DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 30 min
After devastating wildfires in 2020, environmental stewards, scientists, and fish enthusiasts in Santa Cruz County work to restore local steelhead and coho salmon populations to sustainable numbers.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 17 min
This film examines the intersections of history, spirituality, colonialism, and contemporary archaeology through the experiences of archaeologists and Native Californians brought together by an excavation.DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 13 min
A People’s History of Cement is an experimental documentary that highlights the nostalgia, pride, and pain wrapped up in the post-industrial cement town of Davenport, CA—a town that for generations slept under a blanket of toxic cement dust. The film takes both a lyrical and journalistic tone, pushing the lines between fact and fiction—between the real and the sensational—to explore the lived realities and paradoxes inherent in loving the very thing that causes you so much harm.DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 20 min
The Eighth Province invokes the diasporic community located outside of the seven provinces of the Basque country in Spain--a diasporic community with deep roots and culture in the sheep-herding communities of Bakersfield, CA.NARRATIVE SHORT | 14 min
In the wake of a traumatic life-altering accident, two brothers come face to face to deal with a lifetime of unspoken anger, guilt, and resentment towards one another. They both need each other, but now, in very different ways.PROMOTIONAL DOCUMENTARY | 6 min
Commissioned by the Tejon Indian Tribe to document their 4th Annual Pow Wow celebration. In 2018, the event took place at California State University, Bakersfield. EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO | 3 min
An interactive solar system sonification by DESERT MAGIC. Performed on the winter solstice of 2022 in the hills of Tujunja, CA, Dance of the Planets invokes the orbital speeds of each planet to create both harmony and dissonance in the tempos of a multi-instrumental performance. A living orrery for our days!DOCUMENTARY SHORT | 9 min
In 2017, the Santa Cruz Senior Council published a report finding that 1 in 3 senior citizens in the county experience loneliness or isolation. "Archipelago" follows members of a seniors ukulele group as they navigate life after work and combat the stigmas of growing old through music, creative inventions, and friendship.