James Yates

Películas

Better Living Through Chemistry
Editor
In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.
From Earth to Sky
Editor
From Earth to Sky explores the work of seven unique and accomplished Indigenous Architects as they design and complete extraordinary 'buildings' in cities and communities across North America and Turtle Island. Beautiful and intimate, the film sparks a vital conversation paramount to transforming perspectives on how we approach our built environment.
The Corporate Coup D'État
Editor
A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the insights of experts with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the Midwest where the steel industry once flourished, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate. It is here where Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters.
Todos los gobiernos mienten
Editor
odos los gobiernos mienten habla de los nuevos periodistas, aquellos que dejan a un lado los intereses gubernamentales y vuelven al origen: a contar la verdad por encima de todo. Poner cara y voz a aquellos periodistas de investigación que destaparon temas como el caso Snowen (Glenn Greenwald), las fosas comunes en la frontera de México (John Carlos Frey), el escándalo del Watergate (Carl Bernstein), entre otros.
Girls' Night Out
Editor
Director Phyllis Ellis's television program argues that pop culture and alcohol company marketing have created a binge drinking problem for some young women.