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Reimagining Our Cities
Content Project
Population loss and industrial collapse scar cities around the globe.  People in post-industrial, blighted neighborhoods are taking action to make their communities a better place to live.  While transitioning their cities from polluted wastelands to environmentally sustainable communities, these urban heroes tell an international story we all share.
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Crisis Call 211, a documentary about families struggling in today's economy, and the impact of cuts to the social safety net
Content Project

From Emmy award-winning filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz, CRISIS CALL 211 is a documentary film that will present a powerful portrait of the effects of America's prolonged economic recession, as well as the impact of billions of dollars in budget cuts to the country's social safety net, from the vantage point of families in crisis who are searching for help.

Food for 9 Billion
Content Project
Food for 9 Billion is an independently produced feature series for public radio and TV that examines the social, environmental, economic, political, and technical dimensions of humankind's struggle to put food on the table. Production partners are Homelands Productions and the Center for Investigative Reporting; primary outlets are Marketplace and PBS NewsHour. 

 

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Peace Corps Voices
Content Project
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, this hour-long radio documentary will portray experiences of volunteers from every decade, in every region, using audio they recorded while serving. The archive recordings from the field will be complemented by contemporary interviews with the returned Peace Corps volunteers and with historians who've written about the Peace Corps.    
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What's in the Heart
Content Project

What’s in the Heart is a documentary film that takes a life-affirming look at remarkable Native American people and their efforts to heal systemic ills that stem from centuries of social injustice and human rights violations caused by the US government onto Tribes.  The film profiles Native American people and their initiatives that are making a positive impact in the health of their communities.

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COOKED
Content Project

COOKED, a feature documentary film and engagement campaign, starts with one of thedeadliest heat waves in U.S. history and evolves into a serious yet quirkyexploration into the politics of disaster. Along the way, it presents questions and "best-case" scenarios - the kind every U.S.city could (and should) ask, answer and strive for.

What if poverty were treated as if it were an "emergency"? Can we turn the nation's obsessionwith "disaster preparedness" [fast becoming a growth industry] into amovement built on the preemptive power of community resilience?

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The Terrors of Basket Weaving
Content Project
The Terrors of Basket Weaving is a short film thriller about a woman who becomes possessed after discovering a basket near her beach home.  Based on a short story by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley.  
Bridge the Gap: Lakota Sioux
Content Project

Bridge the Gap is an internationally-recognized, entertainment web series about cultural exchange that empowers young people to alleviate global poverty. This proposal is exclusively for "Bridge the Gap: Lakota Sioux", a six episode web series to be filmed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 2010.

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Rose & Nangabire
Content Project
Explosive ethnic violence in Rwanda spread into the Democratic Republic of Congo, separating Rose Mapendo from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Over a decade later, mother and daughter are reunited in the US where they must face the past and build a new future.
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Listen Up! Northwest: A Community Radio Collaboration
Content Project

Listen Up! Northwest is a weekly collaborative community radio program focused on environmental, social and economic issues, creative culture and, above all, civic engagement in the Northwest. Currently aired on ten stations, it is the only regional community radio project of its kind.

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