Co-directed with Julia Szromba.
In Ohio’s first city to ban abortion, a lifelong resident grapples with the transformation of her hometown.
Vimeo Staff Pick, 2025
Screenings:
World Premiere, Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2023
DOC NYC, 2023
Nashville Film Festival, 2023
Sidewalk Film Festival, 2023
Tacoma Film Festival, 2023
Tallgrass Film Festival, 2023
New Hampshire Film Festival, 2023
Santa Fe International Film Festival, 2023
Virginia Film Festival, 2023
St. Louis International Film Festival, 2023
DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, 2023
Lone Star Film Festival, 2023
Vail Film Festival, 2023
Frozen River Film Festival, 2024
Sedona International Film Festival, 2024
Fargo Film Festival, 2024
Capital City Film Festival, 2024
Docutime Film Festival, 2024
Salute Your Shorts Film Festival, 2024
Hellenic American Union; Athens, Greece; 2024
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference; Denton, TX; 2025
Indiewire: “DOC NYC Opens with Real-Life ‘Truman Show’-Esque ‘The Contestant’: See Full Lineup”
Stories of drag performance in Alabama are woven together through the eyes of Miss Victoria Jewelle.
Supported with funding from the Verdant Fund
Published in Southern Spaces, 2025
Screenings:
Premiere screening and performance, The Sanctuary in Montgomery, AL, October 27, 2023
Best SHOUT Short Film, Sidewalk Film Festival, 2025
Stamped Film Festival, 2025
University Film & Video Association Conference, 2025
Lost River Film Festival, 2026
In the midst of a whirlwind electoral campaign in America’s heartland, a downballot candidate navigates the contours of newfound love.
Screenings:
Wisconsin Film Festival, 2022
Hobnobben Film Festival, 2022 (Winner—Best Unscripted Short)
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2022 (Winner—Festival Favorite)
SENE Film Festival, 2022 (Award Winner)
University Film & Video Conference Screenings, 2022 (Honorable Mention)
Queens World Film Festival, 2022
Mimesis Documentary Festival, 2022
Red Cedar Film Festival, 2022
American Presidents Film & Literary Festival at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, 2022
In the midst of a whirlwind campaign for elected office in America’s heartland, a political novice navigates the contours of newfound love.
On a large plot of land in Bloomington, MN, the relentless forces of capitalism transform the landscape time and time again.
Screenings:
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, 2021 (Best of Fest)
Duluth Superior Film Festival, 2021
Twin Cities Film Festival, 2021
CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival, 2021
Frozen River Film Festival, 2022
Interrobang Film Festival at the Des Moines Arts Festival, 2022
Kansas City Underground Film Festival, 2022
Eagan Art Block Short Film Festival, 2022
“'Old Met' film details transformation of Metropolitan Stadium into Mall of America,” WCCO, 10/22/2021
In Alabama, a bipartisan coalition of activists, politicians, and fishers fight for the right to know where their rivers are polluted.
Screenings:
Sidewalk Film Festival, 2021
EarthXFilm Festival, 2021 (Winner—Impact Award)
Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 2021
Fort Myers Film Festival, 2021
Blue Water Film Festival, 2021
Lookout Wild Film Festival, 2021
In Alabama, a bipartisan coalition of activists, politicians, and fishers fight for the right to know where their rivers are polluted.
