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Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness explores the biography and the philosophy of controversial psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, in particular paying attention to the legal implications and social consequences of his theories. The film centers around a spirited debate between Szasz and Dr. Herbert Pardes (President, American Psychiatric Association) concerning a dramatic, fictionalized case history, and also incorporates provocative questioning by such luminaries as William F. Buckley, Jr. (editor, The National Review), Alan M. Dershowitz (Harvard Law School), and Karen DeCrow (Past President, National Organisation of Women). Yet this film is more than a traditional documentary. By using cinematic and narrative strategies that raise questions about the factual and/or fictive film material, the movie's techniques mirror the philosophical issues at the center of Szasz's thought: the audience must continually think, and repeatedly re-evaluate, their socially-conditioned attitudes toward those labeled 'mentally ill'. The result is a complex, entertaining, and even-handed portrait of Dr. Thomas Szasz and his philosophy.

An experimental drama/documentary about old age. Filmed on site at two Summer camps for senior citizens. The film incorporates reenactments, jokes told by seniors, and interview materials, all presented in a good-natured, often humorous manner constructed, in part, by the seniors themselves.

The story of a young filmmaker commissioned to document the saga of the only European refugees allowed into the USA during WW11. This is an autonomous work made for high school and university courses in American History and Jewish Studies, based on material from Shapiro's Prisoners of Freedom.

ONE BLOCK AT A TIME is an exploration of a tableau narrative structure. A lonely woman contemplates suicide. A middle age psychiatrist consoles her middle age friend who is contemplating suicide. Two middle age men walk the streets of their city reminiscing about their history. A restaurant that used to be a bordello, and other seemingly disconnected moments all ask the audience to create connections of story and theme.