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“Few women fight wildfires. That’s not because they’re afraid of flames.”

—The Washington Post

FILM

& video

feature films
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Healing US (2023)

Editor, Producer

Each year, 68,000 Americans die due to lack of adequate healthcare. Meanwhile, last year President Biden received double the amount of funds from the healthcare lobby than former President Trump. Yet polls have shown that 70% of Americans support switching to a universal model. After losing a million Americans to COVID, are we finally ready for something new? Something better?

 

It’s time for the American people to start caring for one another. HEALING US is a call for unity, a cry for help and a voice for hope in the battle for healthcare justice.

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ANCHOR POINT  (2021)

Producer, Editor

Women have been a force in wildland firefighting since 1942.
Still, they remain outnumbered 10-to-1 on the fire lines and do double-duty battling both the infernos that scorch public lands and the smoldering embers of discrimination, misogyny and sexual harrassment that continue to supress their voices.

Told in cinema verite, ANCHOR POINT chronicles the 2019 fire season through the eyes of two women, generations apart, as they push to change the culture of wildland fire.

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"Same-Sex Attracted" (2020)

Producer, Co-Director, Camera, Editor

"SAME-SEX ATTRACTED" is an incredibly powerful ensemble piece that presents the real, never-before-seen experience of being queer at “the Lord’s University."

In "SAME-SEX ATTRACTED", two LGBTQ alumni follow a handful of their fellow LGBTQ and Same-Sex Attracted peers at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University (BYU) as rumors of a potential relationship between the school’s only unofficial LGBTQ student group and the administration bubble up from the underground queer communities around campus.

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short films
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Rock-Bottom LGBTQ+ Resilience: Post-Traumatic Growth and Self-Grace
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Rock-Bottom LGBTQ+ Resilience: Post-Traumatic Growth and Self-Grace

Dr. Lisa Tensmeyer Hansen gives a presentation on Rock Bottom Resilience with her experience as a researcher and clinical provider for LGBTQ individuals. Learn more about Dr. Hansen at FlourishTherapy.com Supported by the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition Included Videos and Sources: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/transgender-teenagers-speak-to-their-future-selves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpA1WfXMKY https://www.viacharacter.org/Account/Register#youth https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=Awr9DugG7ulddekAhR1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=chosen+family%2C+youtube&fr=mcafee#id=12&vid=dc28684a6b90d2036b28c2a63c192254&action=view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DZuUSL_F1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBhhrwYiPgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgRnxqmqzY Colpitts, E., Gahagan, J. The utility of resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding and measuring LGBTQ health. Int J Equity Health 15, 60 (2016) doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0349-1 Joiner, T. (2005) Why people die by suicide. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Long, P. G. (2019) Reclaiming Sacred Space. The Vermont Collection, 40(7) https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol40/iss1/7 Pestano, C. (2016). Creative group work using community music with LGBTQ youth: Reflections on resilience. PSYPAG Quarterly, 101, 45 – 49. Peterson, C. & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Roe, S. (2016) “Family Support Would Have Been Like Amazing”: LGBTQ Youth Experiences With Parental and Family Support, The Family Journal, 25(1), 55 – 62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480716679651 Woodford, M. R., Kulick, A., Sinco, B. R., & Hong, J. S. (2014). Contemporary heterosexism on campus and psychological distress among LGBQ students: The mediating role of self-acceptance. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84(5), 519–529. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000015
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