Why America Sucks at Everything feat. David Cross
2021 | 13 minutes | USA | The Gravel Institute
Directed and edited by Tymon Brown | Written by David Cross & David Oks | Animators: Alex Noelke, Austin Hochstatter, Logan Devlin, Reid Hildebrand
America: the greatest, richest, freest country in the world – or is it? David Cross, of Mr. Show, Arrested Development, and The Dark Divide, joins us to discuss why Americans, despite living in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, have a much worse standard of living than people who live in poorer countries. The "American Dream" isn't just dying: it's dead and buried. Cross tells us why.
Children of the Moon
2019 | 17 minutes | USA | Interzone Pictures / Small Rice Field Productions
Directed by Tymon Brown and Will Klein / Edited by Will Klein / Cinematography by Tymon Brown and Will Klein / Produced by Mac Smullen
Children of the Moon is a documentary short about the consequences of leaving an all-consuming way of life, and the lasting effects of a radical paradigm shift on one's relationship to themselves and others. Three people born and raised in the Unification Church (a cult formed in Korea in the 1950s), all having left the Church in their adulthood, examine their experiences within and without the cult that for them defined the entire universe. Intimate interviews combine with impressionistic home movie footage to explore the realignment of faith and values faced after leaving the Church, and the effects of that process that still linger in their current lives.
Bangladesh: The Hidden Genocide
2022 | 11 minutes | USA | The Gravel Institute
Directed and edited by Tymon Brown / Produced by Nashwa Zaman and Tymon Brown / Animated by Ivan Rulyov
The story of Pakistan's 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, and how America's leaders, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, helped sponsor a genocide.
A Fragile Peace: Inside Brexit and Belfast
2021 | 26 minutes | USA/Ireland | Maci Duffi Productions / Small Rice Field Productions
Directed by Rory Duffy
Edited and Produced by Tymon Brown / Cinematography by Tymon Brown, Rory Duffy, Michael Rogan
The island of Ireland is in crisis. In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed, putting an end to a thirty-year conflict known as The Troubles and ushering in an era of peace - a peace which is now threatened by the specter of Brexit.
Suburb Scheming
2012 | 3 minutes | USA | Small Rice Field Productions
Directed, edited, and shot by Tymon Brown
A look at Aaron Maine (Porches, Frankie Cosmos) and his plans to change his life for the better.
914: The Westchester Music Scene
2009 | 11 minutes | USA | Small Rice Field Productions
Directed, edited, and shot by Tymon Brown
Featuring Aaron Maine, Steve Yankou, Ian Reilly
A series following the intrepid people that comprise the ever-changing, ever-growing and ever-awe-inspiring music and art scene in Westchester County, New York.