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Santa Camp

92 mins feature documentary / Directed by Nick Sweeney / HBO 2022

Each summer in the woodlands of New Hampshire, aspiring Kris Kringles convene at Santa Camp. When three “nontraditional” recruits join the ranks of their fellow Clauses, they begin an uphill battle in the struggle for acceptance. After camp, our newly minted Santas return home with hopes of changing their own communities’ relationship with Santa Claus.­ Premiered at the DOC NYC FiIm Festival, 2022.

Watch full length on HBO MAX

Running in North Korea

44 min documentary / Directed by Carl Hindmarch / Olympic Channel, 2019

The journey of two Olympians as they travel to Pyongyang to participate in the 2019 Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon and meet fellow Olympians from North Korea.

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The Oxy Kingpins

1hr 20mins feature documentary / TYT 2021

The Oxy Kingpins follows the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a million people in America.

Premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, 2021

Link to Variety Critic Review

VICE on HBO: Various Episodes

23 min TV episodes x 10 segments / HBO, 2013-2015

Emmy Award winner for “Outstanding Informational Series or Special”, 2014

Full list of segments cut on show:

Season 1 (2013): “Assassination Nation”, “Mormon Lost Boys”, “Tobaccoland”, “Nigeria's Oil Pirates”

Season 2 (2014): “Heroin Warfare”, “Surveillance City”, “Armageddon Now”

Season 3 (2015): “Haitian Money Pit”, “Egyptian Tomb Raiders”, “Rent a White Guy”

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Weediquette: Colombian Gold

23 min TV episode / Viceland, 2017

Multinational corporations are moving to Colombia to set up a global weed supply chain. But will Colombia’s pot farmers, long under the thumb of FARC rebels, join in or fight back?

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Terror: Various Episodes

44 min TV series x 3 episodes / Viceland 2016

Suroosh Alvi travels the world tracing the roots of the global jihadi movement to today’s most feared terrorist groups.

Winner of the Canadian Screen Awards for "Best News or Information Program” 2018

Watch “Al Qaeda” full length (password needed)

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia: Fungal Fairy Tale

23 min TV episode / Viceland, 2017

Hamilton Morris ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.

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Takanakuy: Fistfighting in the Andes

Excerpt from 20 min documentary / VICE, 2011

Thomas Morton travels to Chumbivilcas Province, Peru to take part in Takanakuy, a festival on Christmas Day consisting on dancing and of individuals fighting each other to settle old conflicts.

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States of Undress: Communism, Cam Girls and Kidnapping

44 min TV episode / Viceland, 2016

Hailey Gates travels to Romania, in the midst of the largest protests since the fall of communism, to find out what it’s like to be the first generation of women raised in the EU.

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Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

35 min documentary / VICE, 2012

Thomas Morton travels to the Kyrgyz countryside to follow a young groom as he surprises his teenage girlfriend with the gift of marriage/kidnapping.

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Balls Deep: Mr. Banks Goes to Washington

44 min TV episode / Viceland, 2016

First Lady Michelle Obama recruits Thomas to join the interagency effort to end veteran homelessness, and bring one newly-homed vet to the White House.

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VICE Guide to Everything on MTV: Various Episodes

22 min TV episodes x 8 segments / MTV, 2010

In this segment VICE heads to the Israeli-occupied territory of the West Bank, where bored Palestinian youth steal cars, trick them out in chop shops and go racing in the streets of Ramallah.

Full list of segments cut on show: “Reindeer Racing”, “Neomelodics”, “Russian Mobsters”, “The Bulletproof Tailor”, “Lowriders”, “Border Militias”, “Sri Lankan Child Soldiers”, “Korean Boy Bands”

School of Surf

22 min web series / VBS, 2009

Two high school surf teams: one from Malibu, California and one from Ocean City, New Jersey. The two teams couldn’t be any more different but what they have in common is the dream to become professional surfers.

VICE Guide to Karachi

40 min documentary / VICE, 2012

Suroosh Alvi explores the seedy underbelly of this ultra-violent metropolis of more than eitheen million people, and meets the players who make Karachi one of the craziest cities on earth.

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Running in North Korea

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The Oxy Kingpins

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VICE on HBO: Various Episodes

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Weediquette: Colombian Gold

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Terror: Various Episodes

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Hamilton's Pharmacopeia: Fungal Fairy Tale

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Takanakuy: Fistfighting in the Andes

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States of Undress: Communism, Cam Girls and Kidnapping

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Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

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Balls Deep: Mr. Banks Goes to Washington

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VICE Guide to Everything on MTV: Various Episodes

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School of Surf

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VICE Guide to Karachi

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