Work Samples
FURUSATO (HOMELAND) | Producer
Years after the Fukushima nuclear accident “Furusato” takes an ancient cultural landscape as a framework to unfold the visually monumental panorama of a place where normality and shock are at war. Its protagonists are, among others, an activist who wants to prevent a public children’s run, a proud young horse breeder who is determined to continue her family’s tradition, and a former Tepco security engineer. All of them have one thing in common: the human factor.
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY | Producer
Telling the behind-the-scenes story of the January 2005 national elections in Iraq from the perspective of the people who planned, participated in, and boycotted them, this provocative documentary is a sobering look at Iraq two years after the U.S.-led invasion and a testament to the courage of people willing to put their lives on the line for the promise of democracy.
THE FLUTE PLAYER | Director
Arn Chorn-Pond was only a boy when the brutal Khmer Rouge regime overran Cambodia and turned his country into a ghastly land of “killing fields.” While most of Arn’s family, and 90 percent of the country’s musicians, were killed,Arn managed to stay alive by playing propaganda songs on the flute for his captors, and following every order — even participating in executions. Now, after living in the U.S. for 20 years,The Flute Player follows Arn’s journey back to Cambodia as he seeks out surviving master musicians and faces the dark shadows of his war-torn past. An extraordinary story of survival, the film is a testament to one man’s ability to transcend tragedy.
SUN KISSED | Producer
When a Navajo couple have two children born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare genetic disorder that renders any exposure to sunlight fatal, they embark on an unexpected journey to understand the disease that forces their children to live and die in the shadows.