Lawrence Lessig’s March to End Corruption from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

A special report on a 185-mile trek through the winter cold in New Hampshire, led by activist Lawrence Lessig, to raise awareness of the crippling problem of corruption in American politics.

California’s Silicon Valley is a microcosm of America’s new extremes of wealth and poverty. Business is better than it’s been in a decade. Facebook, Google and Apple have minted hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent cities along a creek in the city of San Jose. Homelessness rose 20 percent in the past two years, food stamp participation is at a 10-year high, and the average income for Hispanics, who make up a quarter of the population, fell to a new low of about $19,000 a year — in a place where the average rent is $2000 a month.

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In the aftermath of the tragedy in Newtown, CT, the nation’s attention has keyed in on details of that horrible event. The victims: their names, ages, and accounts of the lives they led. The suspect: speculation about his motivation and mental instability. And of course, the weapons: a Glock 10mm handgun, Sig Sauer 9mm handgun, and a .223 caliber Bushmaster AR 15 rifle. The latter of the three, an assault weapon by federal definition, has inspired some to look past the object, past its North Carolina-based manufacturer, Bushmaster, to Bushmaster’s owner, Freedom Group; then a step further to the Park Avenue based Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that created and is a majority stakeholder in Freedom Group.

http://billmoyers.com/2012/12/21/citizens-hold-gun-companys-corporate-heads-accountable/

Your Voice, Your Story from World Channel on Vimeo.

Two weeks after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc across the Northeast, and more than a week after power returned to Lower Manhattan, many public housing residents in Brooklyn’s Coney Island were still without electricity, heat and hot water. Critically for some, many high-rise buildings still lacked elevator service, leaving the elderly and disabled stranded as many as 15 stories up. Though FEMA, the Red Cross and the city government all eventually set up shop on the ground in the low-income neighborhood, the work of reaching those trapped inside was left to passionate community activists, including church leaders, tenant organizations, a group known as Occupy Sandy, and a small related group called People’s Relief.

Lauren Feeney, producer/editor; Cameron Hickey, camera

Fragile Waterways travels to neighborhoods in Brooklyn, NY, the Great Lakes, Finger Lakes and Long Island to look at the challenges communities are facing as they clean up, restore and protect their lakes, canals, rivers, and the water they drink.

In Brooklyn, a debate rages among residents and government agencies on how to best clean-up and develop the much maligned and long-polluted Gowanus Canal. On Long Island, it’s a family affair on the Peconic Bay – a father changes career to grow boutique oysters, while his son works to restore a critical fish habitat. In the Finger Lakes region some residents are hoping a new drilling technology that can extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale that lies beneath their land will bring prosperity to their economically depressed region, while others fear the effects of the technology on their drinking water. And near the Great Lakes, change is in the water, as the consequences of invasive species are becoming more and more evident.

http://www.thirteen.org/fragile-waterways/

A trailer for a film about Delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention

The Delegates Trailer from Cameron Hickey on Vimeo.

Side Effects May Include… from Cameron Hickey on Vimeo.