Jackie Nova

Moms on the Road: Africa: : -- From the blistering heat of the Mkata Plains to the torrential rains of the Sagara Mountains, this episode of Expedition Africa leaves the explorers at the mercy of nature. Pounded by the rain, they have trouble navigating Africa's tough terrains.

Ernest (Jeffrey Chyau) at the front desk of THE MOTEL, written and directed by Michael Kang. Photo: Jonathan Grassi Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean American man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.

The Motel -- The Motel

Motel -- A strange researcher and a janitor are exploring the nature of time with Q-tips in a cheap motel room when a 'real-estate agent' on her way to a very important meeting has a stomach emergency and has to use their bathroom.