I've always been curious in why different people believe the things they do and do the things they do - in the different ways that people live..

Balancing the complex point of view in the edit room was mostly a matter of challenging ourselves to keep digging deeper..

I took a leave of absence from the internet company where I was working and bought a camera and a copy of Final Cut Pro editing software and made my ….

I love to just listen and watch. I could happily watch a security camera at a store. Often during a day I'll see a guy selling pretzels or an argumen….

I loved watching documentaries and had wanted to try making one for years - I'd just put it off as other opportunities arose. But I felt like time wa….

There are some audiences who are uncomfortable with the ambiguity, though. They want a film to chew their food for them, they want Hollywood endings ….

I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might be giving you misinformation. Sometimes it….

I think this is one of those issues where the deeper you dig, the murkier it gets - and everyone who has spent a lot of time thinking about these iss….

I have a point of view on the issues, but it's a complex point of view that really can't be summed up in a sentence or two. I'm not being intentional….

I don't think that any law enforcement got in trouble for the event in Eugene where police sprayed the tree-sitters who were protesting the cutting o….

Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is cutting timber good o….

At a certain point, you have to stop being precious with your material and be cruel and harsh and judgmental..

It was our goal to dig into the characters and really try to find out why they think the things they think and why they do the things they do - and w….

I have wondered if I might be placed on a watch list of some sort by the government, though. I know that the documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who….

I think if the extremists were happy with my films, I'd start to worry..