Every Human Has A Story To Tell

Mayra’s Story 

This Festival and Telly award-winning film premiered at ALL CHICAGO’s annual fundraiser, and helped raise $333,000+ to support people like Mayra escape abuse and overcome homelessness.

Awards

WINNER ‘Silver Telly’ | 42nd Annual Telly Awards

SEMI-FINALIST ‘Best Director’ | Angeles Documentaries

OFFICIAL SELECTION | International Documentary Film Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Chicago Indie Film Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Angeles Documentaries

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Little México Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Sevilla Indie Film Fest

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Rock the Short Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Festival RENUAC

DISTROBUTION | ShortsTV

Leonard’s Story

This Festival & Telly award-winning & Emmy nominated doc premiered at ALL CHICAGO’s  annual fundraiser and that raised $350,000+ to help more people like Leonard overcome homelessness.

Awards

NOMINATED: Emmy’s 2022

WINNER ‘Best Short Doc’ | Luleå International Film Festival

WINNER: Gold Telly Award

WINNER: Silver Telly Award | Editing

FINALIST: Black Truth Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Chicago Indie Film Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION: International World Film Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION:  Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase

Share A Meal

Los Angeles has over 60,000 people experiencing homelessness every night. Share A Meal feeds hundreds of them every week.  This spot features a custom composed score made up of the actual sounds from a night of service.

Red Cross

In the U.S., every two seconds someone needs a blood or platelets donation.  Inspired by the blood shortages caused by COVID-19, we made this spec PSA for the American Red Cross to encourage viewers to donate blood during the pandemic.

Raelyn’s Story

The short doc premiered at ALL CHICAGO’s  annual fundraiser where it helped raise around $300,000 to help more people like Raelyn overcome homelessness.

Awards

WINNER: Silver Telly Award

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Women’s International Film Festival 2023

OFFICIAL SELECTION: International World Film Awards 2023

OFFICIAL SELECTION:  Luleå International Film Festival 2023

OFFICIAL SELECTION:  Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2023

Calvin’s Story

This Festival & Telly award-winning film tells the story of Calvin Curtis, a young man experiencing homelessness in Chicago. This micro-doc raised $8,500 for Calvin to go to massage therapy school.

Awards

WINNER ‘Silver Telly’ | 39th Annual Telly Awards: General Public Service & Activism

WINNER ‘Best Documentary’ | Chicago International Reel Shorts Film Fest 2017

WINNER ‘Best Director’ & Nominated ‘Best Documentary’ | The Global Impact Film Fest 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Beloit International Film Festival 2018

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Steps International Short Film Fest 2018

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Tirana International Film Fest TV Competition

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Pride Film Fest 2018

OFFICIAL SELECTION | 30 Under 30 Film Fest 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Atlanta DocuFest 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Guam International Film Fest 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Voiceless International Film Fest 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION | Chicago Made Shorts 2017

Jennifer’s Story

Jennifer is a strong, kind, caring woman who overcame addiction with the help of Chestnut Health Systems, who commissioned this film.

I Overcame Homelessness

This hidden-camera real-people style project for Sarah’s Circle helps viewers understand what it’s really like to experience homelessness as a woman in Chicago.

Morene’s Story

This film helped raise  $319,000 to assist people like Morene, who became stably housed through 311 and All Chicago’s ‘Emergency Fund’ program.

Harvey’s Story

We were honored to tell Harvey’s Story for the Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach, which helped raise over $200,000. CSCRB provides a bounty of FREE services to all affected by cancer.

Sharon’s Story

The award-winning film debuted at All Chicago’s annual fundraising event ‘Handbags for Homes’ June 22nd 2017 where around $60,000 was raised to help end homelessness in Chicago.

Awards

WINNER ‘Silver Telly’ | 39th Annual Telly Awards: General Public Service & Activism

Burkina Faso Is

Roughly 50% of the 19.2 million people of Burkina Faso live without access to clean water.  These films made for The BARKA Foundation’s  helped raise awareness and funds for their Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects.

A Chestnut Teen Story

Any teen could fall victim to the trap of drugs so we chronicle this story of an average teen into addiction and treatment for Chestnut Health Systems.

Save Antibiotics

U.S. PIRG & the U.S. PIRG ED FUND urged the public to put pressure on fast food chains & government to get antibiotics out of healthy farm animals.

Valarie’s Story

All Chicago hired us to produce a doc for their annual fundraising Gala to help end homelessness in Chicago, which raised over $75,000. Valerie is a strong, courageous women and it was a honor to help tell her story