PROJECTS IN
DEVELOPMENT
THE BATTLE FOR DAMIETTA
(for St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, OH)
The meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil which
took place in Damietta, Egypt in 1219 offers insights into the nature and effectiveness of interfaith dialogue.
THE SOUTHERN TIMBER PROJECT
The longleaf pine forest that once dominated our Southern coastal plain
from East Texas to North Carolina was a biodiverse ecology that faced extinction as a result of development by turpentiners,
loggers and the paper industry. Today landowners are restoring the "piney woods" for a variety of reasons. This film
examines those efforts in consultation with the Longleaf Alliance of Alabama.
CONSPIRACY
In 1917, acting upon information supplied by British Intelligence, the
United States Attorney General prosecuted American citizens of Indian origin and the German consul general in San
Francisco for conspiring to overthrow the British Empire in India. This was the political awakening of American socialist
Agnes Smedley.
A fictional treatment, developed in consultation with Prof. Harold Gould
(Sikhs, Swamis, Students & Spies) will be filmed in the actual locations in San Francisco, Leavenworth,
KS and New York.
IN GOOD COMPANY
This project was begun in 2005 when Hoover employees were
looking into using their 401(k) savings to purchase the company from Whirlpool. It looks into the
human resources that allow Employee Ownership to succeed in some comapnies and not in others. Initial consultations
were with Prof. John Logue of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University.
