McCain (2018)
Additional Producer on Frontline’s documentary about the political career of Senator and former presential candidate John McCain. Broadcast nationally on PBS in April 2018.
Divided States of America (2017)
Additional Producer on Michael Kirk’s four hour Frontline about the growing political divide in the country during the Obama years. Broadcast nationally on PBS in January 2017.
Tower (2016)
Consulting Producer for Keith Maitland’s documentary about the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass shooting in 1966 at the University of Texas. The film combines archival footage, first person interviews, and rotoscopic animation. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2016. Shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2017.
Above All Else (2014)
Consulting Producer for John Fiege’s documentary portrait of a group of landowners and activists in East Texas trying to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from crossing their land. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2014.
Where Soldiers Come From (2011)
Consulting Producer for director Heather Courtney’s documentary about boyhood friends in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who join the National Guard and are sent to Afghanistan. Premiered at SXSW 2011. Winner of an Emmy and a Independent Spirit Award. National PBS broadcast on PBS’s POV series Fall 2011.
Sunshine (2010)
Consulting Producer for Director Karen Skloss’ meditation on unplanned pregnancy and single motherhood, told through her own story. The film premiered at the 2009 SXSW Festival. Nationally broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens series in 2010.
The Eyes of Me (2010)
Consulting Producer for Director Keith Maitland’s documentary about the lives of four students during a year at the Texas School for the Blind. The film premiered at the 2009 SXSW Festival. Nationally broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens series in 2010.
Along Came Kinky: Texas Jewboy for Governor (2009)
Executive Producer for Director David Hartstein’s documentary about musician/writer Kinky Friedman’s 2006 run for Texas Governor. The film premiered at the 2009 SXSW Festival.
Writ Writer (2008)
Advisor on Susanne Mason’s documentary telling the story of how the Texas prison system was fundamentally changed by a case brought by Fred Cruz, a convicted armed robber with an 8th grade education, whose long legal battle resulted in an historic court decision. The film aired nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens series in 2008.
Be Here to Love Me (2006)
Executive Producer (with Louis Black and Chris Mattsson) of a feature length documentary, directed bv Margaret Brown, on the life of Texas singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in competition Sept. 2004, numerous world-wide festival screenings (London Film Festival, Buenos Aries Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Full Frame, SXSW. Los Angeles Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, and so on); purchased for theatrical distribution in Spring ‘05 by Palm Pictures, national theatrical release Dec. 2005. National broadcast on the Sundance Channel 2006.
Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home (2006)
Consulting Producer on a documentary biography of Woody Guthrie. Directed by Peter Frumkin. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. National PBS broadcast on the AMERICAN MASTERS July 2006.
Girl Wrestler (2005)
Advisor on Diane Zander’s documentary about Tara Neal, who faces exclusion from her school’s wrestling team because of state laws barring coed wrestling at that age. The film aired nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens series in 2005.
Miss America (2002)
Consultant on Lisa Ades’ documentary about America’s oldest beauty pageant -- the Miss America pageant – from its inception in 1921 as an event to lure tourists to Atlantic City to today. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired nationally on PBS’s American Experience series in 2002.
People Like Us (2001)
Co-Producer (and Co-Director of sequences shot in Texas) of a sequel to Vote for Me, by the same production team, focusing on social and economic class in America. In a country where 85% of Americans believe themselves to be "middle class", this two hour special is about the myriad of ways that class identity and divisions shapes our society -- and the consequences of our national myth of a "classless society." Described as “pointed and witty” by the New York Times, “funny, poignant and chilling” by the Montreal Gazette, and “a straight-on, nuanced look at the American class system – refreshing on American television” by the American Prospect. “Landmark television,” wrote the Baltimore Sun, “should not be this much fun.” National PBS broadcast as a two hour special Sept. 2001.
At the River I Stand (1993)
Consultant on directors David Appleby, Allison Graham and Steven Ross’ documentary examining the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike which brought Dr. Martin Luther King to Memphis, where he was shot and killed. Based on a book and on footage archival saved by a few Memphis activists. Winner of Erik Barnouw Award for Best Documentary by the Organization of American Historians, the film aired on PBS on the 25th anniversary of Dr. King’s death, in 1993.
Backlash: Race and the American Dream (1992)
Consultant on director Bess Carrick’s documentary exploring the attitudes of Louisiana voters, seen through the prism of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke’s campaign for United States Senator.