GREYWATER STUDIOS

Greywater Studios is a film and video production house dedicated to independent documentary production following environmental and cultural issues spanning from complex relationships between power, place, water, land, labor, and agricultural methods. the taste of a cherry tomato or bite of mac n’ cheese can send one traveling through intertwined histories while nurturing possible futures!

In addition to long form projects, short form videos lift up artists and the arts, showing how “art” is an expansive field that goes beyond object making, encompassing scientific research, community building, play and so much more.

Amari Becker founded the company in 2017 under the name Mad Queen Productions. Over time, a consistent thread revealed itself to show a dedication to place-based stories, a love for land and an exploration of difficult, sometimes contradictory situations and/or people. Greywater is untreated waste water (sink, laundry, baths, and non-food kitchen wastewater) that can be used again for irrigation, toilet water, and other non-potable uses. Permitting around greywater varies from place to place, as wastewater in some places (like along the Rio Grande) is required by law to return (treated) to the river to flow downstream for further irrigation or drinking water use. The complexity and possibility of grey (or gray) water became a kind of guide post, and so Mad Queen Productions was changed to Greywater Studios in 2024.

Collaboration is a key aspect of filmmaking. All of these projects were made with others, some spanning multiple years until completion.

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