I recently made this short promo to support my friend’s non-profit organization, Asmi International and their work with Incarnation Children’s Center, a nursing home for kids with HIV in Washington Heights.
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Aug 10
17
Aug 10
A Family Is A Family (Trailer)
I helped research stories for this children’s special about love and families (HBO/2010). I find this program especially relevant given the on-going struggle for marriage equality in California and elsewhere. Directed by Amy Schatz, Executive Produced by Rosie O’Donnell.
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16
Aug 10
16
Aug 10
Hope in the Congo
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I associate-produced this current affairs program for Bill Moyers Journal on humanitarian aid relief efforts in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (PBS/2009). Produced & Directed by David Murdock. For more information about the DRC, click here.
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10
May 10
10
May 10
Jonestown (Trailer)
I had the pleasure of working with director Stanley Nelson on this Emmy-nominated historical documentary for American Experience about the largest mass murder/suicide in history (PBS/2007). As a native of San Francisco, this project particularly resonated with me.
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18
Mar 10
18
Mar 10
Art & the Feminist Revolution
I produced this feature segment about the largest exhibition of feminist art for the local news magazine New York Voices (WNET/2008). Featuring Connie Butler, curator at the Museum of Modern Art and artist Mary Beth Eldelson. Take a look.
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06
Mar 10
06
Mar 10
“Brooklyn” Music Video
A documentary-style music video I directed for the rapper Chen-Lo (MTV/2008). Congrats to Chen who is currently on the “Rhythm Road Tour” in Africa sponsored by the US State Department.
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03
Jan 10
03
Jan 10
Immigration: Part II (Excerpt)
The second film in this series, Workplace Raids, reveals the human face of deportations, and follows the experiences of an immigrant mother who was detained during the 2007 raid at a manufacturing plant in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Immigration-Beyond the Headlines is a three-part film series I directed and co-produced (with Sonya Childress) to help communities understand and grapple with immigration in a productive way. The three 10-minute films highlight key issues in the current debate and probe the moral and human dimensions of current immigration policy. Executive Produced by Stanley Nelson for Firelight Media.
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03
Jan 10
03
Jan 10
Immigration: Part III (Excerpt)
The third film in this series takes viewers into the world of the guest workers brought to help with reconstruction in the Gulf Coast, and examines the impact of these programs on immigrants and African Americans in the region.
Immigration-Beyond the Headlines is a three-part film series I directed and co-produced (with Sonya Childress) to help communities understand and grapple with immigration in a productive way. The three 10-minute films highlight key issues in the current debate and probe the moral and human dimensions of current immigration policy. Executive Produced by Stanley Nelson for Firelight Media.
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02
Jan 10
02
Jan 10
Immigration: Part I (Excerpt)
Immigration-Beyond the Headlines is a three-part film series I directed and co-produced (with Sonya Childress) to help communities understand and grapple with immigration in a productive way. The three 10-minute films highlight key issues in the current debate and probe the moral and human dimensions of current immigration policy. Executive Produced by Stanley Nelson for Firelight Media.
Part I: The Border focuses on migrant workers with an examination of the fierce debate on immigration enforcement in Arizona, both at the border and in the city of Phoenix.
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09
Dec 09
09
Dec 09
Rubber Soles (Trailer)
Rubber Soles (Trailer) from Christine Turner on Vimeo.
Rubber Soles, a fiction short I directed while attending NYU, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006 and aired on Thirteen/WNET.