"Born to Be" follows the work of a plastic surgeon at Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City—where all transgender and non-binary people have access to quality transition-related health and surgical care.

With extraordinary access, this feature-length documentary takes an intimate look at how one doctor’s work impacts the lives of his patients as well as how his journey from renowned plastic surgeon to pioneering gender-affirming surgeon has led to his own transformation.

"Born to Be" gives voice to those who refuse to conform to the gender norms and stereotypes. The film addresses the nuances and complexities of gender, exploring key issues around the human right to define gender for oneself.

Through the transitions of these patients, we witness the joys and torments that come with this brand-new territory—even as we see the limitations of his surgical skills, and his commitment to his new field being tested.

"No one ever thinks about the mother."

There are 2.3 million people in prison in the U.S. and every single one of them has a mother. Tosha Smith Mills never imagined she'd be one of them, but in 2019, a Texas judge sentenced her son Blake to 40 years in prison. It was a first arrest, a first offense robbery committed with a plastic pellet gun.

Distraught, Tosha surrendered to depression until something deep inside her sparked. She began to journal, and the journal turned into a best selling book on Amazon. Other mothers reached out to her -- some seeking help, others, solace. She hit the road, in the middle of a pandemic, determined to crowd-source her pain. She brought along her other son Christopher Horne who set aside his thriving career as a fashion photographer, to document. Now they want to tell you their story, and the stories of the women they meet -- the unheard voices.

The film made its theatrical debut in 2026 and Tosha and Chris have been touring the independent film festival circuit and playing to sold out houses across the country.

The House of Detention is a ten-story prison facility, completed in 1966, in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was damaged during Hurricane Katrina and subsequently has been closed by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, which operated the facility. The City of New Orleans plans to use FEMA funding to demolish the structure

While this building has played a very significant role in the history of New Orleans, most people who live and work here, including most elected officials, religious leaders, community activists, concerned citizens, historians, artists, mental health workers and others, have never been able to see the inside of this building, to walk the tiers, go into the cells, or to experience the feel of the place, which can be a very daunting and thought-provoking experience.

The footage shot for this project is available to the public by request. It's been used in "Holding Bodies: A Justice Anthology," a 2024 series made for Independent Lens, and in Robe Imbriano's New Yorker short: "A Musical Indictment of the Cash Bail System."

Jail Time Records is a musical feature documentary filmed over six years inside and beyond Douala Central Prison in Cameroon. Blending intimate vérité filmmaking with original musical performances, the film follows three incarcerated artists—Stone, Transporteur and Empereur—who find in music a means of survival, self-expression and transformation.

At the heart of the film is Jail Time Records, the first permanent recording studio established inside an African prison. Founded by artist and filmmaker Dione Roach and musician Steve Happi, the project has recorded nearly 1,000 incarcerated artists and expanded into a wider initiative supporting rehabilitation, reintegration and youth prevention through music and the visual arts.

Directed by Roach and Happi, Jail Time Records challenges conventional narratives around incarceration and asks what becomes possible when people in prison are given the tools to tell their own stories. The film premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, where it won Best Documentary Feature, Best New Documentary Director and Best Cinematography.