George Mardikian
The Near East Foundation, known initially as Near East Relief, spearheaded this first great mobilization of international humanitarian assistance in the United States, in September 1915, in response to the Armenian Genocide. Driven by the conviction that ordinary citizens had the collective power to save the lives of people coping with adversity, the organization's efforts helped save more than one million lives.
Omid
A USC Graduate Thesis Film about a nine-year-old Persian boy in 1992 Los Angeles who thinks a pair of Air Jordans will make him fly.
Translator
コピーショップで働き退屈な毎日を送るジェリー。一卵性双生児の兄の葬儀からアパートに帰ったジェリーの携帯が鳴った。「30秒でFBIが到着する。今すぐ逃げなさい」。シングルマザーのレイチェルはひとり息子を楽団の演奏旅行に送り出した後、同じ女からの着信を受ける。まったく面識のないこの2人に共通するのは、見知らぬ女性からの電話。その声に従い引き合わされた二人は、FBIからも追われる身となる。
Self
This film sheds light on the little-known history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. It seeks to advance a sense of place and identity for thousands of African-Americans by exploring the invisible history of slavery in Leon County.