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Independent Films for Projection, Education, and Communication.

Code of Silence

A short film about the decommissioning of Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, CA. The film was created with GreenAction, Marie Harrison and Bradley Angel. Hunter's Point is one of the most toxic sites the United States, noted for radioactive materials, heavy metals and asbestos. Produced for A&E. Co-Produced and Co-Directed by Susan Utell and Robert Lundahl.

I Met Dr. Munk

Walter Heinrich Munk (October 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019) was an American physical oceanographer. His contributions to the understanding of ocean temperatures and climate change affecting the West Antarctic Ice Shelves cap a long career concerned with climate, among an astounding variety of subjects, beginning with his associations with Roger Revelle and Charles David Keeling at Scripps institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Climate Change is Here: The Movie

The deadly coronavirus made its way to the United States even in the far reaches of Alaska we were advised by our United States government to stay home, stay safe

All of a sudden we were in isolation

Thanks to zoom technology offered for free hosts and media producers like myself were able to continue our work and conduct interviews and share content

In 2021 I started a podcast called Climate Change is Here

This film is a product of this important effort to make the world aware and engage them in this critical conversation about climate change and the real threat it is imposing on people, our environment and the health of both.

The Battle of Blythe

If the American left had fully championed school choice decades ago, we may be celebrating what happened in 1972 in Blythe, Calif. as the spark of a movement.

That spring, the Mexican-American community’s frustration with the public school system boiled over, spurring creation of a scrappy “freedom school” that became Escuela de la Raza Unida, which still exists today.

This lost story from a remote desert town is steeped in the progressive politics of another era.

In Chicano Pride. In empowering the “poor.”

Even in Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.

Recipient Best Documentary Film Award Tulalip Tribes Hibulb Cultural Center and Museum Film Festival.

Sacred Glass

“Sacred Glass” features the work of stained glass artist Lisa Maywood, as she restores stained glass windows from St. James By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in LaJolla, CA.

Freak Show: Andy Warhol In La Jolla, 1968

With the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Marilyn Monroe Foundation, Tim Bessell and Robert Lundahl/RLA collaborated to create a cultural/historical short titled "Freak Show: Andy Warhol in La Jolla, 1968." Will Griffith, Executive Producer.

Filmmaker, Robert Lundahl, with Tim Bessell. Andy Warhol, Joe Dallesandro, Eric Emerson, Tom Hompertz, Taylor Mead, Ingrid Superstar, Viva, Louis Waldon. Narrated by Tim Bessell. Voices of Andy Warhol, Joe Dallesandro. 2015 © Robert Lundahl & Tim Bessell.

Dead Men Tell No Lies

Journalist Tim King (Salem-News.Com) revisits his old base, El Toro Naval Marine Air Station, to witness its decommissioning and report on the toxic legacy there.

Turning the Titanic

ADDY AWARD WINNER San Diego attorney and environmental policy expert, John Reaves, discusses the Fee and Dividend concept for addressing climate change globally. Produced by Robert Lundahl & Associates, LLC. ©RL | A 2011. Contact: robert@studio-rla.com

Comment from Caterina Linman:

An excellent video. It explains the concept clearly, and it shows the benefits really well. It takes the often depressing topic of Climate Change and shows a hopeful strategy for addressing the issues.

For Robert Lundahl, after an Emmy® Award Winning 15 years in Silicon Valley corporate communications, which had sent him to 23 countries, the ride was over.

In a new era defined by social media, Facebook, Google, and eventually SpaceX, the billionaires took over. Energy projects foisted upon rural communities and Native American antiquities demonstrated clearly, they didn’t care.

For Lundahl, whose childhood memories seemed a call to action, something needed to be said, and done. Former Clinton White House writer, Lura Lee, engaged him for this interview about the film that was born from a conflict of values, “Who Are My People?”

Secrets in the Ice is a video press release for clients Empowered Energy Solutions and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It discusses the work of Charles David Keeling, the Keeling Curve, and the foundations of Climate Science at Scripps. ADDY AWard Winner.

Nature’s Touch Climate Change is Here Radio and Podcast Promo. With The Greenbelt Society, Hunter College and Pratt institute.

The Rise and Fall of High Times

in 2018, when states' legalization of cannabis was at a pace, I bid on a contract to provide communications services to High Times Inc,. creating their first "Reg A IPO". Wall Street had discovered cannabis and the work provided in managing messaging, early adopter outreach, and supervising a young team of contributors takes on new meaning today. High Times is dead.

The Global Media Brand Empire died even as former Coca Cola Mexico CEO, and former Mexico President Vicente Fox added leverage to the Board,

The incredulous story is explored today in a book-to-be, with sections on high spirited and irrational exuberance, and optimism in a market not yet ready, soon to appear on Substack as ”The Rise and Fall of High Times.”

