Stories in Film

These short films bring together original music, photographs, artwork, memory, and place. Each one expands a song into a visual story, creating another way into the people, histories, and experiences that shape the work.

The Quiet Side of You

A deeply personal portrait of my son Rockford and the language that exists beyond spoken words. Through original music and illustrated family photographs, The Quiet Side of You explores autism, communication, and the limits of what the world knows how to measure. The film turns toward what has always been present: Rocky’s rhythm, curiosity, intelligence, and unmistakable way of moving through the world. It asks what becomes possible when we stop searching for what is missing and learn to listen to what is already there.

You Give Ice A Bad Name

A handmade meditation on freedom, fear, power, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. You Give Ice a Bad Name moves through a series of hand-drawn words, questioning what happens when ideas like liberty, safety, and the American dream collide with their human cost. At its heart is a simple invitation: to look closer, remember our shared humanity, and ask who we choose to be.

Gaslit Country

On the surface, Gaslit Country swings with rhythm, confidence, and a little theatrical shine. Beneath the polish is a quieter tension, exploring the ways truth can be reshaped until we begin to question what we know. Moving between the public and the personal, the song is ultimately not about shouting, but seeing: recognizing the performance, trusting your own experience, and refusing to carry someone else’s version of the truth.

Swallow Glass

A glimpse inside the process of making art during one of the most difficult seasons of my life. Swallow Glass follows a piece from its beginnings through layers of paint, embroidery, image, and meaning, revealing how the act of making can become a way to hold what is painful, give it form, and ultimately transform it into something else.

Inherited

A deeply personal exploration of inheritance, loss, and the father I knew largely through the stories and objects he left behind. Through original music, family photographs, and memory, Inherited asks what we carry from the people who came before us, and how their absence can continue to shape a life.