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August 28, 2012 by admin

Born Into Coal

Coal queen pageant contestant Arianna Bailey competes for a crown to represent her family’s way of life. Former miner Goose Stewart lives with the memories of a mine explosion. One thing binds both families: coal. I co-produced “Born into Coal” with Cath Spangler as part of Coal: A Love Story, an interactive film that uses [...]

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August 27, 2012 by admin

Surviving Siblings

My brother Ben died of cancer when he was 27, and I was 23. Several years later, I came to this project with an interest in telling a story of the grief felt by young people who have suffered the loss of another young person. Initially, I was hesitant to take a first-person narrative approach [...]

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August 24, 2012 by admin

Dreams Delayed

This is the trailer for the multimedia documentary web project I produced for my masters thesis. You can see the entire dreams delayed project here. I wanted to tell the overarching story of access to higher education for undocumented students using three different approaches. The first was to find a teacher who works closely with [...]