journey through sorrow and joy, life and death. Above all, it is a reminder that we should always treasure one another.
