Ganapati: A Spirit in the Bush  (45 min.) 1986


Filmed on location in India, Thailand, and Kenya, this work explores the void that we have created between ourselves and other creatures by focusing on the historical relationship of humans and elephants specifically, and the deep implications of our dissociation from nature. The work earns its polemical stance by force of its compelling subject matter. 

Permanent Collection, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal (1989)

Exhibitions / Featured:
·Premiered: National Video Festival/American Film Institute, Los Angeles
·Feature presentation: Convergence Video Conference, Montreal
·Broadcast on WNET 13 (NYC) and WGBH 2 (Boston)                       
·Featured in "Social Studies,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC                                                                                                               
·Featured in Asia Society's "Independent Film and Video on Asia", NYC
·Flaherty Film Conference, Wells College, Aurora, New York

Awarded:
·Grand Prize”, Yugoslavian Biennial (1986)                                              
·Honored at La Semaine International Video Festival, France         
·Honored at Global Village Documentary Festival, NYC                  
·Honored at National Educational Film and Video Festival, NYC          
·First Prize, "Endangered Species,” exhibition, Rice University, Houston