Works in Progress

In Production

The Diplomats

The Diplomats [w.t.], a feature-length documentary film, follows a select group of high school students as they undergo the rigorous and mind-altering process of preparing for and then participating in the Model United Nations World Championship, an annual three-day summit meeting held at the iconic U.N. headquarters in New York City. Featuring kids who hail from wildly different backgrounds and take wildly different approaches to the project of (mock) diplomacy, The Diplomats offers an engaging, often humorous look at the challenges of cross-cultural communication and cooperation, and a surprising, thought-provoking meditation on the real obstacles to peace.

In Development

The South

The South, an eight-part documentary series (and the heart of a landmark multi-media initiative), will explore the vibrant, unique and wholly American history of the South – capturing the extraordinary stories that have given the region its particular color and flair, and creating an unprecedented archival legacy for future generations. Produced in partnership with Alexandria Productions and Intelligent Television, The South Project has received development funds from PBS, Stephens, Inc., the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

The Seventies: Scenes from the Revolution

The Seventies: Scenes from the Revolution, a six-part historical documentary series, will tell the dynamic, compelling and often surprising story of what was arguably the most disruptive and profoundly transformative decade in American history – from the tragedy at Kent State to the highly-publicized tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs known as “The Battle of the Sexes”; from the heated and often violent struggles over busing in Boston (as depicted in Anthony Lukas’ Pulitzer prize-winning Common Ground) to the religious revival Tom Wolfe dubbed “the Third Great Awakening” to the energy crisis that effectively (and finally) toppled the Carter presidency. The series has received R&D funding from PBS.