Many years ago, I had the great pleasure to be part of the producing team on a couple of Jason Reitman's early short films. In God We Trust was a festival favorite.
Gun Runner was a game prototype abandoned when Midway Games fell into bankruptcy and shut down. The game's goal was to create a third-person, action adventure game in the vein of the Bourne films. The pre-visualized scene depicts a car chase which was to happen in the middle of the game.
Created for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, (TRADOC), Breakdown was used as part of a regimen to teach soldiers negotiation and bargaining skills. The follow-up to Trouble at Checkpoint Four, Breakdown moves the action to Afghanistan. In the vignette, two U.S. Army military advisors must persuade a reluctant, and possibly corrupt, Afghan National…
Where U At? was produced for hip-hop artist Malaysian MC in 2005. It was distributed in Malaysia and other southeast Asian countries. In my research for this project, I discovered that many Asian hip hop artists at the time tried to emulate the “straight from the ‘hood” style of American hip hop artists. But it felt…
🌡2020 was 1 of 3 warmest years on record, with:
🧊ice sheets melting,
💧ocean heat at record levels,
🔥wildfires, 🌊flooding, 🌀hurricanes & other worsening impacts of the climate crisis, all pointing to urgent need for #ClimateAction.
The need for #climateaction has never been more urgent. The Climate Finance Leadership Initiative works to accelerate the transition to low-carbon economies in emerging markets by helping drive investment from the public and private sectors.
Tear-gassing apartments. Pepper-spraying journalists. Blocking a church. The American police state is fighting for its life in Brooklyn Center, and it's terrifying
The police, troops are violating our human rights and making us less safe. My new column https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/brooklyn-center-protests-police-arrest-journalists-20210418.html