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Five Blocks
Content Project

Five Blocks is a journey through the trials and tribulations of a community struggling to transform from “skid row” into a vibrant neighborhood filled with promise and hope. A determined yet shaky coalition must redeem the area without casting aside the poor and underserved. It may be their last chance.

 

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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.

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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We The People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Pictures + Words
Content Project
A photojournalism exhibition/ book/ film project which seeks to explore and challenge the stereotypes and stigmas applied to blacks and Latinos living in New York City's public housing projects.
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Harlem's Mart 125: The American Dream
Content Project
Harlem’s Mart 125: The American Dream is a documentary that tells the tale of the epic struggle and complexities surrounding the redevelopment of Harlem.
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The Need to Move
Content Project
"The Need to Move" focuses on a highly topical issue: The current situation of nomadic minorities in Europe. Giving a very personal and unique inside view into Irish Traveller life, this documentary reveals crucial points and discovers the real causes for existing social problems in and between two different societies.
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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?

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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Good Fortune
Content Project
Through intimate portraits of three individuals living in the poorest areas of Kenya, GOOD FORTUNE explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit.
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