documentary

Bare Hands & Wooden Limbs

Healing, Recovery and Reconciliation in Cambodia
BHWL, directed by Alison McMahan, produced in part by David Bruce McMahan
2009

In 1974 former Khmer Rouge commander Touj Soeurly and the fourteen year old Chhem Sip were deadly enemies. Sip was imprisoned, tortured, and just barely managed to escape with his life to the US. Soeurly lost his leg in battle.  Read more »

The Eight Faces of Jane

The Eight Faces of Jane, directed by Alison McMahan
Project Status: 
in production

Jane Chambers was a pioneer lesbian playwright, the first to to depict lesbian characters in a positive way on stage. Her plays include My Blue Heaven, A Late Snow, Kudzu and Last Summer at Bluefish Cove as well as novels and poetry. Cove has been produced continuously in the U.S. and internationally since its debut in 1980.  Read more »

Gluteus Maxximus

Gluteus Maxximus, produced by Alison McMahan
Project Status: 
in production
2010

He used to be a mechanic working out of his own garage in Indianapolis, driving a limo on the side to feed his family. Now he's the fastest man in the world - the designer and test driver of the Maxximus G-force, a street-legal car that just broke not one but three world records: 0-60 mph (2.134 seconds); 0-100 mph (4.451 seconds); and the mother of all supercar metrics, the 0-100-0 mph mark of 8.861 seconds.

How did a wrestler-turned-car-mechanic from Indianapolis get to be the fastest man in the world?  Read more »

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