Meeting everyone that lived there was the hardest part and the best part of the trip. Everyone had such a sad story of devastation and loss, but spirits were so high. People kept telling us how wonderful we were and how thankful they were.

It was good to get home. I took a lot of pictures, but it doesn't justify any of the devastation that went on down there. These people have nothing. It was great to come home and reflect on all the good things that I still have.

The message films that try to be message films always fail. Likewise with documentaries. The documentaries that work best are the ones that eschew a simple message for an odd angle. I found that one of the most spectacular films about the Middle East was 'Waltz With Bashir,' or 'The Gatekeepers,' or '5 Broken Cameras.'

For years, the Bush Administration eviscerated all the military and legal structures that were designed to separate the innocent from the guilty in the 'Global War on Terror.'

I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.

'Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream' is an intentionally angry film. How could it not be when the chance of an infant dying is five times greater on the Bronx Park Avenue than on Manhattan's Park Avenue just across the Harlem River?