Documentaries
One More Lap
Watch the film ↗In a Tennessee forest, dozens of athletes carry weighted packs around a 2.5‑mile loop every hour, on the hour, until only one person remains. What begins as a test of endurance and willpower becomes a window into why certain people choose to suffer.
Harvest
Watch the film ↗Industrial agriculture has made food cheaper and more abundant than at any point in human history, and it has quietly stripped the ground it comes from. In Prince Edward Island, regenerative farmer Jordan MacPhee works against that current, growing organically to feed his community and to build toward a future where food is valued for more than what it costs.
Maestro
Watch the film ↗A heart surgery survivor embarks on an emotional journey to learn about his past and reunite with Dr. Vaughn Starnes, the renowned cardiothoracic surgeon who saved his life as a baby. Along the way, he learns the true nature of the operation that was performed on him, and develops a deep appreciation for the gift of life.
About
Raphael Dael is a documentary filmmaker and a film production graduate of Loyola Marymount University.
Drawn to adventure and to stories that would otherwise go unnoticed, he uses nonfiction filmmaking to explore individual struggle and the pursuit of greatness and change. He has directed three documentaries: One More Lap, which follows competitors through an endurance race in the Tennessee backcountry; Harvest, a portrait of a regenerative farmer in Prince Edward Island working against an industrialized food system; and Maestro, which traces his own journey from surviving three life-threatening heart surgeries as an infant to reconnecting with the surgeon who saved him. Raphael also creates promotional content for local businesses and aims to keep making documentaries that reveal the extraordinary stories inside ordinary lives.
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