Past Projects
Stronger Than Bullets
AWARD WINNING MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
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1985. In a brutal show of power, Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi outlaws music instruments, and orders them hurled into bonfires. Those were the years the music died…
Yet in 2011, when the people rise, the music reawakens, and the streets of Benghazi resound with a melodic fury. Libyan youth come out in droves to rock the very foundations of the regime with crunching guitars and furious beats.
But when the tyrant falls, victory soon descends into chaos, and a new tyranny emerges. The streets of Benghazi once again go silent. Yet the flame of hope cannot be dimmed, as the musicians once again prepare to challenge oppression…and strike a chord for freedom…
STRONGER THAN BULLETS has played in over 20 festivals worldwide, and has garnered a number of prestigious awards. Further, Al Jazeera’s renowned Witness series airs a 47-minute version version of this high-octane rock & roll documentary. The film will release on Amazon, Google TV, iTunes, and a number of other platforms on October 16th, 2018.
We Win or We Die
AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT
February, 2011. The people of eastern Libya revolt against the brutal regime of Moammar Gaddafi. Yet standing in the way of liberation is the 2-mile sprawling fortress known as The Katiba. For 30 years, the Katiba has stood as a symbol of terror in the center of Benghazi. Holding hundreds of soldiers and heavy artillery, it stands ready to rain death down upon the protesters. And on February 18th, the heavy guns fired.
Soon the protests turned into full-scale rebellion, and the people of Benghazi knew that the Rubicon had been crossed. The same equation was in all of their minds. If they moved forward toward the fortress, they would die. And if they retreated, they would die as well.
WE WIN OR WE DIE is the story of an ordinary Libyan who understands that there is but one way to stop the bloodshed. One way to gain freedom. The sprawling fortress, the Fist of Gaddafi, the Katiba must fall…
We Win or We Die has played in nearly 20 festivals worldwide, including Slamdance and Interfilm Berlin, picking up several awards. Click the video link above for the full version of the film.
GHOSTS OF LADAKH
RARE SNOW LEOPARD FOOTAGE (2004)
This is a short documentary about my fortuitous encounter with the ever elusive and endangered snow leopard. This is the first footage of its kind. Back in 2004, it was something of a holy grail of nature footage, for no person had ever caught a wild snow leopard in the middle of a successful hunt on film (especially prey as large as a dzo). Since then, the leopard has been caught on film many times as efforts to document them has increased, and how encroachment of their range has forced them into conflict with humans. But at the time, this was unheard of, and successfully documented a behavior unknown to scientists…that snow leopards could successfully hunt such large animals.
