His work reflects a thematic concern for a concept of home, begun with his dissertation, A Phenomenological Inquiry into a Concept of Home. His first documentary, Shelter: Conversations with Homeless Men, was shot in North Carolina and Kansas. He then produced and directed Nicodemus, a one-hour documentary on the only surviving African-American town from post-Civil War America, Nicodemus, Kansas (selected for screening at the Athens International Film Festival).