Project Highlights

Including Samuel, 2007, 2009
Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about inclusion before he had his son Samuel seven years ago. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. The examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities as a civil rights issue. Over the past four years, Dan Habib has documented his family’s efforts to include his son Samuel, 7, in all aspects of school and community. Pinehurst was responsible for editing through finishing on this wonderful project. National PBS broadcast September/October 2009.

Consuming Kids The Commercialization of Childhood, 2008
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids. Produced by the Media Education Foundation.Pinehurst Pictures & Sound did Color Grading/Color Correct.

Return of the Cuyahoga, 2008
For centuries, the Cuyahoga River has been on the frontier. When the United States was a new nation, the river literally marked the western frontier: beyond it, all was unclaimed land -- Indian territory. The Cuyahoga was the place where "civilization" ended; but civilization had it in for the river. By 1870, the river was on a frontier of a different kind: the industrial frontier. For on the river's banks sprouted the country's pride and joy -- a burgeoning, spouting multitude of factories, a booming display of what was called progress. But the river, as it flowed through Cleveland, became a foul-smelling channel of sludge, with an oily surface that ignited with such regularity that river fires were treated as commonplace events by the local press. A co-production of Florentine Films/Hott Productions Inc., WVIZ-Idealstream, Cleveland, America's River Communities. Pinehurst created the sound design, and web video.

Through Deaf Eyes, 2007
Pinehurst did sound design for Through Deaf Eyes,a two-hour PBS documentary that explores almost 200 years of American history: the experience of the Deaf community in the United States from 1814 to the present. The program aligns the broad sweep of U.S. history with the experiences of deaf people, showing how major social, economic, medical, and technological shifts in America have changed deaf lives. It is propelled by the stories of people, both eminent and ordinary, and conveys a broad range of perspectives on what it means to be deaf. Produced by Florentine Films/WETA. Pinehurst was responsible for sound design.

Niagara Falls. 2006
Pinehurst did sound design for this film shot in spectacular high definition videography, on-the-scene interviews, and quirky archival images, the film tells the story of the nation’s first great symbol. The camera takes us right to the edge of the falls via helicopter and boat; we see newsreel footage, weddings, scenes from the 1953 romantic thriller “Niagara” (Marilyn Monroe in a “torrent of passion”), and much, much more. Produced by Florentine Films.

The Peace Patriots. 2005
Narrated by actress and Air America Radio host, Janeane Garofalo, this feature-length documentary film follows a diverse group of individuals, ranging in age from 14 to 75, including middle and high school students, college students, teachers, clergy, and war veterans from Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, as they take part in vigils, marches, theater performances, and civil disobedience sit-ins to protest the U.S. invasion and on-going military occupation of Iraq. Produced by Robbie Leppzer. Pinehurst did the sound design and DVD authoring.

Atomic Testing Museum - Las Vegas, NV - 2004.
Pinehurst created the 5.1 surround sound for the main theater. We also color corrected, mixed and on-line edited selected components, and created the DVD's for museum playback. Project producer: Monadnock Media.

McGraw-Hill Publishing - New York, NY, - 2004.
Pinehurst produced the companion video and DVD for the textbook Educational Psychology 2nd Edition, by John W. Santrock.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - Hyde Park, NY - 2004.
Pinehurst edited Four Photographers, Four Visions. A theater presentation of photographic images of America taken between 1935 and 1942 by great photographers of the Farm Security Administration, including Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn and Gordon Parks. Project producer: Monadnock Media

TOMBOYS!: Feisty Girls & Spirited Women - 2004.
On this project Pinehurst created a DVD for this 30 minute film produced by Julie Akeret. The film celebrates the life and spirit of tomboys, aged 12 to 92. The DVD has about 45 minutes of bonus features. Based on the book by Christian McEwen.

Writing Alone and with Others - 2004.
A companion DVD to the book by Pat Schneider. The DVD contains new interviews of Pat Schneider, and is a virtual writing workshop. The disc contains many writing exercises that will help you become a better writer. Produced with Florentine Films.

The Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium - Dubuque, Iowa - 2003.
Pinehurst did the editing and the 5.1 sound design on Barging Ahead. A short theater presentation of a trip down the Mississippi River on a barge tow. Project producer: Monadnock Media

Divided Highways - 1997.
Pinehurst did the sound finishing on this Emmy award winning documentary on the Interstate Highway system. Produced by Lawrence Hott, and Tom Lewis. Awards: Emmy for Outstanding Historical Programming. National PBS broadcast October 1997.

Ken Burns - Florentine Films -BASEBALL - 1994.
Pinehurst principal Rikk Desgres was the Editor on BASEBALL Eighth Inning: A Whole New Ball Game. Part eight of a nine part series on the history of baseball. The film deals with the turbulent 1960s, the increasingly active players' union, the sagging popularity of the game, which reflected the social upheaval of the nation. Sponsored by General Motors Corporation. Awards: Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series 1995. Produced by Ken Burns. National broadcast PBS, September 1994.