USA | 2022 | Documentary | 106 minutes

Cinematographer

From the scientists in the lab to the prick in your shoulder. The rollout of the corona vaccine is a triumphant story for science – and a failure for politics. For while the Western world has already got the booster shot, the Global South is lagging behind, with corona still a critical societal problem. The corona vaccine has become a new source of inequality, and in HOW TO SURVIVED A PANDEMIC, David France unravels the incredible story with unprecedented access to the US side in particular by the scientists and policy makers behind the biggest health science project in human history. A history that we are only just beginning to learn from for the future. You can watch HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC through HBO Max.

USA | 2021 | Documentary | 91 minutes

Co-Director, Director of Photography, Producer

AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary about survivors of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years behind bars. This is the story of how the legal system gets domestic violence wrong. It is a moving portrait of Kim, Tanisha, and Nikki, three survivors whose strikingly similar stories are separated by over 30 years. None of them were believed, and each of them was criminalized for fighting back. AND SO I STAYED premiered at the 2021 Brooklyn Film Festival where it won both the Spirit Award and the Audience Award for best documentary feature. In 2023, AND SO I STAYED was also awarded the SIMA Systemic Change Award. The film has been profiled in The New York Times, ABC News Live, and The Chicago Tribune among others for the work it did in helping free a survivor from prison. You can watch AND SO I STAYED through Vimeo on Demand.

USA | 2017 | Documentary | 105 minutes

Cinematographer, Researcher

Oscar-nominated director David France’s (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE) documentary centers on self-described “street queen” Marsha P. Johnson, legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Mysteriously, Marsha was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992. At the time, the NYPD pegged her death as a suicide, a claim that Marsha’s comrades have always firmly rejected. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON celebrates the lasting political legacy of Marsha P. Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death. THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. You can watch THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON through Netflix.

USA | 2017 | Documentary | 26 minutes

Co-Director, Producer, Cinematographer

POSTURE is a documentary by Daniel A. Nelson and Nathan Bender. This is the story of professed cultural misappropriation, a founder disgraced by sexual harassment charges and the dream of being recognized as the best yoga practitioner in America. POSTURE goes behind the scenes with three yogis in the adult women’s division as they pose their way toward a shot at the national title. Each athlete has more at stake than a congratulatory medal. From chronic illnesses to prosthetic legs, these yogis bring more baggage than just a yoga mat. They also seek victory against those who oppose legitimizing yoga as a sport. For the skeptical yoga purists, the competition is seen as an insensitive detachment from the practice’s spiritual roots. POSTURE premiered at the 2017 Long Island International Film Expo. You can watch POSTURE through Yoga Journal.