Category: The Angle

This “Spaces” segment is dedicated to the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City. I spent several weeks documenting and witnessing first hand the critical work this non-profit organization performs, touching the lives of those returning from prison, their families and society at […]

I had an idea. I always have ideas, so that’s nothing remarkable. Very few of my ideas are remarkable, but I often attempt them anyway. We had so much fun in what we’d call, season one, of The Angle. I wanted to consider all work […]

Grateful that the great Paradise Gray stopped by our studio set-up in Pittsburgh in 2011 to share some of his words of wisdom, insight and reflections. Here’s his thoughts on love.

Mark and Christine Cato allowed our cameras to visit them one morning at their Morningside home in Pittsburgh, PA. They have two sons, Devlin and Lucien, and several pets as well as three chickens in their backyard. The chickens provide them with eggs and often […]

Steps of PittsburghExplore Pittsburgh’s Many Steps & Staircases By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide (pittsburgh.about.com/od/about_pittsburgh/a/steps.htm) While located at the point of three intersecting rivers, the city of Pittsburgh is also uniquely surrounded by hills – and lots of them. The city, in the words of newspaper […]

Busboys and Poets is a community gathering place. First established in 2005 Busboys and Poets was created by owner Anas “Andy” Shallal, an Iraqi-American artist, activist and restaurateur. After opening, the flagship location at 14th and V Streets, NW (Washington DC), the neighboring residents and […]

We were so elated to find out we were big winners at the LA Web Fest. I treat project like a proof of life. I have to go out, pretty much every day and explore everything around me and this is the result of that […]

Paige Hernandez-Funn is one of the most talented people I have ever met. She is a renaissance woman of the highest degree. While she was at the studio doing a recordings for The Angle, I thought it might be nice to deliver a poem and […]

Spent a few days in Pittsburgh with a production partner and we filmed a whole lot of wonder folks. Spending a few hours with Vanessa German seemed like the culminating production of that journey. She is an amazing creative and multidisciplinary originally from California who […]

In the early 1800’s Rose Nicaud became the first known coffee vendor in New Orleans. Rose, a slave, saw the opportunity to provide a service to French Market vendors, workers and shoppers by providing them with fresh, hot coffee. Rose created a portable cart which […]