A Day in the Hype of America A DAY IN THE HYPE OF AMERICA, a feature documentary filmed entirely on December 31st 1999, offers a savvy critique of the hype and hysteria that made the arrival of the millennium such an anticlimax. Set against the cacophony of the unrelenting media circus, the stories of four Americans take us back into the heart of the millennial zeitgeist. A DAY IN THE HYPE OF AMERICA unveils a shrewd commentary on the conditions which have turned America into a culture of fear.
	We Are Refugees Filmed over the course of 8 months in the mountains of Northern India and Nepal, WE ARE REFUGEES takes us inside the lives and minds of two of Tibet’s newest refugees as they adjust to life in exile. Featuring Lobsang Chenjor, a 68-year-old monk and former political prisoner who escaped to India to “spread the message of what is happening to Tibet.” Also featuring Tsering Lhamo, a 15-year-old girl from Lhasa who escaped to obtain the education she couldn’t receive in Tibet.
	What Would Jesus Play? WHAT WOULD JESUS PLAY? is a five-minute short film analyzing the role religion plays in sports. Through a series of vignettes profiling active religious athletes, ‘WWJP?’ sheds some light on the interdisciplinary relationship between sports and religion, and gets to the bottom of the rhetorical question that many a sports fanatic has pondered.
	Ground Zero & Union Square On September 18th 2001, armed with an illegally obtained press pass, I entered Ground Zero and stood over the mass grave of the World Trade towers. Risking serious repercussions I shot video of what I saw that night, both inside and outside of ground zero. I edited the footage into a 6-minute short film, which can only be viewed here on this website. -Brian Q.