Feature documentary. SXSW, HotDocs!, Woodstock, Big Sky, Palo Alto.
Drones, IVF, thinking machines, and the Unabomber are explored in this meditation on the impact of technology upon our humanity. Please contact me@annhusaini.tv for the password to see this film.
VOD & iTunes through Sundance #ArtistServices.
Short documentary. New York Times Op-Doc; official selection of 32 film festivals, including Hamptons, DOCNYC, AFI Docs, Aspen, Seattle IFF, Palm Springs, San Francisco IndieFest, Nashville, and FLICKRS Rhode Island.
A portrait of fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz, an underground hero of the American food movement.
Feature doc. Slamdance, SF Docs, Atlanta.
Amateur porn producer Dan Leal struggles to reconcile his desire for true love with his porn career. Warning: this film contains explicit content. Please contact me@annhusaini.tv for the password.
Non-explicit IFP marketing film
Feature documentary. 2004 Whitney Biennial.
A joyful celebration of Carnival culture in Trinidad. This is the ending spectacle of the film.
Documentary feature. Best Documentary, Hamptons International Film Festival; Whitney Biennial, HotDocs!, SXSW, Munich, Amsterdam, Thessaloniki.
Follows the relationship between Atlanta singer Margie Thorpe and her mentally ill mother, Alma. The "documentary equivalent of the Southern Gothic novel." (New York Post).
In this sequence, Alma discusses Jim Thorpe's drinking habits and their marriage with Margie and Jim. Full film available on request.
Feature and television documentary. Tribeca Institute, Cine Las Americas.
In the lingering aftermath of the U.S.-Mexican War, the border town of Laredo, Texas created an annual debutante ball unlike any other. Las Marthas follows two Mexican American girls carrying this gilded tradition on their shoulders during a time of economic uncertainty and tension over immigration.
This scene explains why wealthy Tejanos decided to dress up as characters from Euro-American history : to prevent gringos from lynching them and stealing their land.
Documentary feature. Best Documentary, Hamptons International Film Festival; Whitney Biennial, HotDocs!, SXSW, Munich, Amsterdam, Thessaloniki.
Follows the relationship between Atlanta singer Margie Thorpe and her mentally ill mother, Alma. The "documentary equivalent of the Southern Gothic novel." (New York Post).
In this scene the family discusses Alma's first major breakdown and hospitalization. Full film available on request.
Feature documentary. Whitney Biennial.
A joyful celebration of Carnival culture in Trinidad. This scene visits Christian and Voudou churches, both of whose traditions have had profound influence on Carnival.
Feature documentary. Whitney Biennial.
A joyful celebration of Carnival culture in Trinidad.
This scene shows a training school for Moko Jumbi, or stilt walkers, who play a huge role in the Carnival parades.