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Urban

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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The Anderson Monarchs
Content Project
The Anderson Monarchs is about an all-girls soccer team competing, living, and thriving in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia.  Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as “Sports Team” of the year, they were also hailed as “the future of American Soccer” in the London newspaper, The Guardian.
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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.

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Beyond Bullets: Americans Using Media To Stop Gun Violence
Content Project
Media has fueled our nation's deadly gun violence epidemic, so Beyond Bullets is using media to change the message about gun violence and become part of the solution. By putting cameras instead of guns into the hands of youth, Beyond Bullets distributes youth-created anti-gun violence videos and starts community conversations about ways to stop the carnage.
If Trees Could Talk
Content Project
IF TREES COULD TALK is a national, prime time PBS special and educational outreach initiative focusing on the vital importance of trees.  Through the use of stories, interviews, and imagery that evoke wonder, love, and reverence rather than doom, anxiety, and fear, this film will motivate viewers and engage them in environmental preservation and restoration.
 
Zydeco in Northern California
Content Project
This radio documentary, on the zydeco community of California, will be produced with an eye toward creating a character-driven narrative, exploring how Louisiana Creoles have maintained their ethnic identity by recreating their musical culture in the Bay Area.
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Rise of the Phoenix
Content Project
Rise of the Phoenix is a feature length documentary that examines how the unprecedented transformation of China's economy is changing the roles, rights and status of modern day Chinese women as witnessed by four or five women from very different social and economic backgrounds. These intimate and sometimes heart-breaking stories reflect a remarkable sexual revolution redefining one-fifth of the world's population despite a gender-biased tradition.
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Always in Season
Content Project
With film and virtual reality, Always in Season takes an integrated transmedia approach to telling the story of the lingering impact of almost a century of lynching African Americans until the mid-1960s.  Our documentary feature highlights the emotional journeys of relatives of the victims, perpetrators and spectators who are turning harm to hope with grassroots efforts towards reconciliation and restorative justice, and our virtual world locale, Always in Season Island, extends the film’s message by giving audiences an experiential look at the social climate that made this form of racial terrorism possible.
BUSK!
Content Project
BUSK! is a character-driven documentary about how an emerging cultural center like Charlotte, NC can – (and should!) – encourage street art and performance. With an inquisitive and playful spirit, the film follows the lives of four local street performers to promote an understanding and appreciation for art that reaches beyond the walls of a gallery, theater, or concert hall.
Equal Time
Content Project
Equal Time is a fresh, new public affairs television show, examining issues important to California as a whole.  It is produced by the San Jose State School of Journalism and Mass Communications, airing on KTEH (PBS).
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