Matthew Westfall dedicates his career to addressing poverty in the developing world, both through his work overseeing urban infrastructure investments and as an award-winning filmmaker and writer. His films tackle intractable urban issues like megacities and slums, earning international acclaim and broadcast worldwide. As an advocate for change, Westfall has also authored significant publications on the urban sector. His first narrative nonfiction work, The Devil's Causeway, delves into the history of his adopted country.
The epic, forgotten story of a tragic military rescue mission as the Spanish- American War in the Philippines became a violent guerilla war between the United States and native Filipinos, and the Heart of Darkness story of American POWs in an unforgiving, foreign land.