Jack C. Newell

How (not) to Build a School in Haiti

Development, history, and colonialism collide when a seemingly simple aid project spirals out of control in Haiti. Headstrong American Tim Myers clashes with Haitian leader Anselme Saimplice, forcing a reckoning on privilege and power.

Grasshoppers

Star-crossed immigrant lovers roam their gated community drink-by-drink in search of the perfect house.

Mercury in Retrograde

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. Over the course of three days in this comedy/drama, hidden tensions and secrets slowly come to the surface.