Roberts-Hirshorn: A Case Study

17 hours in to Monkeywhale’s 48-hour film, the script was a bust and we were about to call it quits. But instead, we did a quick turn, found a new idea, and started shooting Saturday afternoon. As footage started coming

Amendment One, The Looper Version

In 1875, North Carolina amended the state constitution to ban “all marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro decent”. Let’s not go back there. An Earlier Constitutional Amendment on

A Trip West

On a recent trip, I stayed with a couple that had grown up as next-door kids in rural Michigan. While watching 8mm films they had just digitized, we heard stories of ponds, silos, tractors, and growing up on the family

Half a Man

Two guys that look like me play a version of Willie Nelson’s Half a Man.

Martha on Kickstarter

With Pat Lawrence, recorded and edited Martha Bassett’s kickstarter campaign video. We raised almost $11,000 for production of the album The Goodbye Party. Watch on kickstarter