We produced this brief video from the materials we are gathering to give brief look at what we are doing with the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project. This promo for the project is posted on-line as we raise funds to…

Shooting our first set of interviews for the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs project at the headquarters of the Miami Design Preservation League, our partners, right on Ocean Drive. Fascinating stories of growing up as part of the beach scene —…

We teamed up with the Miami Design Preservation League (MDPL) to write a grant to develop the Visual Memoirs Project for the Miami Beach Convention and Visitors Authority. The project creates a video archive of oral histories about the city’s…

I’ve only told a few close friends, but I am excited about the upcoming wedding of Prince William and the commoner, Kate Middleton. I’ve managed to keep my enthusiasm under wraps because it’s not cool to be a royal watcher,…

One of the perks of this job is meeting some of the great characters of our time. Iggy Pop, the 70’s musical innovator, the godfather of punk, was at home filming an interview for PETA to support their campaign against…

We profiled the great storyteller Jackie Torrence a number of years ago near her home in North Carolina. An amazing presence. I was reminded about this recently when a student called to ask about Jackie for a paper she was…

Interesting how we look back on some of our work after a time and see it through new eyes. I was impressed by Billy Taylor while filming this piece over 10 years ago, but it took on new relevance when…

Billy Taylor, the great jazz pianist, died this week. I did a video with Taylor to document his teaching and playing in a program at FIU more than 10 years ago. Here he is with kids from Miami’s Northwestern High…

Back in Haiti to document the visit of former President George W. Bush to projects being funded by the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. A quick trip but a good chance to highlight the long-term agenda of the fund to develop…

In the first days following the earthquake in Haiti there was ruin and desperation everywhere. Survival and death were side by side on the streets, broken bodies and dead ones, shanty shelters and collapsed buildings. The country’s infrastructure like the…