We Can Make It!  15 minutes, 2007 Meet an assortment of once-homeless artists as they sing and dance their way through preparations for their fourth art exhibit at the Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York. Shot and edited by their long-time teacher, the award winning artist and film maker Rachael Romero. It is an intimate document of odd ball talent, perseverance, love and laughter.

ZEN MASTER

A 19 minute documentary short
portrait of the first generation
American Zen Master John Daido Loori Roshi (1931-2009)
An intimate portrait of one of the early and foremost teachers of Zen Buddhism in the United States. John Daido Loori was the founder and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, in Mt Tremper, NY and the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order. He received dharma transmission from both the Soto and Rinzai Orders. Loori authored more than twenty books on the dharma and was a photographer and nature lover all his life. Before becoming a zen monk Loori served in the U.S. Navy, worked for a number of years as a scientist His wife, Rachael Loori Romero made this visual poem in his memory.