My Films
Documentary films
Three award-winning films, written and directed by Gaylynn Baker.
55 min
We Know Not What We Do
“We Know Not What We Do is a love letter to the human race suggesting that we make a moral and spiritual shift in the way we live on this planet and treat each other, if we do not choose to be extinct.”
We Know Not What We Do opened the Jakarta Film Festival, won awards in the US, and Accolade Global Films awarded me a humanitarian award for writing and directing.
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The Trail of Painted Ponies
“The fate of our country and the future of our world depends on the vision of the artist - and we are all artists!”
Horses have played a major role in my life, so I was immediately drawn to New Mexico’s decision to select Starr York’s life-size horse sculpture for New Mexico artists to paint and auction to support local nonprofits. Imagine my joy when the plan for this film came together. The amazing Ali MacGraw offered to narrate on camera, and this film reflects her beauty and generosity. The Trail of Painted Ponies won Best Documentary at the White Sands Film Festival, and I won Best Woman Director.
9 min
When Buffalo Roam
“For the Buffalo!”
After working with Gary Graver, my film mentor, on 11 low-budget independent films, I longed to direct. So I accepted when Cyde “Looks For Buffalo” Hand, a Lakota Indigenous leader, called to tell me it was my job to save the last wild herd of buffalo at Yellowstone. Thus began the wildest learning curve of my life. The result is this nine-minute film, narrated by Peter Coyote, which won at the New York International Film and Video Festival.
Awards
Accolade Humanitarian Award
- Accolade Humanitarian Award · 2015
- Jakarta Film Festival opener
- White Sands Best Documentary & Best Woman Director
- New York International Film and Video Festival
