Films

Valentina’s Roll: A Journey Halfway Around the World

Short Documentary (14 mins)

A single roll of film survives half a century and a journey around the globe, and when the images are developed, a family’s post-World War II past comes flooding back. VALENTINA’S ROLL is about the power of photographs, the nature of memory, and the bonds of one special family.

A Veteran’s Reunion: Banana Trees and the Poodle

Short Documentary (12 mins)

When Joe Taylor discovers a roll of unprocessed film from decades ago, he is transported back to his service in Vietnam. Along the way, he makes an unexpected discovery in the developed photos, leading to a very special reunion.

Biography of a Photo

Two iconic photographs of conflict shape the course of history and inspire a quest for justice. This feature-length documentary film traces the life stories, the biographies, of two iconic images—one taken in Panama (1989), the other in Bosnia (1992)—that have led extraordinary existences. After their initial dissemination in the news, these two photos “grow up” and reappear in other, unexpected spheres of society; they are also, shockingly, subject to institutionalized disappearances. And amidst these twists and turns of the photos’ histories exist two individuals whose lives were forever changed by the events captured on film. To this day, Manuel from Panama and Alma from Bosnia are using the iconic photos in a painful search for justice.