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In association with Layalina Productions, a series of 12 half-hours about four young Arabs from the Middle East traveling across America with an American film crew. Shot in late 2006, the series was aired in the Middle East on MBC 1 in early 2007 and was the number two rated prime time show (behind Star Academy) during the three month period during which it was aired. New Line is distributing in the US. The Sundance Channel will air the series in early 2008. HiDef.
A feature documentary on Esalen Institute based on Jeff Kripal’s book, “Esalen, the Religion of No Religion.” The film will focus on a half dozen characters as their lives conjunct in a 50th Anniversary event/celebration that will showcase Esalen’s current activities, especially Public Diplomacy initiatives and the cutting edge work of Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research. The film will also chronicle Esalen’s extraordinary history and touch on the many great characters that have taught there – Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, Fritz Perls, Will Schultz, Abraham Maslow, Eric Erickson, Ram Dass, Ida Rolf, Joseph Campbell, Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, and John Cleese among them. Particular emphasis will be placed on Esalen’s unofficial but extremely successful pioneering diplomatic initiative with the Soviets, which was a significant factor in ending the cold war.
Six twenty something American kids travel by boat and van across the Middle East with an Arab/ American film crew who are also characters in the drama. 13 half hours to be shot HiDef in the spring of 2008.
A series of eight half hours of in depth portraits of Middle Eastern Muslim women from a variety of backgrounds focusing on issues that are important to them. Currently in postproduction. Production in Kuwait, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt and Afghanistan with an all-Arab woman crew was completed in August, 2007. Available Spring 2008.
"Political junkies, idealistic schoolgirls and everyone in between will be thrilled to varying degrees by "Fourteen Women," a touchy-feely, up-close look at the 14 distaff senators - of only 35 total since 1789 - in the 109th Congress (2005-2006). As much a recruitment vid for public service as a tell-all docu, pic is a front-running candidate for fests and small screens, with no term limits on ancillary." Quote from Variety. |
