Moms, 56 minutes, 1999. 45 American mothers talk about motherhood, its pleasures and discontents. A funny, poignant, and evocative reflection of what has been called "the hardest job in the world."

Vote for Me: Politics in America, 4 hours, 1996. (Co-Produced with Paul Stekler.) A major series for public television on the culture of American politics, from politicians to wardheelers to lobbyists and scandals. Peabody Award and duPont-Columbia Award Winner.

Louisiana Boys — Raised on Politics, 52 minutes, 1991. (Co-Produced with Paul Stekler.) From Huey Long to David Duke, a freewheeling history of "the world's northernmost banana republic." DuPont-Columbia Award Winner.

The Japanese Version, 56 minutes, 1991. What happens to American popular culture when it gets to Japan — a portrait of intercultural mixing.

L.A. Is It with John Gregory Dunne, 53 minutes, 1990. Meditations on the culture of Los Angeles, featuring the author of True Confessions and The Red, White, and Blue.

American Tongues, 56 minutes, 1987. The differences in the way Americans speak and the attitudes people have about regional and social accents. Peabody Award winner.

Yeah You Rite!, 28 minutes, 1984. An entertaining look at the way people in New Orleans speak, and how it reflects the city's culture.

El Mosco Y El Agua Alta (Mosquitoes and High Water), 25 minutes, 1983. An ethnographic portrait of the Spanish-speaking Isleño trappers and fishermen of Southeastern Louisiana.

The Ends of the Earth: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, 69 minutes, 1982. A portrait of the isolated oil-rich area south of New Orleans, long the fiefdom of outspoken segregationist Judge Leander Perez, and its struggles as it moves into the 1980s.

The Clarks, 1979. A verité look at the life of a family living in a New Orleans housing project.

Changing the Channel: The Renovation Question, 1977. An inquiry into the gentrification of New Orleans neighborhoods. One of the first TV programs on the subject.