video still from Excess Baggage, 2007

The protagonist in Excess Baggage tastes each of the chocolates in the box; she wears all her underwear, piles on layer upon layer of clothes. She carries the rest of her indecisions, like garments, in her suitcase - until she discovers that none of her options are that important, so she discards them one by one. In this fantasy, she is rewarded for freeing herself by being granted the perfect man, one who is handsome and compliant, and in the protagonist's power, without having to work at finding him or face the confusion of choosing him. Yet even here she may not be free of doubt. Is he the joy she has yearned for or will he be another burden and source of doubt and indecision? Is it the chocolates or the man?

video still from Excess Baggage, 2007

My first foray into documentary filmmaking takes a close-up look at all aspects of body hair removal for both sexes, revealing the down-low on current trends from manscaping to brazillians. A variety of methods are demonstrated and explained including plucking, shaving, waxing, sugaring, chemical depilation, electrolysis and mechanical epilation.

video still from Body Hair Removal, 2008