“Thirst”, 2004, 62 minutes

Global corporations are rapidly buying up local water supplies. Communities suddenly lose control of their most precious resource. “Thirst”, a character-driven documentary with no narration, reveals how water is the catalyst for explosive community resistance to globalization. A piercing look at the conflict between public stewardship and private profit.
Shot in Bolivia, India, Japan and the USA.

With Companion Study Guide
PBS "P.O.V.", 2004
www.thirstthemovie.org

To preview or purchase the film – www.bullfrogfilms.com
Institutional, community group, and home video rates available

"Ezekiel’s Wheels”, 2007, 15 minutes

Poet Shirley Kaufman gives a tour-de-force reading of her new work in the short film “Ezekiel’s Wheels”. The poem, a contemplation of loss, longing, and the nature of true seeing, was inspired by her experience of losing her sight. Emerging from eye surgery, Kaufman had visions like those of the exiled Biblical prophet Ezekiel. Apocalyptic fires in the sky, wheels within wheels, and a valley of bones are encountered on a journey that leads from destruction towards revelation. Kaufman, an American who has resided in Jerusalem since 1973, is the author of eight books of poetry, and is an award-winning translator.

“Secrets of Silicon Valley”, 2001, 60 minutes

A one hour documentary film revealing the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution. “Secrets” is also a funny and moving meditation on America’s love affair with technology. Told without narration, the film chronicles a tumultuous year in the lives of two young activists, Magda Escobar and Raj Jayadev, grappling with temporary work, the digital divide, toxic waste, and the growing gap between the haves and the have nots in the New Economy.

With Companion Study Guide
PBS “Independent Lens”, 2001
www.secretsofsiliconvalley.org

To preview or purchase the film – www.bullfrogfilms.com
Institutional, community group, and home video rates available

“Blacks and Jews”
1997, 85 minutes
– Co-Produced with Bari Scott

An 85 minute feature length documentary film – made collaboratively by Jewish and Black filmmakers - examining key contemporary conflicts between the Black and Jewish communities. An invaluable tool for increasing mutual understanding and building coalitions for social justice, not just between Blacks and Jews, but among all groups.

With Companion Study Guide
Sundance Film Festival, 1997
PBS “P.O.V”, 1997
www.newsreel.org/films/blacks.htm

“Blacks and Jews: Ambivalent Allies”
1994, Four 1 hour shows
Co-Produced with Bari Scott and KPFA/Pacifica Radio

A four hour radio series looking at ethnic identity, stereotypes, racism and anti-Semitism, the Civil Rights Movement, and the potential future cooperation and conflict between the two ethnic groups. A cultural journey through music, storytelling, poetry and interviews throughout the U.S. With Cornel West, Michael Lerner, Henry Louis Gates, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Anna Deavere Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Patricia Williams.
Available from Pacifica Program Service – 800-735-0230