DOCUMENTARY EDITING

Carla Ruff is an award-winning documentary editor, a producer and editor for TV’s Dan Rather Reports, and the director, editor, and motion-graphics designer of over 30 event videos, promotional films, and video art installations. Also a filmmaker, she has a degree in film from NYU and is a fellow in film from New York Foundation for the Arts.

FOLLOW THE LEADER

Dir. Jonathan Goodman Levitt

DJ, Nick, and Ben are ambitious teenage republicans out to change the world and get famous in politics. As they grow up, however, disillusionment challenges their ideals and very purposes in life.

DIANE SKYHAWK

Dir. Jason Wade Hammonds
www.doorweb.net

A woman dying from Lupus goes on a quest to discover her Native American roots, and to pass on the knowledge of her ancestry to the next generation.

LIVING ARTISTS

Dir. Carla Ruff

New York City artists struggle to overcome issues of creative and personal inertia.

DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM

Dir. Bari Pearlman
www.daughtersofwisdom.com

High in the mountains of remote northeastern Tibet, a thriving Buddhist monastery for nuns gives women a rare chance for education and spiritual study.

WINNER Best Editor, Brooklyn Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award, Brooklyn Film Festival
WINNER Special Jury Prize, Trento Film Festival

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THE NEVER ENDING PATH

Dir. Annette Danto

A portrait of women in rural India, highlighting issues of poverty, single-mother households, healthcare, education, and intercaste marriage.

STEVE EARLE: JUST AN AMERICAN BOY, 2003

Dir. Amos Poe
www.amospoe.com

6 months on tour with controversial political rocker Steve Earle.

PREMIERED London Film Festival
BROADCAST Country Music Television

THREE PORTRAITS, 2002

Dir. Louise Tiranoff

Three families share their stories about raising children with Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic disorder causing severe physical and mental disabilities.