Michigan

Dearborn, MI has been thrown into conflict incorporating fear, ideology, and identity politics. Home to the largest Arab-American population in the United States, it is a place of apparent contradictions: simultaneously a sleepy affluent suburb and the subject of rumors around ISIS terror cells and sharia law. This film takes us into the lives of five very different citizens who have been caught in the crossfire, from Muslims to Christians, who all consider themselves Americans. As they grapple with questions of religion, race and class, do these separate communities have more in common than they realize?
2017, Guardian News & Media Ltd. 16 minutes.

Every year, Western Michigan University conducts an archaeological field school at the site of Fort St. Joseph in Niles, Michigan. Students absorb proper field techniques in a multidisciplinary program of community service learning—researching the social, economic, and political atmosphere of the colonial-era fur trade and disseminating that information to the community. This program documents the third season of the summer field school’s efforts to continue unearthing the fort’s remains while keeping the public informed and inviting community participation.
2007, Western Michigan University. 16 minutes

From Flint goes beyond the news headlines to spotlight the impact of the devastating water contamination crisis on the people of Flint, Michigan. The film highlights the stories of residents who were personally injured, along with the work of local organizations and individuals that rallied to support them.
2017, The Video Project. 25 minutes.