Backbone Media - Projects
Backbone Media produces documentary films, videos and installations. Noel Schwerin's projects have been broadcast nationally on PBS and have won awards and critical praise.

A Question of Genes
A two-hour national PBS Special about the ethical, legal, social and philosophical implications of genetic testing.
Freud Under Analysis
A profile of the creator of psychoanalysis and his controversial legacy fifty years after his death. Broadcast nationally by PBS on NOVA.
The Big Spill
A look at the failure of technology and policy in preventing, containing and cleaning up the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Broadcast nationally by PBS on NOVA.
Can We Make a Better Doctor?
and So You Want to be a Doctor?

A portrait of six aspiring doctors as they go through their medical training. Broadcast nationally by PBS on NOVA.
Just Passing Through
A profile of two juvenile delinquents in a wilderness rehabilitation program. Broadcast on PBS by KBDI/Broomfield, Colorado.
Yellowstone's Burning Question
An exploration of the natural and scientific response to the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park. Broadcast nationally on PBS on NOVA.
X-RAY VISIONS: A Story in Medicine
A public art installation incorporating photographs made from filmmaker Noel Schwerin's x-rays and excerpts from her clinical record.
ASSEMBLAGE 26
A showcase of Noel Schwerin's x-ray art in the architecture and design theory journal.