This complex and interesting trailer for the independent film, “Who Are My People” is a coup d’etat of editorial skill and storytelling in just over one minute. Featuring Preston Arrow-weed {Quechan).

The Village of Tse Whit-Zen

A 1,700- to 2,700-year-old village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe located along the Port Angeles, Washington waterfront, it was located at the base of Ediz Hook on the Olympic Peninsula.

During construction in August 2003 of a graving dock associated with replacement of the Hood Canal Bridge, the village's cemetery and other prehistoric remains were discovered.

The construction project was abandoned at this site because of the importance of the find, as the village was intact. It is the largest pre-European contact village site excavated in Washington State.

The Last Oasis

A story about what we have to lose on account of reckless development in the name of the “Green Economy” at Ash Meadows.

Lithium in America

Lithium in America tells the not unfamiliar story of industry and government pushing forward huge energy projects with market driven exuberance despite local opposition and failure to consult with tribes.

The film shines a light on these questionable practices as we interview leaders and members from 5 tribes with respect to 4 major projects in 3 states that are bellweathers of policy today, and which represent a common mindset and set of practices, however misguided.

According to Popular Mechanics Magazine,

"This high concentration is found primarily at Thacker Pass in Nevada, and is already a controversial mining location. The area, also known as Peehee Mu'huh, is the homeland of many indigenous tribes and played an important role in its historical clash with U.S. soldiers. An indigenous organization dedicated to protecting the site even called potential mining operations a form of “green colonialism,” and is also engaged in stopping a mining site on the Oregon side of the caldera as well.

Apart from its cultural impact, any mining project in the area could also affect groundwater levels for local farmers and ranchers, not to mention its disruption to local fauna, such as pronghorn antelope, golden eagles, and sage grouse.

Right now, the McDermitt Caldera is a 40 million metric ton lithium conundrum with no clear answer."

Aztec Sickness (Save the Geoglyphs) 4K Ultra High Definition Music Video

Jess Fig Jesus Chuey Zapata Figueroa lays down some sick tracks in support of ancient geoglyphs threatened by large solar development.

This video is shot at the Blythe Intaglios, giant human figures visible from space, and related to hundreds of others populating the desert along the Colorado River from Needles to Yuma.

Geoglyphs are also found outside San Diego, and East as far as the Phoenix area in Arizona.

In the midst of production on the feature length, “Who Are My People?’ accompanied by global PR outreach, Chuey Zapata, aka Jess Fig, or Jesse Figueroa wrote and perormed “Aztec Sickness.” It covers the credit sequence of the motion picture.

Jesse, with a mix of indigenous heritage including Chemehuevi, Opota, Yaqui and other Nahuatl speaking tribal roots, joining 6 million other Nahuatl speakers from Salt Lake City to Tenochtitlan (Mexico City).

The song’s title is a double entendre, since there was an actual Aztec Sickness in history, co–incident with the smallpox epidemics, following European contact. it was known as "Cocoliztli," which was likely caused by a deadly form of salmonella or possibly a hemorrhagic fever.

The disease, along with smallpox, played a significant role in the decline of the Aztec Empire. Here, Jess Fig enjoys a modern performative experience at the “Blythe Intagios,” human forms up to 200 ft. in length, etched into desert patina by long passed relatives.

The Business of Lavender

A visit to Angel Farm with Cathy and Leon Angel immerses one in fragrance and color to the delight of the senses. It is exerpted from the Feature Documentary “Harvest Dreams,” which profiles four farms and four farming families on Washington’s beautiful Olympic Peninsula.

Documentary reel including clips from Digital Journey: Stories From a Networked Planet, Public Television series produced for Sun Microsystems. Produced, Written and Directed by Robert Lundahl. Robert Lundahl & Associates, LLC. © 2010, Robert Lundahl.

Bad Soil

This is a short film about the housing crisis of 2008/2009 and what has become known as the Great Recession. The 2008 financial crisis was primarily caused by derivatives in the mortgage market.

The issues with derivatives arise when investors hold too many, being overleveraged, and are not able to meet margin calls if the value of the derivative moves against them.

In the community of Hutto, Texas, families bought houses only to find, in a short period of time, that construction defects plagued their new investments. Cracks in driveways, walls, and ceilings were common, along with shifting, popping, and other "poltergeist" like events.

It turns out the developer built these homes on expansive clay soils, prone to swelling and retracting. HUD documents were forged to disguise the situation.

These former cotton fields had other tales to tell, however. As foundations split, it turns out the ground underneath is contaminated with arsenic. Kids playing in the yard would be subject to these toxins.

State of Texas requirements for voluntary cleanup had no enforcement and homeowners were stranded with mortgages underwater from close to the moment of sale, as home values plummeted and developers refused to buy back properties.

Written by Robert Lundahl and Susan Utell and and directed by Robert Lundahl. Created for A&E Network.

"Success"

“Success” describes local success and personal transformation engendered at Palo Verde College.