[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ybC64GxfTg&rel=1] I’m home for Christmas in New Mexico and these guys showed up in my backyard a few days ago. They actually came all the way up to my house. When I was growing up ...
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I Waterboarded Myself
The House of Representatives just approved a bill that bans waterboarding this afternoon. There’s been a lot of talk in the news these days about whether or not the technique is considered torture. I thought ...
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A Call to Arms
I’m a big fan of the Economist magazine. Lately they’ve had some great stories about text messaging and camera phones that have been used as tools for social activism. Inexpensive, pay as you go ...
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Champions of the People
I was working at the Santa Fe Film Festival last week. There were lots of great documentaries up there, but my favorite was Super Amigos. It’s about luchadores (Mexican wrestlers) who serve as social advocates ...
Read More »My Media for Change Career Thus Far
My biggest challenge in starting this media for change career is sustaining myself. I mentioned before that I was working in commercial television, mostly Viacom, and I was turning out stuff like this: (That guy ...
Read More »My Gear
In the past, I would take commercial production and post production jobs. It was a way for me to build upon the knowledge that I gathered in film school, but my real motive was to ...
Read More »The Purpose of this Blog
I’m a filmmaker who is interested in using media as a catalyst for social change. I’ve worked in commercial television and movies over the last five or six years. I’ve seen how successful the medium ...
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I Waterboarded Myself
"The number of regular Americans who have waterboarded themselves is small. Some do it out of curiosity, some as a prank. All are voluntarily experimenting with something the U.S. military -- along with most human-rights organizations -- considers torture." - Yochi Dreazen, The Wall Street Journal
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The Mad One
"They are testing our worldview. They just drop a few ideas in and see how civilizations respond." - Paul Laffoley, Boston Visionary Cell
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