"Intifada NYC" (2009)
“Intifada NYC” (2009) 46 minutes, directed by David Teague
Official Selection: 2009 Big Sky Documentary Festival, 2009 London International Documentary Festival, 2009 Scene: Brooklyn Independent Film Festival, 2009 Margaret Mead Film Festival
The opening of the United States’ first Arabic language public school provoked a firestorm of allegations that the school would teach radical Islam or even produce terrorists. As critics and the mainstream media stoked the flames in the climate of post-9/11 America, the controversy forced the school’s Arab-American Muslim principal from her job. “Intifada NYC” follows the principal’s struggle to get her job back, the outcry against the school, and the debate provoked about tolerance and freedom of speech. The film combines exclusive interviews and vérité with graphic novel-style drawings, while the original score mixes classical, jazz, and Middle Eastern styles.
Official Website and Trailer artwork by Ester Wilson
“Our House” (2010) in post-production, directed by Greg King & David Teague
"Our House" (2009)
On Dan Taylor’s first day out of prison he had nowhere to go, and faced one of the most important choices of his life: to return to his past of drug addiction or to try for something better. Through a chance encounter the next day, he met Derek, a young Christian anarchist, who invited him to move into a new and very unusual community. Called “Our House,” it was an alternative to the impersonal shelter system, providing the homeless a safe place where everyone lived communally (and illegally) in an abandoned warehouse. Besides a roof and healthy food, Dan also found new friends, a spiritual haven in a makeshift ‘prayer tent,’ and the hope of putting his life back together. But when the building is set for demolition to make way for luxury condos, Dan and the other residents must confront the inevitable end of their community and what that will mean for their futures.
“Love Suicides” (2007) 73 minutes, directed by David Teague
Official Selection: 2009 Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival
"Love Suicides" (2007)
poster design by Lee Moyer