WALKING IN FORGIVENESS

Client: TAKEPART / PARTICIPANT MEDIA

Director / DP: Ian Spencer Cook

Misty Wallace, who was shot in the face by Keith Blackburn when she was 18, finds forgiveness after sending him a Facebook message. Now they volunteer for Bridges to Life, a restorative justice program that guides inmates and their victims through the forgiving and reconciliation process.

STANDING UP FOR KINDNESS

Client: LOCAL VOICES

Director: Lee Hirsch

Susan Guess and her 13 year old daughter know a thing or two about bullies. At eight, Morgan was bullied at school and since then, she and her mom, have been working to create a culture of kindness in their home state of Kentucky. It’s not easy to speak out about the election in smaller communities, but Susan, a registered Republican felt she had to.

Katrina 10 Year Commemoration. Rebuild. Resist. Renew.

Client: Sierra Club

Director / DP: Ian Spencer Cook

5,000+ marched from the site of the levee breach in the biggest second line ever to commemorate 10 years since Katrina and call for justice. The people who are the least responsible are the hardest hit and the last to receive help.

Stop the Pipeline: The Rise Against Keystone XL

Client: 350.org

A ten-minute film capturing the grassroots movement against the Keystone XL, a 1700-mile pipeline that would transport tar sands oil from Alberta, CA across the United States for refinement and export on the Gulf Coast.

FREEAMERICA: ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Client: FREEAMERICA

"Our criminal justice system as a whole could be so much stronger if it were to found itself upon humanity rather than dehumanization."