Projects

Films and other media we conceptualize, produce and promote.

The West is Burning

PROJECT

The West is Burning

A campaign raising awareness about the conditions of forests in the western U.S. Told through a full-feature documentary, we examine the history of forest management and litigation that led to the current conditions which are causing catastrophic fire nearly year-round. The film explores the urgent need to act now, and the potential to generate positive change in our forests, watersheds, and communities, both rural and urban.

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We need to embrace a new era of forest stewardship using all of our management tools including thinning, prescribed fire and managed wildfire.

Melanie Parker, Deputy Director, Sonoma County Regional Parks

SUPPORT & IMPACT PARTNERS

University of Arizona

Wallowa Resources

westisburning.org

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Make People Better

PROJECT

A Chinese biophysicist who disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his experiment to create “better” human beings. This feature film will be released Spring 2023.

FILM TEAM

The creative team behind the film includes the celebrated writer Mark Monroe, of The Cove (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2010) and Icarus (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017) and Academy Award winning executive producer Geralyn White Dreyfous. Greg O’Toole is a documentary film editor and writer whose feature documentaries have screened at festivals around and since 2011 have been nominated for 8 National Emmy’s, including for Best Editing and Best Documentary. Award winning director Cody Sheehy and CRISPR scientist S. Kiani filmed for three years in the United States and China documenting the story of the first genetically enhanced human babies.

makepeoplebetterfilm.com

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Insecta

PROJECT

Insecta

A short documentary explores the beauty and wonder of entomology during a journey alongside leading insect scientists to explore the most painful stings and fascinating science of the unseen lives that surround you.

In a 2014 Science article, lead author Rodolfo Dirzo of Stanford, combined data from several studies and found a 45 percent decline for a wide range of studied populations in the last forty years.

We made this film to bring awareness to the scary reality that insects around the world are vanishing before our very eyes. Together with the University of Arizona, we are promoting science literacy and raising awareness about the importance of insects as pollinators, natural agents of pest control, disease carriers, and decomposers.

IMPACT

INSPIRED KIDS

Inspired 20,000 children to get curious about strange and beautiful insects.

NOTICED EXCELLENCE

Nominated for a regional emmy award.

BROAD REACH

Reached nation-wide audience in theaters and at home.

The decline is dramatic and depressing and it affects all kinds of insects, including butterflies, wild bees, and hoverflies.

Dr. Martin Sorg Yale Environment 360

FILMING HIGHLIGHTS

The Pain Scale

Ancient DNA

Beyond Human Vision

All Life is Connected