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“To be an artist means never to avert your eyes.”
                            -- Akira Kurosawa
 

Current News:

There is an long interview with me about storytelling on Randy Olson’s blog  www.thebenshi.com that was posted on April 15, 2010.  Randy is a scientist and filmmaker and his blog is focused on helping scientists communicate more effectively in the media.

Living in Emergency:  Stories of Doctors Without Borders, a documentary I executive produced will be re-released theatrically in major cities starting June 4, 2010. The critically acclaimed film is a riveting story of doctors working in extreme conditions in Africa in the war zones of the Congo and Liberia.  The film was one of the 15 documentaries shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Feature Documentary last year.

For more information about the film and the cities where it will be playing in June,  visit www.livinginemergency.com

I also have an essay,  “Breaking the Cycle,” in a new book Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War, edited by Elizabeth Goodenough and Andrea Immel, and published by Wayne St. University Press.  The book has been receiving excellent reviews and is now available at amazon.com.