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NARRATIVE

SHARDS

GracefulFILMS

Narrative Film

(Director, Producer, Editor)

STORYLINE

Shards deals with a current and controversial topic: the aftermath of war, which takes place in the homes where soldiers return and must cope with the inhumanity of their wartime experience. Soon after his return, daughter Erin, realizes that something is awfully wrong with her father Abraham, a newly discharged Iraq war veteran. He is not the dad she used to have, and even simple things, like getting a hug, can seem unattainable. His obvious instability and unpredictability cause confusion and mistrust among the other family members. Yet Erin's determination, sensitivity, courage, and ability to empathize with her troubled father enable her to reach beyond his paralyzing mask of estrangement, and take the initial step toward healing for both of them.

Review written by Rita Hollingsworth

THE BLACK TULIP

Narrative Feature Film

(Lead Editor)

Afganistan's official entry: 2011 Academy Awards

STORYLINE

Osama Bin Laden post 911, U.S. Forces rout their leadership from Kabul and free its Afghan citizens from the brutal grip of spiritual henchman Mullah Mohammed Omar and that of his dark-age Sharia led leadership. Seizing upon this new and volatile window of freedom, matriarch Farishta Mansouri along with her husband Hadar normalize their family's efforts by turning her deceased father's Soviet destroyed bookstore into a restaurant. A place of hope called "The Poet's Corner" along with an open microphone, a small stage and an invitation for all Afghans to read their poetry, voice is now given to the voiceless. Both men and women now have a safe, equal and inviting place to tell their stories and to sing their songs. But like a lightening rod, these new voices of freedom attract the darkest, lingering factional Taliban elements who then target the Mansouri family in the most heinous ways imaginable...

Review written by David M. O'Neil

NARRATIVE

PILOT EPISODE

THE COMPLETE PICTURE PROJECT

Narrative Pilot

(Host, Director, Producer, Editor)

STORYLINE

The Complete Picture crew spends months to create a 20-minute sentencing video that will be viewed by just one person, the judge, who will soon decide the defendant's fate.

The Complete Picture Docuseries entitled "Walk With Me" tells the stories of 8 defendants and the endeavor to create the sentencing videos that saved them from prison.

8 Defendants

8 Highly Charged 45-Minute Episodes

8 Unprecedented Accounts of

Mercy Granted

Each episode, like the sentencing videos themselves, will reveal a story of hardship: childhood traumas, sexual abuse, poverty, discrimination, mental illness and addiction. Each episode also tells a story of perseverance, survival, dedication to family, remorse, recovery and extraordinary transformation.