SHORT FILMS

Child, Bride, Mother: Nigeria

Aisha was just 13 when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram, caged and forced to marry one of the militant group’s insurgents, a fighter who “smelled of blood.” Three-and-a-half years later, she escaped, pregnant and with nowhere safe to go. For Boko Haram’s child brides, freedom presents a different sort of struggle.

Publication: The New York Times
Role: Co-director and Cinematographer

A Climate for Conflict

In Somalia, a changing environment is pushing people beyond the brink. Meet the father who didn’t flee civil war, but fled the drought. The fisherman pushed into piracy by empty nets in a depleted, lawless sea. And the nomad who goes to war over increasingly scarce pasture and water.

Publication: Foreign Policy
Role: Co-director and cinematographer

The Cancer Divide: Tzippy

Tzippy, 38, an Orthodox Jew and a mother of seven children, recounted the choices she faced after testing positive for a genetic mutation associated with breast cancer.

Publication: The New York Times
Role: Video Journalist