Russell Hodge

A film about the struggles and triumphs of the Siller family after the death of their brother, Stephen Siller, a New York City Firefighter whose life was cut short on September 11th, 2001. Stephen Siller was leaving work when he heard the call that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. Stephen turned his truck around and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to what would become Ground Zero. In the aftermath of the tragedy, his family formed the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation that has raised millions for those in need. The film is their story as well as Stephen’s.

The House on Jonathan Street is a one-hour documentary that uses the accidental discovery of the significant history of a modest dwelling on a traditionally African-American street in Hagerstown, Maryland to trace the roots of middle America’s racial, economic and social interactions. Through the lens of this house, the rise and fall of the African-American community in small rust belt towns and cities across America is told.