Al Jazeera, People & Power
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Saving NYC , summer 2021
Previous shows:
Trump vs California, pts 1&2
The Strange Death of American Civility, pts 1 & 2;
Disinformation & Democracy pts 1&2;
The Constitution vs Trump;
Jobs; What’s Happening to American Democracy, pts 1&2; Tech Threat pts 1&2;
American Power & the Fracking Boom
Lost Springs
documentary short, 2020
Animalus Mundi
work in progress
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Following Urs J. around the world as he explores the
many festivals and often curious rituals that celebrate our ancient symbiosis with animals...
This time its elephants, fire walking & extreme body piercing (his own) in Sri Lanka.
La Rapa das Bestas
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For a few days every July, the small village of Sabucedo, Spain holds its annual wild horses round up & wrestling festival ( thats wrestling horses...) maintaining a tradition dating back hundreds of years.
Charles
work in progress
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With over 25 new species named after him, naturalist Charles Brewer has spent his life exploring the jungles of his native Venezuela searching for the “odd & extraordinary.”
We go with Charles deep inside caves he recently discovered high atop a tepuis in the Chimantá Massif of southern Venezuela.
also: http://www.mathiaskessler.com/nowheretobefound/video/charles-brewer-trailer.html
Cristo Rey
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For several days every year Mexican cowboys ride across the rugged mountains of central Mexico in an annual religious pilgrimage to Cristo Rey.
Along the way they renew family ties & try to hold onto a faded way of life.
Cuomo
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A series of TV spots for the Cuomo for governor campaign.
Giuliani Time
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Feature documentary looks deep into the world famous mayor’s ‘new’ New York and his controversial policies.
Premiere: Rotterdam International Festival
The New Yorker, May 17, 2018:
https://www.newyorker.com/recommends/watch/giuliani-time
Best Documentary, Silverlake Film Festival
NY TImes: "deft use of archival footage & interviews...".
Variety: “first rate...superb use of footage"
The Afghan Solution
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Feature documentary focuses on the country’s 5 major ethnic groups attempts to share power in a nation that's been in a perpetual state of war since the 1980's.
