Tom Hippler

In the mid 1800's a family fortune is hidden deep in a cave in what is now Griffith Park, CA and a terrifying netherworld beast is tasked to guard it. Forward to present day and the lone surviving heir goes in search encountering perils and dangers that lie in wait for her along the way.

Recovered newsreel footage of Mohandas K. Gandhi's 1933 visit to Yankee Stadium.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.