Stand Up Speak Up video project

This is a Public Service Announcement I shot with Mt Edgecumbe High School students through SAFV and ANDVSA.

Many of us want to Stand Up, and Speak Up to promote respect and create safer relationships and communities. The first step to standing up and speaking up is understanding the relationship and respect basics.

Check out http://www.standupspeakupalaska.org to hear stories from other Alaskan youth about their road to respect.

Rain Power, a documentary short about alpine hydro-electricity in the Tongass

Set on an island community nestled between the mountains and the sea and completely surrounded by Alaska's lush temperate rainforest, 'Rain Power' chronicles one community's efforts to reduce its dependency on oil and take action on climate change.

The town of Sitka, Alaska is highly connected to the natural resources provided by their local environment. As a result, there is a strong desire to sustain local ecosystems and to prevent the potential devastation that climate change and ocean acidification could bring the region.

The film illustrates the unique challenges facing this remote community as they work locally to solve highly complex, global issues. 'Rain Power' promises to inspire audiences worldwide with its breathtaking natural setting, and story of one community's drive to become sustainably powered.

Benji and Judah a collaborative documentary by Hannah Guggenheim

This a scene from my film "Benji and Judah" a collaborative documentary we filmed over the course of five years in Oakland, CA.

This is a post from Film Click about the film that debuted at Mill Valley Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival - Benji and Judah
A year after befriending her wheel-chair bound neighbors, film student and first-time filmmaker Hannah Guggenheim, began to shoot them as subjects for her master’s thesis project at SFSU. She continued to pursue the story for years after finishing her degree. The result is Benji and Judah, an emotionally powerful story centered around twin brothers born with spina bifida, (a birth defect that involves the incomplete development of the spine during pregnancy) and their mother, Jeanette, who struggles to find a home for her physically-challenged sons and seven other children. The film screened at this yearʼs Mill Valley Film Festival as part of the Home In the Heart series.