In Development

Newtown Kids

Documentary Short

In the early 1990’s, a community member in Staunton, VA takes it upon herself to start a youth program for the children and teens who live in the historical black neighborhood surrounding Johnson Street, also known as Newtown. Of the many group activities provided for these young people, one of the most endearing activities was, sitting down with black community elders, listening, asking questions, and learning what life was like in Staunton for these black educators, business owners, professionals, and families, some 30, 40, 50 years prior when Jim Crow and segregation was still law. More so, these conversations between young and old were, amazingly so, captures on home video.

This Project is currently in development
in Partnership with DV Entertainment

Avenida Central

Feature Length Documentary

A concentration of Latino owned restaurants open for business just a few years apart in a neighborhood dominated by multiple modern banks and unused parking lots. What seemed to be a promising new beginning for a mostly hidden minority population along Central Avenue, the events of a single day force these restaurateurs with an unexpected and uncertain decision; to give up on their dreams, or to stay and persevere. Avenida Central (Central Avenue in Spanish) is a story of how people from completely different Latin American roots find themselves in the small city of Staunton, VA, open up shop in the same neighborhood, and how a community rallied behind them in the midst a global pandemic and a local natural disaster.

Currently In Production
In Partnership with DV Entertainment

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