Television Documentaries
The number of homeless people has increased dramatically since the mid-1990s and we haven't seen this kind of destitution since the Great Depression. What can advocates for homeless people do to really change anything? This documentary follows one organization in its behind-the-scenes activity - the strategizing, the debates and the actions - which is putting homelessness into the public arena and pushing governments to act.
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With co-producer Glen Richards I produced a pilot for a television series with the working title The Economics of Life." It featured economist Jim Stanford who helped to conceive and write two fun pieces which I directed. Click on the link to see the videos.
Mike Constable is a rough-hewn, acerbic, colourful character who has survived a hand-to-mouth existence as a political artist and still manages to hold on to his left-wing ideals. Now he is becoming more successful than ever and his cartoons are in demand by the mainstream press and corporate clients. Will success spoil this one-time Communist Party member?
This is a very personal documentary about how my family has coped with the intellectual disabilities of my youngest sister. In the process of making it, we opened up some new levels of understanding about each other.
A Family Healing: Coming to Terms with Intellectual Disabilities
This intimate family portrait made by one member of the family explores the impact of the developmental disability of a sibling on the interaction and relationships of the family as a whole.
The Iconoclast: The Images of Richard Slye presents the art and viewpoints of a gifted Canadian artist. Slye literally deconstructs media images by cutting icons out of magazines and putting them into new contexts that give them totally new and critical meanings.
