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Baghdad Stories>
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.mov files over dialup (although this could take a lo-o-o-ong time.
<7-Minute Demo Reel>
My 7-minute Demo Reel is a compilation of work
I've produced. I edited everything in this
demo, and shot much of it. The
footage is mainly from L.A. Some of
it is from Iraq when I was there in March-May of 2003. I produced the footage from inside the L.A. County jail in September and
October of 2005. There's
some old footage from the late 80s
that you shouldn't miss: the two
Only in L.A. sections...I'll
never forget these truly weird moments.
<Skid Row Housing Trust>
On the Row
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I shot
this video for the Skid Row Housing Trust to highlight
the number of homeless people living in downtown
Los Angeles. (2 min.)
Lighting Up the Lincoln
- I shot and edited this piece for the Skid Row Housing Trust. As part of rehabbing the Lincoln
Hotel, formerly a dilapidated single room occupancy dump, the agency refurbished the classic neon sign -- a growing trend
throughout downtown LA.
This piece documents the third attempt to hang the
sign -- something had gone wrong the first two times. The work started at 7:00 am and I went back at later to capture the
neon at night. (2 min.)
<BAGHDAD
STORIES>
I went to Iraq to produce video for
ABC Nightline about the
first private medical shipment to
Iraq after the invasion, sent by OperationUSA. While
shooting for Nightline, I
also taped the personal stories of
some of the people we met in
that anarchic, spooky post-invasion
environment.
I have a lot more video than I can put on the site,
and
there's
even more I'd like to capture...what happened to people and how they think about their experiences now.
Charlie's Conundrum
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How do you make sure that a high value cargo is safely stored
and distributed to those who really need it in
a
war zone where there is no government and
extreme environment hazards like way too
much lead in the air? That was Charlie Moed's problem in April, 2003... (3 min.)
Strong Medicine at the Sheraton Hotel
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Beautiful Naomi met Dr. Sabine Raacke at
the Sheraton. The good doctor has a
comfortable life in Germany.
But seeing the bombing of Baghdad on TV
prompted her to jump on a plane to
Amman, ride a Jimmy into Baghdad, and set up a free clinic in an unused rotunda of the downtown Sheraton Hotel. Every day,
hundreds of people lined up to see her. We met Ahmed
when we were having tea in the Sheraton lobby and took him to see Dr. Raacke. (2.5 min.)
A
Special Force - I
met him in a meting and I thought I
heard this dignified Colonel groan.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"I was
shot," he replied.
Me:
"What the hell are
you doing here in a meeting?"
Colonel
Butch Anderson is that kind of dedicated
person...attending a meeting where he
knows he has something to contribute. In
addition to being a practicing
physician, he is also a
trained anthropologist. Away from the
Sandbox, in the Real World, he's a doctor on a New
Mexico Indian reservation. In the
Army Reserves, he headed the Civil Affairs Unit tasked with standing up the Iraqi medical system in the months after the war.
(2.5 min.)
A Doc in Iraq -
Why would a Kansas
City doctor leave his home and practice for weeks at a time to go to the world's crisis spots? He'll tell you as he offers
an experienced, professional appraisal of the Iraqi medical system. (2 min.)
<TV Movie>
Children of the Night was a TV Movie of the Week that
was based on a documentary I produced. I worked as an Associate Producer on the film, which highlighted the pioneering efforts
of Dr. Lois Lee to help teenagers get off the mean streets of Hollywood. (5:21 min.)
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Joan Van Tassel
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