EVERYTHING'S COOL (2007) directed by Daniel B Gold and Judith Helfand

(Animated excerpts made in collaboration with Jeremiah Dickey)

EVERYTHING'S COOL is a real-life disaster movie about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action.

http://www.everythingscool.org/article.php?list=type&type=4

NOISE (2007) directed by Henry Bean

(Animated excerpt made in collaboration with Jeremiah Dickey)

A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it. Please note: even though the animated excerpt was cut from the film, we need to include it here. We had a great time creating this piece and working with the wonderful Henry Bean.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425308

(animation made in collaboration with Jeremiah Dickey)

BOY IN THE BUBBLE (2006) directed by Barak Goodman
produced by Barak Goodman + John Maggio/ Ark Media

The true story of the boy who spent his life in a sterile chamber -- for American Experience
http://ark-media.net

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bubble/

Inspired by Thomas Merton's poem, ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB shows the human cost of nuclear weapons; it is a wake-up call and an invitation to action. http://www.originalchildbomb.com/ocb.php

BLUE VINYL (2002) directed By Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold
produced by Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand and Julia D. Parker

With humor, hope and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director Daniel B. Gold travel from Helfand’s hometown to America’s vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers about the nature of polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

http://www.bluevinyl.org/

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001) directed by John Cameron Mithcell
produced by Christine Vachon, Pamela Knopfler and Katie Roumel

Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and The Angry Inch tells the story of an “internationally ignored” rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.

(this website is almost as much fun as the movie; run yr mouse over the little black dot on the center wig in the far right photo on the “about” page for a scary surprise)

http://www.finelinefeatures.com/sites/hedwig/

KEEPING SOUND directed and produced by Christianna Hannum

A documentary film about a woman’s struggle to keep sound, or unbroken, as she journeys through the woods to seek out her legendary grandmother, America’s most celebrated Master of Foxhounds.

http://www.swimpictures.com/keeping_sound.htm

GOLDEN THREADS (1999) a videotape by Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton

Profiling the life of 93 year old lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of a global networking service for mid-life and elder lesbians this documentary by Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton, exuberantly overturns our most deeply rooted stereotypes and fears of aging.

http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c462.shtml

TALKING TRASH (1997) a film by Jennifer & Leslie Schwerin

TALKING TRASH is a filmic rummage through the world of garbage. Rich in junk, the film mixes together salvaged bits of historical footage, statistics and personal stories to create a moving and comical portrait of America's romance with disposability.

http://www.frif.com/cat97/t-z/talking_.html

DEATH BY DESIGN (1995) directed by Peter Friedman and Jean-François Brunet
produced by Peter Friedman and Emmanuel Laurent

Death by Design is a guided tour into the invisible world of cells, told through a collage of metaphors. State-of-the-art microcinematography is playfully intercut with parallel images from life at the human scale: a hundred lighted violins, imploding buildings, pieces of film on the cutting room floor . . .

http://www.frif.com/cat97/a-e/death_by.html

TELL ME SOMETHING I CAN’T FORGET (1993) a film by Diane Garey & Larry Hott
Florentine Films/Hott Productions

This one-half hour portrait of eight writers from the Chicopee Women’s Writing Workshop tells the story of the effect writing has had on their lives. All residents of low-income housing in the factory town of Chicopee, these women meet regularly with writer Pat Schneider, to write, read and critique each others’ work.

http://www.florentinefilms.org/thefilms/09film.htm

finally, CHECK OUT these lovely, hilarious and informative segments

SAFE IN THE CITY (2003) a Mile End Films Production in association with:
Education Development Center, Inc., Denver Public Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Department of Public Health

2 animation segments about condom use produced by Jeremiah Dickey and
co-designed by Emily.

http://www.mileendfilms.com/safecity.html