Recent Work
Conversations of Wisdom with Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx is the Cook County State’s Attorney. She is the first African American woman to lead the Cook County office, the second largest prosecutor’s office in the United States. When she took office in 2016, Attorney Foxx set forward a series of criminal justice reforms in public safety, equity, and challenging the association of Chicago with crime. Our conversation focused on wisdom, reflection, and experience in policy efforts, policy’s impact on youth, and gaining wisdom from past decisions.
white lotus rising
White Lotus Rising documents the sociocultural impact of the Ten Thousand Ripples civic engagement project for peace through qualitative interviews and statistical analysis of crime data for a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of art in low income, high crime communities.
the science of wisdom
2015 was overwrought with examples in the media of injustice and disparity. Americans banded together in protest to express their outrage with long standing issues in society. Framed against the unrest, the Science of Wisdom explores the need for a cultural shift, the academic study of wisdom, an current concepts in education that may lead to being able to better navigate the struggles of daily life for marginalized groups.
SAUDADE
Short film about intimacy and expression as a young man deals with the heartache of losing the loved one that brought him out of his shell.