Independent Films
paper walls Paper Walls
(Mixed live action and multi-media animation, broadcast video, 1992)

This "Spotlight" film for Philadelphia's PBS station, WHYY, based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," features live-action film mixed with clay-on-glass and other experimental animation techniques to tell the story of a woman losing touch with reality.

  • Screened at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, Festival of Independents
  • Cine Golden Eagle, 1993
  • Women in the Director's Chair Festival, 1994.
  • CPB Special Achievement Award
  • First Prize, South Beach Film and Video Festival