colonialism/imperialism

"Intimidad Part One" begins the in-depth portrait of Cecy and Camilo Ramirez, ages 21, whose dream is to buy land and build a house in Reynosa, Mexico so their two-year-old daughter, Loida, can live with them. Filmed over the course of four years mixing digital verite with Super 8 and 16mm film stock, "Intimidad" unravels slowly, showing how the everyday politics of living on minimum wage without a functioning infrastructure strain their relationship and sacrifices their own intimacy.

"Trespassing Part Two" continues the story of a deadly political and ethical controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing and the disposal of nuclear waste, and examines the ability of a culture to bring itself to the brink of annihilation while simultaneously producing "gatekeepers" to combat that annihilation. "Trespassing" offers an in-depth and provocative examination of historical survival and struggle designed to impact the present generation and alter a deadly course of action.

In a time of illicit war, unchecked corporate greed, and a presidential regime that supports such indecencies, two sisters take the media into their own hands seeking change. Antonia writes a potential anti-Bush bestseller for a mainstream publisher and goes on a corporate book tour. Alex documents her sister's "scale-shift," following Antonia's ups and downs on the road. Divisions and connections between the sisters mirror those within the left itself, as the sisters experience the power of individual action, media attention, and grassroots movements for social justice.

Produced for Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law firm, "Islands at Risk" focuses on experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Hawaii, a place that has been named the GMO testing capitol of the world because of the more than 2,000 secret experimental field tests carried out over the past decade. Native Hawaiians) recount their successful attempt to prevent the University of Hawai’i patenting of taro, honored as an ancestor, and assert their right to the biodiversity of their lands which is at the heart of their ability to maintain health and survival.