There must be something in the water. Over the past year, multiple media and film organizations have released useful, eye-catching, and comprehensive guides to impact production. And they’re all free, to boot. Whether you’re an old hand, or just beginning to explore the field of impact production, there’s certainly good reason to take advantage of all this summer reading.
On June 21, our film Radical Grace had its U.S. premiere at AFI Docs. The film follows three feminist nuns as they shake up the Catholic Church and American politics in their pursuit of justice. What better place to tell the sisters' story than in the country's capital! We had an incredible weekend at the festival where we took second place in the audience choice category. For a full festival recap head over to the Radical Grace blog.
Last week, Nieman Lab published an article about The Counted, a new endeavor from The Guardian to track shootings by police in the United States. This project is more than just muck-racking data journalism.
During this Thursday's premiere of The School Project's third segment, "Restoring Justice", young documentary filmmakers from Free Spirit Media explored the impacts of discipline policies on students, school communities, and society.
<p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tonight is the premiere of The School Project's third segment, <strong>Restoring Justice</strong>! The School Project Team is honored to welcome mayoral candidate <strong>Chuy Garcia</strong> to our conversation tonight on educational justice! </span></p>
Starting February 6th, @home will have broadcast premieres in cities across the country. Stations in Arizona, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, and Minnesota will present the film for the first time.
It's an opportunity for audiences across the country to engage with their local homeless service organizations to support people experiencing homelessness. Over the past year, we’ve shared stories on our Facebook page and Twitter feed about the struggles and triumphs around this issue.
On January 22, The School Project teamed up with University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research to present film, research, and discussion tackling the issues of Chicago's unprecedented closure of 49 neighborhood schools in 2013.
Read more about this night on our Storify at: https://storify.com/theschoolpr/chicago-school-closings
Watch the second segment of The School Project's 5-part series: Chicago Public Schools: Closed, in the run-up to our screening and panel discussion at the University of Chicago tonight.
Considering the upcoming mayoral elections, the latest installment of The School Project which revisits the 2013 CPS closures is well-timed for giving background on the current debates in education.
