COMPLETED PROJECTS
The Everything Machine by Cullen Hoback
A short narrative about two adult video game players who send a message to themselves in the future asking for a video game to be sent back to present time. When they start the game without reading the directions, the consequences are dire.
 Freedom State by Aaron Kirk Douglas
The first narrative film undertaken by FAO, Freedom State tells the story of what happens when the residents of a sanitarium restructure society when they believe the world has ended. Headed up by Krystal, a housewife who has voluntarily checked into the sanitarium to make sense of her life, the group embarks on a hilarious mission to find other "survivors."
Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay & Best Editing at the FAIF International Film Festival. Official 2006 selection - Cinequest Film Festival, Longbaugh Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival, FAIF Film Festival, Moondance International Film Festival, and the Annapolis Film Festival..
 On Paper Wings by Ilana Sol
During WWII, the Japanese launched a new kind of weapon which would claim the lives of the only six people killed on the U.S. mainland as a result of enemy action. Today, this tragic and bizarre event has lead to actions of peace and reconciliation which were unimaginable sixty years ago.
 Papersby Anne Galisky
Graham Street Productions has completed a full-length documentary entitled Papers, a story about undocumented youth and the choices they must make as they become adults without legal status. In Papers you will hear stories from young people whose parents took great risks to give their children a better life. Some of these young men and women arrived in the U.S. at nine months old, others at three or six years old. They are young people who were educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home, and who, by virtue of turning 18, will become criminals. It's a moving story about coming of age, a human eye on the current immigration debate and a look at how the long-time custom of scape-goating continues to haunt America.
Ridin' and Rhymin' by Dawn Smallman and Greg Snider
This video documentary profiles the life of Georgie Sicking, the renowned cowgirl poet and honoree of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Although she quit school before her teen years, Georgie has spent a lifetime writing eloquent, honest poetry about being one of the three working female "top hand" cowboys that helped settle the west. Her poems examine the relationships between humans, the animals they depend upon and raise, and the land they work. She is a passionate witness to a dying way of life, capturing the spirit of the pioneering women whom she identifies as America's first feminists. Winner of the 2005 Big Sky Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana.
A Sentence for Two by Randi Jacobs
This project tells the stories of women who were incarcerated during pregnancy and facing the reality of giving their babies away at birth. The 60-minute documentary will focus on the three women who served sentences at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. The intent is to show the film in youth facilities, juvenile centers and high schools with the goal of inspiring "high risk" women to avoid the painful combination of motherhood and incarceration.
 The Money Fix by Alan Rosenblith
Have you ever wondered what money is or where it comes from? While most of us take the monetary system for granted, it has silent and profound implications for everyone. The Money Fix is a feature-length documentary comparing and contrasting local currency with federal dollars. This film looks at the heart of wealth creation in both the human and the natural worlds, and through this story we learn how we can become more empowered by recreating the lifeblood of the economy at the local level.
Switch by Brooks Nelson
Switch, A community in transition
is a documentary about a progressive, multicultural community and the response of the community to a member’s changing gender expression. The basic premise of this film is that it is not the individual that transitions, but the community.
Umbrella by Cat Tyc
Umbrella is a film in the genre of experimental narrative: The Lady is recounting the experience of being followed by two men in gray suits who keep hitting her over the head with umbrellas to her therapist triggered by an appointment to deal with the unexpected pregnancy that is pressing at the Lady's mind.
Veer by Greg Fredette
Veer explores America's fast-growing bicycling culture, and sub-culture, by profiling six people whose lives are inextricably tied to the bike community. Over the course of a year the film follows the progress of these characters and the bicycling groups they belong to. Veer examines what it means to be part of a community, and how social movements are formed.
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