Hand-processed and painted Super 8 on video (4:30, 2005)

Alternative Forms of Energy examines the grassroots production of biodiesel fuel as a metaphor for the production of the handmade short film. The film captures the stuttering approach to experimentation, full of false starts and unexpected triumphs, through hand-processed and hand-painted imagery and an interview with Steve Fugate, founder of the Yoderville Biodiesel Co-op.

Screenings and Awards:
Best of Iowa, Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Iowa, 2006
Second Place, Jakobsen Graduate Student Conference, University of Iowa, 2006
Max Allan Collins Film Expo, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa, 2006
Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Portland, Oregon, 2006
Hi Mom! Film Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2006
Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX, 2006
“Power of the People Don’t Stop!”, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, Oregon, 2006
EXP24, Leeds, England, 2006
Flicker Spokane, Washington, 2006
Flicker Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2007
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, Michigan, 2009
Michigan Film Festival, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2009