Joe Tropea

Sickies Making Films

Joe Tropea

Pat Moran, John Waters

A love letter to film history, Sickies Making Films looks at our urge to censor movies and asks, Why? By focusing on the Maryland Board of Censors, the nation's longest lasting censor board, we discover reasons both absurd and surprisingly understandable.

Hit & Stay

Skizz Cyzyk, Joe Tropea

A feature-length documentary about priests and nuns who protested the Vietnam War by breaking into draft boards, destroying draft records, and then waiting around to be arrested. Their actions inspired a movement, which shaped the anti-war movement and helped bring an end to the draft.

Fugazi's Barber

Joe Tropea

An energetic rollercoaster mixed media film capturing a piece of DMV history and the confluences of music, culture and family.