The Furor in Coal Country

A canceled Hollywood actor travels to Pittsburgh in an attempt to revive his career and ends up involved with a group of wannabe left-wing terrorists.

"There are researchers who have carefully studied the life and work of Aleister Crowley and who believe that he succeeded in tapping into the very same twilight realm that is home to the so-called alien 'grays' who practically dominate the modern era of UFOology." Nick Redfern, "Final Events"

Vincent Eirene is a peace activist and advocate for the homeless living in Pittsburgh, PA. I've been friends with Vincent for two decades, so it's only natural that at some point we'd get together to talk about his protests at Carnegie Mellon University. This school, like many others, is an integral (and often unacknowledged) part of the American war machine.

Donald Trump Parking Lot, a tribute to the classic Heavy Metal Parking Lot, documents one of your more unappealing tailgate parties. In it, we learn what the younger generation thinks about immigration and children without access to clean water. Commissioned by Skyhorse Publishing to promote the book The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump’s America.

yr. still the one video by Lenny Flatley featuring Amanda Rose Helbig screened for VCLA at Nonplussed Fest 2017

The Healing Church is a pro-Cannabis Catholic community based in Rhode Island. I made this video — twelve minutes of cops and Antifa, conservatives and conspiracy theorists — when they came to Pittsburgh to host something called the Make America Great Again march and rally. It was recorded on DVD and then captured again in 640x480 for a video art installation, and the video effects were created on an analog video synth emulator called Cathodemer.

Lauded by some, despised by others, Mike Roselle is one of the most controversial figures in the crusade to protect the environment. Mike has succeeded in stopping a lumber project by spiking trees, struggled with death threats and the car bombing of fellow activist Judi Bari, endured countless days in jail, infiltrated the Nevada Test Site to delay nuclear bomb detonation, helped put a gas mask on Mount Rushmore’s George Washington, and aided actor Woody Harelson in draping a banner up on the Golden Gate Bridge. He has spent over thirty years fighting back against big business, negligent management and the lawless actions of the government itself for the safety and preservation of our great earth. In this brief video, Mike talks about the threat that mountaintop removal strip mining poses to the environment of the planet and the people of West Virginia. For more information: climategroundzero.org/

PATTY HEARST 2.0 is an experiment in combining documentary and staged footage. It was filmed last spring and premiered (in a slightly different form) at BLOCKBUSTER MICROCINEMA on May 19, 2017. This is a companion piece to my short documentary THE HEALING CHURCH.

A grudge match between archetypes, filmed on Hi8 camcorder. From a play written and directed by Ben Hickling. Premiered in Pittsburgh at Blockbuster Microcinema on Jan. 28, 2018.

An interview with a young woman about her life as a Satanist with bipolar disorder. It was filmed in 2017 and edited in 2018. The video graphics were done with Cathodemer analog video synth emulator. Premiered in Pittsburgh at Blockbuster Microcinema on Jan. 28, 2018.