Documentaries

True Stories by Hayes Keith Davis

All I Need Is Time: Chapter 3 (2000)

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Personal Documentary

My mom Lucina Davis, a former USO Singer during Vietnam, must use music to cope with her struggle to care for her husband, an Air-Force veteran (also during Vietnam), during his gradual death due to Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease.

In Chapter 3 of 7, the American Dream becomes the American nightmare when we must sell our home to pay bills.

All I Need Is Time: Chapter 4 (2000)

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Personal Documentary

My mom Lucina Davis, a former USO Singer during Vietnam, must use music to cope with her struggle to care for her husband, an Air-Force veteran (also during Vietnam), during his gradual death due to Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease.

In Chapter 4 of 7, the decline of my father's memory forces us to return him to a nursing home.

The Wasteland (2024)

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A found-footage experimental documentary short

A visual essay about humankind's ascent into the technological age and the legacy it leaves on a new generation.

Neighbor

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Documentary short

CiCi Ramirez was my neighbor. One afternoon, he shared stories with me about playing the trombone and life in Santa Fe, NM, which spanned since the beginning of the 20th Century.

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Making Bunny's Dark Castle

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BTS Documentary

My old roommate Noah Zisman made a 16mm film that stars his sister and a wind-up Bunny doll. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at the despond of art and film.