b-activists: Martin Sheen tells us that poverty is not an accident- Watch The...
Along with being a renowned actor in film and television (I’m sure there are some West Wing buffs reading this), Martin Sheen has become known for his activism, be it anti-war efforts, his support of...
View Articleculture shockers: HBO documentary shows a woman who was beaten “Every F—ing Day”
photo courtesy of hbo.com The film, “Every F—king Day of My Life,” showing on HBO shows how one woman, Wendy Maldonado, endured severe beatings every single day of her life, in front of her neighbors...
View Articleb-activists: John Legend wins BET Humanitarian Award and “shows” the power of...
photo courtesy of africare.org According to an article published in the Washington Post, many people believe that “we will never fix education in America until we eradicate poverty,” and go along with...
View Articlebecause we found it: Journalist dismantles Hurricane Katrina’s social...
photo courtesy of correctionsproject.com This week, Texans are experiencing a more intimate portrait of Hurricane Katrina, within a new form of art which dismantles a film and pieces together the...
View Articleb-side chats: Our talk with those behind HBO’s “A Small Act” who show the...
photo courtesy of cinereach.org A young teacher from a modest home in Sweden sent a small donation through a school’s global education fundraiser. Years later, Hilde Back, a Holocaust survivor,...
View Articlebecause we found it: Abigal E. Disney shares what docs you should be watching
From our friends at Witness: This post is part of our occasional series in which winners of the WITNESS Award (which we present at Silverdocs) discuss their top 3 picks from among social justice/human...
View Articlebreakthrough beat: “Welcome to Shelbyville” explores what it means to be...
photo courtesy of shelbyvillemultimedia.org We’re a proud promotional partner of the film, Welcome to Shelbyville. The film takes you to small town, Shelbyville, Tennessee where the community...
View Articlebecause we found it: “Moving the Mountain” remembers Tian’anmen Square...
Check this out! News of this screening came across our office this past week: photo courtesy of IMDB In commemoration of the 1989 student-led protests in Tian’anmen Square, Link TV partnered with...
View Articlebecause we found it: TONIGHT – tune in to “This (Illegal) American Life” tonight
photo courtesy of current.com Tonight at 9pm/8c, Current TV will premiere This (Illegal) American Life, a one hour documentary about the millions of undocumented students and workers in the United...
View ArticleDESERTED: The Human Rights Crisis On Our Soil
When I traveled to Arizona with Ishita to create Checkpoint Nation, I wrote: It was the first time I had experienced the overwhelming size of the desert sky. The sunset was magnificent, and the endless...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....