Richard Beck Peacock is the director of the documentary Petals – Journey into Self-Discovery. He was an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Cinema Department at Palomar College, San Marcos, California. where he taught documentary filmmaking and screenwriting. He is the author of The Art Of Movie Making: Script To Screen (Prentice Hall, 2001), co-author of Learning To Leave: A Woman’s Guide (Warner Books, 1993) as well as several screenplays including Magnetic North. His previous documentary film is Men And Childbirth. He now lives in Victoria B.C., Canada.

Early on, Peacock recognized the brilliant photographic vision of Nick Karras and encouraged him to publish his work. At the same time Peacock started to make a video record of the creative process and cultural conflicts Karras encountered when producing a body of photography that, by its nature, was bound to come up against basic cultural taboos. Like most documentary projects, the journey taken was full off fortunate turns and unexpected twists. As more personal levels of meaning were confronted, the subject that Petals explores became a journey of self-discovery for both the participants, the filmmakers and the Karras himself.


Arwen Hunter is a producer well versed in a variety of production skills from Production Management to Post Production Supervisor. She has also been thoroughly involved in community media programs and events both on Vancouver Island and in Vancouver both as Producer and Public Relations.

As an editor she contributes an invaluable perspective on the field. As Gamut Production's Post Production Supervisor, she has worked on a wide range of video. Last year Arwen edited Educational, Marketing, Commercial, Experimental Film and Web Streaming in amidst her own productions.

Compatibility Test, a 20 minute Romantic Comedy has recently completed post production at Gamut. Arwen Co-Produced CT with PreHumous Productions (Il Fated, 2005 Leo Award Winner).

Other projects include Here Are The News, a biographical documentary about the life of the northern Yukon journalist Edith Josie, airing on CBC in 2006.

Arwen is currently undertaking the monumental project about Canada's de Havilland Beaver bushplane intended for the Discovery Channel. Deemed the best plane ever built, it remains in demand 50 years later, as a large piece of Canadian pride.