Two new documentary projects are in the works: an environmental film that we're starting now, following the no/low budget route using digital cameras and desktop editing; and fundraising for a larger budget, PBS-style program covering an aspect of the 2004 political campaign. The renewable energy doc also continues to move forward, albeit slowly.

Dylan's Run, a verite documentary following a young, African American Republican through two campaigns for Congress in Deep South Georgia, is making the film festival rounds in the United States and abroad. It took us four years to get it on the big screen, and now we're seeking a distribution deal. Contact me for more details about the film and where it's showing.

Now that the shooting war in Iraq is basically over, the rebuilding fight begins, both diplomatically and economically. Bechtel link and a divison of Halliburton have won huge government contracts, and both have deep ties to the Bush Administration. Will the Bush Administration allow a substantial UN role, or will it keep control until it thinks a transfer to a new Iraqi regime is feasible. Will France, Germany and Russia be punished for their earlier diplomatic intransigence, and be kept out of the rebuilding effort? How about an investigative long-form piece covering the rebuilding of Iraq, starting now and following the story for the next six months to a year? Sounds interesting to me.

One of our current projects is a look at our dependence on fossil fuels and what alternative energy solutions are available now and in the near future. California passed a regulation in 1990 that said ten percent of cars must be emission free by 2003 and the auto companies developed and sold a number of electric vehicles to meet the requirement, while fighting the regulation at the same time. Now, with the coming of hybrid vehicles (they're all over the streets in San Francisco) and lots of attention on fuel cell cars, the regulation has been modified, with new emissions requirements for 2005 and beyond, and the electric vehicle programs discontinued. link . Is this an example of a good policy adapting to new technology, or the auto makers prevailing in a long lobbying fight, with round two coming between now and 2005?

Welcome. I'm an independent producer who works in television and the independent film market investigating political, environmental and business stories. I'll post articles I find interesting, and pieces that relate to projects I'm working on.