Lifetime Achievement Award at the 38th Alexandria Film Festival of Mediterranean Countries

The Surveyor Surveilled
(just like L’Arroseur Arrosé – The Waterer Watered or The Sprinkler Sprinkled – 1897)

Is a perfect example of the notion of how surveillance can affect both the subject and the witness. After witnessing a crime, a life, or destruction the witness of the surveillance, whether they are an innocent bystander or a…[Read more]

Why is sound, voice, noise, and dialogue important for the visual medium of film?

It is often said that good sound can save a bad image, but bad sound can ruin a great image. This is true, most importantly in the case of documentaries but also in narrative films, where a more controlled environment can help with a better image. In the documentary…[Read more]

Almost a week of a homebound existence. Started with the cancellation of the last two performance of the play I was acting in Terrorism, directed by Velani Dibba at Columbia University’s LenFest Center for the Arts. Prior to that, the day before, I got the news of the closing of the Lincoln Center, which impacted the postponement of SRFF (SR…[Read more]