Experimental documentary, 52 min, 2001.
MINOR VISIONS
MoMA Documentary Fortnight
Critics' Prize, Dakino International Film Festival
“A major look into the distressed soul of post-communist Romania… Inventive, poignant, and at times, extremely humorous.”
- Ross McElwee, Director, Sherman's March
Mixing documentary and poetic fiction, Minor Visions follows a bumbling scholar who sets off on a trip to study spirituality and superstition, but ends up meeting ordinary citizens trying to make sense of their lives in the wake of the downfall of communist regime. Watch excerpt or entire film.
Narrative, 15 min, 2009.
PASSERINE: A BIRD DUET
A playful parable about technologically-mediated love and an unlikely interspecies courtship.
Funded by the Alfred. P. Sloan Foundation.
Watch excerpt or entire film.
Documentary, 26 min, 1995.
BOOYAKA
PBS Broadcast
Silver Spire, San Francisco International Film Festival
Jamaican American singer Maxine Foster struggles to support her family and overcome a history of abuse while pursuing a career in the male-dominated reggae music industry.
Essay film, 12 min, 1996.
ROUND TRIP TICKET
Runner Up Prize,
American Film Institute Visions of US Competition
The filmmaker’s first trip back to her native Romania after the fall of communism becomes a deconstruction of cultural identity and the idea of home.