Tracing canals
Year: 2022
Location: Phoenix, az
Camera: Panasonic s1H
Produced under NAU graduate school, documentary studies
Water is life, especially in the desert. Phoenix, Arizona, is the 5th largest city in the country, with over 5 million people to date, but without water, it would not exist. The history and functionality of water canal systems in Phoenix trace back to the origins of the ancient people of the Sonoran Desert (note: The O’odham people living in the region today refer to these ancestors as Huhugam while archaeologists tend to use the term "Hohokam") Phoenix rises from the ashes on the shoulders of history using the precious resource of water. "Cement, Earth & Water: Tracing Our Canals" speak with experts in the field to understand the history of water in the valley of the sun and debunks the mystery behind the ancient canals onto which Phoenix's current water system is built.
Healing calls
Year: 2022
Location: oracle, az
Camera: Panasonic s1H
Produced under NAU graduate school, documentary studies
Musician Raquel Denis Explores her roots as she focuses on a budding music career. Her music is ripe with rich and complex emotion that permeates the core of what it means to live through trauma and transmute pain through art.
Lawns in the Desert?
Year: 2022
Location: Phoenix, az
Camera: Canon c200
Produced under NAU graduate school, documentary studies
‘Why Lawns in the Desert?" Focused on the specifics of the why. Why do Phoenix homeowners make the decision to maintain a lawn in a desert landscape? You decide what the future for the Sonoran desert will hold.