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Artist/Film Maker Jon Whitaker set out to explore the creation and purpose behind a 'Monument,' and soon found that this path would open his eye's to a history that is all to often readily forgotten, along with a group of people that would not except that fate.

John Steinbeck was born near Chinatown in Salinas, California, a place where people of all races and nationalities gathered. He played there as a boy, even more so as a man, and its people inspired some of his best characters. I composed the music and sound for three Exhibitions at The National Steinbeck Center about the people who lived in or were touched by this place, inspired by stories as ancient as the spice trade, and as new as the great-grandchildren now being born to its elders. People of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican and mixed ancestry have been coming to the Monterey-Salinas area since the 1500s. The sounds and music they heard narrates their journey and this film.

What if people where able to grow their own vegetables and share them with others? In 2008 Kay & Frank Whatley wanted to make a difference in an economy where people where having to choose between buying food and paying their bills. This is the story of how Grow & Share started with this simple idea and grew it into a organization that brought communities together. You will meet the people whose lives were touched by Grow & Share and see how the organic process of growing food brings people together. This documentary follows the second year of Grow & Share from seeds to celebration.

A family film that unearthed secrets of abuse that took 13 years to complete.

The authoress shot a documentary film From cherries to cherries with her mother one year after the death of her father. Against the backdrop of one year in the in the garden, which the father took care of previously, they are looking together for emotional attachments to men in the family and the relationship to themselves. Although the main theme of the movie is death of the next of kins, the starting point is life itself, understanding and forgiveness.

A critique of the Ecuadorian street children crisis.