Saints of the Last Days
Jim Harmston (photo by the Salt Lake Tribune)
Absolutely, God Told Us To Do This
Brand Thornton, one of the militia that has taken over the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon.
An Interview with one of the Bundy gang.
Pete Santili covering the event.
On the road from Burns, Oregon, to the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge.
The Balkan Route
The final report on the refugee trail, describing how they travel from Athens to Germany.
Music: Crossroad Metamorphosis and Super FM Dub by Hayvanlar Alemi.
Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen
Walking from the Greek border to Gevgelija, Macedonia.
Gevgelija, Macedonia.
A Syrian with two babies, near Gevgelija.
Check point at the transit camp on the Serbia/Croatia. Slavonski Brod, Croatia. We were allowed to photograph the refugees but not talk to them.
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Slavonski Brod transit camp, Croatia.
Transit camp at Sentilj, Slovenia.
Waiting to cross into Austria from the transit camp in Sentilj, Slovenia.
A team of medics from Norway at the Sentilj transit camp.
Inside the tent at the transit camp in Passau, Germany.
Passau, Germany
Afghan volunteers at the transit camp in Passau, Germany.
On the Ferry from Lesbos to Athens
Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen
On the Isle of Lesbos
Interviews with refugees as they arrive on the beach, having crossed the Aegean Sea in rubber rafts.
Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen
Newlyweds. They left Afghanistan after her family tried to force her to marry another man.
When the boats reach the shore, children are lifted out first by volunteers. This girl is crying for her mother who is still in the boat.
Children are wrapped in space blankets when they reach Lesbos because they are wet and cold from crossing the sea.
Volunteers and journalists waiting for the boats to arrive. Some volunteers swim out to meet the boats.
The volunteers create two lines and help each refugee out of the boat. Most of the people in the boat are Hazara from Afghanistan
Little boy sitting on his life jacket next to his float and getting warm after reaching the shoreline a few minutes earlier.
Mother and son resting after crossing the Aegean sea. The Turkish shore is in the background, six miles from the shore of Lesbos.
On the Border of Greece and Macedonia
Four days ago, the European Union decided to allow only refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan into Northern Europe, stranding thousands of people at the Idomeni transit camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia. This report is from the Idomeni camp, where a variety of protests are ongoing by Iranians, Pakistanis, Moroccans, and Somalis who say they'd rather die than be sent home.
Photos by Camilla Q. Madsen
Macedonian police blocking the border. The rail track goes from Greece to Macedonia.
Men from Pakistan and Bangladesh are protesting and asking why they are not being let through to Macedonia: "We wouldn't have come here if we didn't have problems at home," a man from Bangladesh says (right).
Moroccan men protesting the border control. The protesters have made a coffin with the name Achraf. He is one of two men (allegedly) killed by Serbian Police two days ago while illegally crossing the border to Croatia at night.
Iranian men sewed their mouths shut to protest against the border controls of the Balkan Route.
Military and police from Greece and Macedonia guard the border.
People have been putting up tents along the train tracks.
Young Moroccan man lying motionless on the ground. After a while, the Red Cross came and carried him out. Many of the people are afraid the border will open any minute. Therefore, they don't go to the camp area to eat and drink, causing some to faint from dehydration.
The Refugee Trail
A Somali refugee at the Sandholm Asylum Center outside Copenhagen, Denmark, November 12th, 2015.
Timothy John Hinman of Third Ear invited me to speak about podcasting at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival on November 9th, and I was supposed to return home today, November 14th. But instead of going home I've decided to rent a car and drive south, following the refugee trail (backwards) to the Greek island of Lesbos. The refugees I've spoken with here in Copenhagen have told me amazing stories and I feel an obligation to record as many as I can. So I'm going to drive south through Europe, finding refugees moving north and ask them: "Why did you leave home? Where are you going? What has happened along the way?" I should be able to get the story produced and posted by the end of November.
Your donations will be very much appreciated.
Refugees at Central Station in Copenhagen, Denmark, November 13, 2015.
Refugees getting information from a volunteer at Central Station in Copenhagen, November 13, 2015.
Two refugees being escorted off the train in Malmo, Sweden.
The Death of Ruth Tuck: A Docu/Drama
A story for Halloween from the archives (1986). I wanted to make a documentary about how our culture deals with death and dying, but then decided it would be better to do it as a docu/drama, with some actors and some "real" people. My friend Ken Larsen wrote and directed the dramatic parts. I interviewed doctors, morticians, grave diggers, etc. The main character, Ruth Tuck, is completely fictional.
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Trump Supporters
Donald Trump is in the news a lot, but we don't hear much from his supporters. I figured Nevada was a good place to find some.
Music by Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes, Bugs Buny's Greatest Hits; Iceburn, In the Desert.
The West Desert
A story (produced in 1989) about the Great Salt Lake Desert.
Music by Pauline Oliveros, Lear from the album "Deep Listening"; Neil Young, Married Man from "Neil Young and the Bluenotes".
A Tour of Burned Churches, Parts 1-4 (website version)
College Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, Knoxville, TN. July, 2015.
Part One of a tour of churches that burned in the ten days following the shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Music by Gentry Densley
God's Power Church of Christ, Macon, Georgia. July, 2015.
The second stop on a tour of churches in the South that burned following the Charleston massacre on June 17, 2015.
Music by Gentry Densley
This is where the church used to be. The burned remains had been cleared away, leaving only the sign. Greeleyville, SC, July 2015.
Part three, in Greeleyville, S.C., where the cause of the fire was determined to be a lightning strike.
Music by Gentry Densley
The church burned down and was cleared away. Warrenville, SC, July, 2015.
The final episode, in Warrenville, SC, where whites and Blacks may or may not get along.
Music by Gentry Densley
Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, July, 2015.
A board with signatures outside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, July, 2015.
A Tour of Burned Churches, Part Four: Warrenville, SC (fixed)
The burned church was cleared away, now only the sign remains. Warrenville, SC, July, 2015.
The final episode, in Warrenville, SC, where whites and Blacks may or may not get along.
Music by Gentry Densley
A Tour of Burned Churches, Part Three: Greeleyville, SC
The burned remains of the church have been cleared away.
Part three, in Greeleyville, S.C., where the cause of the fire was determined to be a lightning strike.
Music by Gentry Densley
A Tour of Burned Churches, Part Two: Macon
God's Power Church of Christ, Macon, Georgia
The second stop on a tour of churches in the South that burned following the Charleston massacre on June 17, 2015.
Music by Gentry Densley
Outside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
A Tour of Burned Churches, Part one: Knoxville
College Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, Knoxville, TN
Part One of a tour of churches that burned in the ten days following the shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Music by Gentry Densley
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina