Documentaries can change the world.  

We engage audiences who can make a difference.

16 Bars Film
A riveting look at music made behind bars and the reentry issues that face returning citizens.
Phil's Camino Film
An inspiring portrait of resilience in a man who defies odds to walk Spain’s most ancient pilgrimage and views his cancer as a gift.
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A look into a future where advanced technologies and personalized medicine intersect to help patients cope with chronic diseases.
Straws Film
A family-friendly prize-winning exposé of the environmental damage done by straws, as told by environmental researchers, activists and marine biologists.
Scarred Lands Wounded Lives Film
The ecological and human ramifications of war, from technological development and natural resource exhaustion to weapons testing and modern warfare itself.

Our goals  

Reduce recidivism. Reimagine health care. Promote sustainability. Advance social justice. Enhance education. Protect the environment.

We are singularly focused on inspiring social change

  • Our currency: Documentaries. Documentaries that tell a story. Documentaries that make a difference.
  • Our calling card: Impact campaigns. Campaigns that raise awareness among key constituencies.
  • Our partners: Strategic co-distribution alliances that expand impact in the educational and consumer markets.

Campaign highlights

  • Converted California’s third largest tourist attraction—Pier 39, 12 million annual visitors—from plastic to paper straws.
  • Created, co-funded first-ever Bioethics Film Festival at The Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute on Bioethics, Fall 2020
  • 16 BARS: 20 community screenings; over 20 nonprofit partners; 15 theatrical screenings in 10 major US cities; first-ever national Virtual Screening, Q&A and Community Engagement Workshop.
  • PHIL’S CAMINO: 5 fast-start Covid19-response virtual screenings for cancer patient support and advocacy partners; over a hundred community screenings; 10 “influencer” partners; Legacy Film Festival Opening Night.
  • STRAWS: Youth Impact Campaign – 65,000 student viewers in 200 classrooms; 20 screenings at 2018 EarthX Foundation.

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