Shorts, Trailers, & News - a sample

 

"306 Hollywood" Trailer

3:00 Editor/Writer. Film release 2018

 

The Whitney Museum for American Art: "Six in Four"

Four elevators designed by Richard Artschwager (1923–2013) bring visitors into contact with art as soon as they enter the Whitney. Each is an immersive installation featuring one or more of the six subjects that occupied Artschwager’s imagination for decades: door, window, table, basket, mirror, and rug. Titled Six in Four, the elevators are the artist’s last major work, and the only permanent commission in the new building. In this video Adam Weinberg, Donna De Salvo, and others involved in realizing the project discuss the work and how it was made.

10:30 Commissioned by the Whitney Museum as part of the grand opening of their new location. Four elevators designed by Richard Artschwager (1923–2013) bring visitors into contact with art as soon as they enter the new Whitney. Each is an immersive installation featuring one or more of the six subjects that occupied Artschwager’s imagination for decades: door, window, table, basket, mirror, and rug. Titled Six in Four, the elevators are the artist’s last major work, and the only permanent commission in the new building. In this video Adam Weinberg, Donna De Salvo, and others involved in realizing the project discuss the work and how it was made. El Tigre Productions.

 

Dan Rather Reports: "Pornland"

50:00 Editor. Winner of the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism from Women's eNews and The Newswomen’s Club of New York, Front Page Award. Beneath its inviting veneer of manicured parks and eco-friendly living, the city has a dirty, dark secret – a burgeoning legal and illegal sex industry. And according to the Portland Police Bureau, Portland has become a hotbed for child sex trafficking.

 

Dan Rather Reports: Angel of the Desert Part 1

15:30 Editor, Story Producer. The border that separates the United States from Mexico has become one of the most dangerous in the world. On average, one person dies per day trying to cross illegally into the U.S. through the Sonoran desert. And when these immigrants disappear in this deadly desert terrain, the local authorities and border patrol rarely, if ever, search for them. But a middle-aged former mechanic from San Diego does just that. Rafael Hernandez is known as "The Angel of the Desert" to the many desperate families looking for loved ones who have disappeared in their attempts to cross. Often, it is a race against time.

 
 

MOMA: Colección Cisneros

Forty years ago, Patricia “Patty” Phelps de Cisneros saw that Latin American artists were worthy of international attention. Growing up in the sophisticated and cosmopolitan city of mid-century Caracas, Venezuela, Patty’s eye was formed by the abstraction favored by the artists whose work could be seen everywhere in that city. As she traveled with her husband, Gustavo Cisneros, she became aware of outstanding artists in other Latin American countries, and she made it her mission to change art history’s mind about Latin American art. Working with Gustavo to formulate the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), she became a catalyst for the recognition of Latin America’s contributions global art history. The couple decided to launch an extensive, international program of lending works from the collection so that they could be seen by large numbers of people across the world; the CPPC partnered with scholars and other institutions to further knowledge about art from the region; published a number of books about the collection as well as in-depth conversations with individual artists; and the CPPC launched a website that serves as a lively, journal-format online forum for art and ideas for Latin America. ___________________________ Hace cuarenta años, Patricia "Patty" Phelps de Cisneros observó que los artistas latinoamericanos eran dignos de atención internacional. Crecer en la Caracas sofisticada y cosmopolita de mediados del siglo veinte, formó el gusto de Patty por la abstracción, favorecida por los artistas cuyo trabajo podía verse por todas partes en esa ciudad. Mientras viajaba con su marido, Gustavo Cisneros, conoció el trabajo de artistas destacados en otros países de América Latina, y determinó como su misión cambiar la opinión que la historia del arte tenía sobre el arte latinoamericano. Al trabajar con Gustavo para articular la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), Patty se convirtió en un catalizador para el reconocimiento de las contribuciones de América Latina a la historia del arte mundial. La pareja decidió poner en marcha un amplio programa internacional de préstamo de obras de la colección para que pudieran ser vistos por un gran número de personas en todo el mundo; la CPPC estableció colaboraciones con académicos y otras instituciones para mejorar el conocimiento sobre el arte de la región; publicó una serie de libros acerca de la colección, así como extensas entrevistas con artistas sobre su producción, y puso en marcha un sitio web que sirve como un foro en línea con formato de revista para el arte y las ideas de América Latina.

4:30 Forty years ago, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros made it her life's mission to include Latin America in the wider history of art. This film tells her story. Part of a seven part series being created by El Tigre Productions to accompany Mrs. Cisneros' historic gift of 102 artworks from Latin America to MoMA. El Tigre Productions.

 

Dan Rather Reports: "Price of an Afghan Bride"

35:00 Editor, Story Producer. Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for human rights. A profile of life for Afghan women and a look at how much has really changed since the U.S. intervention and fall of the Taliban. We speak to a young, talented Afghan writer and poet who's being sold for marriage against her will and decides to risk her life by speaking to us. Rarely seen images inside a maternity ward, where wives of Taliban fighters unveil and allow themselves to be interviewed in front of our cameras. We also speak with Malalai Joya, an Afghan women's activist who was elected to parliament, but thrown out for speaking up about atrocities against women. 

 

Dan Rather Reports: Angel of the Desert Part 2

16:00 Editor, Story Producer

 

BLAST! Trailer

2:40 Trailer Editor, Film Co-Editor. Welcome to Astrophysics Indiana Jones style! BLAST! follows the filmmaker’s brother, Mark Devlin, PhD, as he leads a tenacious team of scientists on the journey of a lifetime from Arctic Sweden to the desolate ice of Antarctica. By launching a revolutionary new telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon, they hope to reveal a hidden Universe of never-before-seen star-burst galaxies, providing clues to the Evolution of Everything. From catastrophic failure to transcendent triumph, their adventure reveals the surprising real life of scientists.