Our documentary work includes films on various subjects such as energy conservation and nutrition, as well as personal portraits.


This video portrays the hardships of textile workers who labored in the mills under terrible conditions

With Heads Held High—The Story of the ITU
This short documentary chronicles the birth of the Independent Textile Union in the 1930s and provides poignant testimony as to the positive impact of unionization on worker quality of life. Produced for the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, MA, this project received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rhode Island Historical Society.

  • CINE Golden Eagle Award
  • Aegis Award for Excellence in Historical Documentary

Jean Vanier

A Visit with Jean Vanier
This film presents an intimate portrait of the founder of L'Arche, the worldwide federation of communities for the disabled. With humor and eloquence, Vanier discusses the personal journey that helped shape his profoundly humanistic philosophy and approach to care-giving. Purchase a copy.




Helene Simon

Baklava & the Meaning of Life
This film features sculptor Helene Simon, who reveals the recipe to her delicious baklava while sharing her remarkable life experiences as an Iraqi-Jewish woman who came to America during World War II. Through a generous helping of her wisdom and insight about the process of creation, in both food and sculpture, we learn that true joy in life unfolds when we allow ourselves to do what we love. Purchase a copy.

  • Honorable Mention, Columbus International Film & Video Festival

Farmers from The Power to Change

The Power to Change
The oil crisis of the 1970s inspired people across the United States to develop a range of solutions to conserve energy. Produced during that time, The Power to Change is an award-winning film featuring eight such projects that, through creativity and collaboration, show that sustainable energy is possible and better for the environment. Purchase a copy.

  • American Film Festival
  • Audubon International Film Festival
  • Chicago Film Festival
  • CINE Golden Eagle
  • San Francisco International Film Festival

"Made thirty years ago, Jamil Simon's The Power to Change is an extraordinarily prescient (and patriotic) cinema essay about making over our America as a green, green, fertile land, a sensible, logical How To Do It eco-blueprint which is even more relevant, and far far more urgent, today. And still ahead of its time: when can we all have a windmobile?" —Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix