Impact Kickstart

Impact Kickstart is sponsored by WorkingFilms Inc. Supports emerging and underrepresented filmmakers in developing and implementing impact campaigns for feature-length documentary films addressing social justice issues.

IMPACT KICKSTART - Working Films You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Marta Effinger-Crichlow, Director/Producer of Little Sallie Walker “The Working Films Impact Kickstart has given me the opportunity to share my full authentic self in a film community.

The IK certainly provides filmmakers with the tools to strengthen our projects’ impact campaign strategies and goals. I’m certain I’ve come away with so much more than access. There is something quite thrilling about Working Films, who at their beautiful core, are also committed to truth-telling and spirit-building, within and beyond the medium of film.

” Impact Kickstart supports underrepresented filmmakers with resources, strategic goals for impact, and specific plans to engage future partners and audiences in meaningful ways. Impact Kickstart was created to fill a gap in support for the impact campaigns of underrepresented filmmakers and stories. For a documentary film to make a difference, a solid strategy for audience engagement and strong partnerships are key.

Filmmakers often lack time to do this work themselves or the expertise and resources to make an impact campaign happen. Emerging filmmakers and underrepresented filmmakers can face the biggest hurdles, despite the immense potential of their projects.

Working Films’ response to this challenge is the Impact Kickstart, a program offering partnership and strategy development support to underrepresented filmmakers with feature-length films that hold great promise to catalyze action to address critical and current social issues. Now in its ninth year, we invite our community of filmmakers to apply to Impact Kickstart.

We will select and support a cohort of filmmakers with impact campaign funds in the range of $10,000 – $20,000 USD. In addition to funding, awardees will have access to mentorship and impact strategy support from the Working Films team, and participate in a cohort with other grantees to share insights, gain feedback, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

The deadline to apply for Impact Kickstart applications is Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET . We anticipate making decisions in late 2026 and disbursing grants in early 2027. SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION HERE .

Funding is only for audience engagement and impact campaigns of feature length documentary films that are recently completed (released within the last 2 years) or finishing (at least fine cut stage) or release phases. The film must be far enough along that we are able to review a fine cut by the application due date of Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.

Filmmakers must be prepared to take part in a year-long cohort among selected filmmakers from December 2026 – December 2027, in monthly cohort meetings. The Impact Kickstart cohort will focus on partnership and strategy development, refining impact campaign goals, and peer-to-peer support. Film teams applying identify as underrepresented.

To understand what Working Films considers underrepresented, please visit our FAQ. Feature length documentary films that are recently completed (released within the last 2 years) or finishing (at least fine cut stage) or release phases. The film must be far enough along that we are able to review a fine cut by the application due date of Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.

Films may feature stories from anywhere in the world, and applicants may be based in the United States or internationally. We welcome applications from filmmakers across the globe. Impact campaigns may take place locally, nationally, or internationally.

Applicants must be 18 years of age. Only one proposal per applicant will be accepted. The selection for Impact Kickstart will based on: The catalytic potential of the project to create change that addresses current and important social issues.

The strength of the film and story. The viability of the film’s vision and goals towards its impact. The filmmaker’s approach to accountability and ethics.

In all of our work, we prioritize amplifying and increasing support for underrepresented filmmakers, as well as those who work in deep accountability with the individuals and communities featured in their films. We recognize that being accountable includes the work of dismantling the dominant culture and approach within documentary filmmaking and storytelling.

As part of Impact Kickstart 2027, we will consider the following as part of our selection process: Film projects that address a wide range of issues and themes, but have a social change focus as part of the film’s vision and goals. Films that have various ways to describe what “impact” means for the individuals and communities that are featured.

Films that highlight different strategies and tactics to leverage the power of documentary film and storytelling (i.e. policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, healing justice, etc.) Films that are nonlinear and abstract that do not follow traditional storytelling methodologies. Films with different levels of goals and outcomes they hope to accomplish with their impact campaign.

Films that address issues at the local, state, national, or international level. Films that have previously applied to Impact Kickstart. The selection process will transpire through a panel that reflects the eligibility section of this award.

We commit to acknowledging our power and privilege throughout this process, as well as our own subjectivity and biases when reviewing projects. We recognize that this kind of decision-making is never completely objective and we will challenge and examine our own perspectives in the selection process.

August 2026 – Applications open on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 September 2026 – Webinar Q&A on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | 3 – 4 PM ET September 2026 – Applications close on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET September – October 2026 – Applications undergo multiple rounds of review by Working Films staff and external reviewers October 2026 – Final selection panel convenes Late October 2026 – Applicants notified of funding decisions November 2026 – Contracting begins December 2026 – Incoming cohort participates in a virtual orientation and public announcement January 2027 – Grant disbursement begins and cohort launches To apply, complete our online application using Google forms.

Before you get started you can find a preview of the application questions HERE . You can also check out our frequently asked questions under the “Resources and FAQ” tab below. If you have any additional questions, join us for a webinar Q&A on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 3 – 4 pm ET .

Register here . If you are unable to attend, we will record the webinar and post it to this page. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email [email protected] .

Working Films strives to make all of our events and programs accessible, including our application processes. To request an accessibility accommodation or adjustment, please email [email protected] or call us at 910-342-9000. Find a preview of the Impact Kickstart application questions: IMPACT KICKSTART APPLICATION PREVIEW.

Read highlights of our work with past Impact Kickstart recipients: DOWNLOAD OUR IMPACT KICKSTART REPORT. Do you accept international films? Yes, we accept films and filmmakers that are based across the globe, including impact campaigns that have goals to reach audiences in any region across the globe.

Film teams that are accepted, however, must be fluent in English as that is the primary language spoken by the Working Films team. Films that include languages other than English must be captioned in English, and your application must also be written in English.

We acknowledge this creates a big limitation that is rooted in colonialism and linguistic supremacy, and we are working to be able to accept more projects, bring in interpreters, and work with more film teams in the future. Currently, however, this is the only way we can ensure we are able to support your impact campaign planning and strategy to the best of our ability.

If I am based outside of the U.S., are there any additional fees that may affect my grant? Depending on where you are based, additional taxes and fees may affect your grant. This is, unfortunately, something that is out of our control and would be specific to where you live.

If our director doesn’t identify as underrepresented but a majority of the rest of the team does, do we still qualify? No. Although the director doesn’t have to be the applicant, we still require that the director identify as an underrepresented maker. Our lens is one of equity.

This award is for film projects directed by underrepresented filmmakers, not just a matter of diversity, but rooted in a desire to lift up largely underrepresented perspectives and to serve directors who disproportionately do not have the same level of access and resources as other directors who are more widely represented in the field. Will you accept films finished in the past few years?

We only accept films created within the past year of the Impact Kickstart application deadline. I have a disability and will need special accommodations arranged for me to apply to Impact Kickstart. Does Working Films provide support?

Working Films strives to make all of our events and programs accessible, including our application processes. To request an accessibility accommodation or adjustment, please email [email protected] . How do you define “feature length”?

40 minutes or longer. If you are submitting a multi-part series, then the total run time of the full series should be 40 minutes or longer. How does Working Films define accountability to and consent from participants and communities?

Accountable filmmaking acknowledges that storytelling is a sacred, human endeavor, and that storytelling through filmmaking is a privilege that, like any privilege, is fraught with power dynamics, historical context, and social inequities.

Accountable filmmaking responsibly stewards the intended and unintended impacts of making a film and conscientiously aspires to operationalize values and ethics in each aspect of the storytelling process ( This is a definition co-created by the Indie Media Arts South working group focused on non-extractive storytelling ).

While every film is unique in its process of production and release, there are core values that we believe should undergird all storytelling endeavors. These are outlined by the Documentary Accountability Working Group here . Regarding consent, we believe that it is an ongoing process that should be revisited throughout the making and release of a film, not a one time agreement at the start of the filmmaking process.

Can Working Films provide an impact budget template? There is not a required template applicants need to follow. However, you can certainly reference the impact budget template below.

Impact Campaign Budget – Template What is the acceptance rate of impact campaign recipients? Two to three grants have been awarded each cycle of Impact Kickstart, and historically there have been 75+ applicants each cycle. This cycle, we are offering three to six grants at varying amounts ($10k-$20k), and we expect to receive a similar amount of submissions.

When will the cohort calls take place? The filmmaker cohort calls will take place monthly from December 2026 – December 2027 on a day and time of the month that works for everyone in the cohort. So the official schedule will be decided as a group.

We just ask that filmmakers have the capacity to participate in a monthly one-hour call. The cohort calls will provide space for partnership and strategy development, refining impact campaign goals, and peer-to-peer support. I have more questions!

What can I do? If you have any more questions, please reach out to Hannah Hearn, Impact Lead, at [email protected] . The Impact Kickstart is supported by grants from the John D.

and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Perspective Fund. 2026 Impact Kickstart Recipients After losing her firstborn son to gun violence, a mother gathers cherished memories and erased histories to connect his death to her city’s haunting legacy of racism.

An impressionistic counter-narrative that refuses to follow the expectations of true crime, IN… After losing her firstborn son to gun violence, a mother gathers cherished memories and erased histories to connect his death to her city’s haunting legacy of racism.

An impressionistic counter-narrative that refuses to follow the expectations of true crime, IN LOVE, IN MEMORY refracts quiet scenes of artistic intervention, collective storytelling, and tender remembrance through a prism of passing time. In What Will I Become? directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos explore the vulnerability of their transmasculine community.

They delve into their own personal experiences, intertwining the stories of two young trans men who died by suicide. In What Will I Become? directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos explore the vulnerability of their transmasculine community.

They delve into their own personal experiences, intertwining the stories of two young trans men who died by suicide. Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system. Two unhoused men turned community leaders— John and LaMonté —organize their neighbors in the face of displacement, addiction, and a failing social system.

2025 Impact Kickstart Recipients Standing Above the Clouds Jalena Keane-Lee (Director/Producer), Amber Espinosa-Jones (Producer), Erin Lau (Producer), Diana Diroy (Editor), Aunty Pua (Co-Producer/Protagonist/Cultural Advisor) When a massive Thirty Meter Telescope is proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, an uprising of kiaʻi (protectors) in Hawaiʻi and around the world dedicate their lives to protecting the sacred mountain from further destruction.

Through the lens of… When a massive Thirty Meter Telescope is proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, an uprising of kiaʻi (protectors) in Hawaiʻi and around the world dedicate their lives to protecting the sacred mountain from further destruction.

Through the lens of mothers and daughters in three Native Hawaiian families, Standing Above the Clouds explores intergenerational healing and the impacts of safeguarding cultural traditions.

Colette Ghunim (Director), Sara Maamouri (Editor/Producer), Keith Wilson (Executive Producer), Dan Rybicky (Producer), Capella Fahoome (Producer) Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine.

Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an… Filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.

2024 Impact Kickstart Recipients Gabriela Díaz Arp (Director), Karla Claudio Betancourt (Producer), Wendy Muñiz (Producer), Guillermo Zouain ( Producer), and Laura Garcia Reyne (Editor) Website Trailer Matininó is a hybrid documentary about a multi-generational family of Puerto Rican women transforming their experience with violence into a science-fiction film.

Our story begins with the decision of ldaliz Villanueva to flee from a violent marriage when… Matininó is a hybrid documentary about a multi-generational family of Puerto Rican women transforming their experience with violence into a science-fiction film. Our story begins with the decision of ldaliz Villanueva to flee from a violent marriage when her two daughters—María and Desirée—were 6 months and 7 years old.

Thirty years later, the effects of this violence continue to reverberate both in their family and more broadly in their home of Puerto Rico. As a way to find meaning within their family narrative, the women of the Villanueva family come together to write and star in a science fiction film where women hold the power. Their film opens in the year 2080 in an alternative world created by the eight Villanueva women.

Our protagonist is 67 year-old Hotu, as imagined and portrayed by ldaliz. Together with her daughters and granddaughters they struggle to escape a world self-destructing from violence and run towards Matininó , an elusive island that—according to Puerto Rican indigenous mythology—is solely inhabited by women.

Through creative writing and movement exercises, we witness the family discussing their story and developing a science fiction script reflective of their past experiences and visions for the future.

Set Hernandez (Director/Producer), Pedro (Protagonist/Co-writer), Qudsiya Naqui (Impact Producer), Conchita Hernandez Legorreta (Impact Producer), Day Al-Mohamed (Producer), Félix Endara (Producer), and Diane Quon (Executive Producer) WEBSITE TRAILER Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different.

But as a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces political restrictions to obtain his college degree, secure a job as a health care provider,… Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different. But as a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces political restrictions to obtain his college degree, secure a job as a health care provider, and support his family.

As he finally graduates, uncertainty looms over Pedro. What starts as a journey to provide mental health for his community ultimately transforms into Pedro’s path towards his own healing. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines a cinema accessible for blind/low vision audiences, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health.

2022 Impact Kickstart Recipients Hazel Gurland-Pooler (Director/Producer) and Nazenet Habtezghi (Producer) Website Trailer When Ruby Duncan faces harassment by a fraud-obsessed welfare department, she ignites “Mother Power” mobilizing a welfare rights group to fight for justice, dignity, democratic participation, and an adequate income.

With low-income mothers across the country, and two… When Ruby Duncan faces harassment by a fraud-obsessed welfare department, she ignites “Mother Power” mobilizing a welfare rights group to fight for justice, dignity, democratic participation, and an adequate income.

With low-income mothers across the country, and two radicalized professors George Wiley and Frances Fox Piven, they form the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO). In 1972, with feminist Gloria Steinem, the NWRO campaigns for a guaranteed income. When thousands of Las Vegas families are slashed from the welfare rolls, Ruby calls the NWRO and launches “Operation Nevada.

” They lead an army—including Ralph Abernathy and Jane Fonda—down the Strip into Caesars Palace, shutting it down. From protesters to lobbyists to founders of an anti-poverty community center, Ruby proves her mantra, “we can do it and do it better.

” Featuring lost archival footage and a cast who played pivotal roles in these events, Storming Caesars Palace reveals that it is the disenfranchised who stand up for America’s principle of justice for all. Fiz Olajide (Director/Producer), Faith E.

Briggs (Impact Producer/Associate Producer), Jon Lynn (Editor/Co-Producer), Nerenda Eid (Executive Producer) Website Trailer On the heels of 2020’s global protests for social justice and the run-up to the US presidential elections, five Black and Latinx cyclists led by NYC-based messenger, John “Bobby” Shackelford attempt to traverse a route inspired by the… On the heels of 2020’s global protests for social justice and the run-up to the US presidential elections, five Black and Latinx cyclists led by NYC-based messenger, John “Bobby” Shackelford attempt to traverse a route inspired by the Underground Railroad which led many enslaved Black people to freedom in the 1800s.

Riding alongside the magnetic Bobby – Richard Carson, a camera-shy cyclocross racer from Indianapolis; Rashad Mahoney, a soft-spoken bike mechanic in Baltimore who loves the outdoors; Edwardo Garabito, a gregarious Latinx custom bike builder at a NYC shop and Alex Olbrich, a spirited DC bike salesman of Ghanaian-German heritage.

They seek agency to combat the lack of representation in the ultra white world of cycling and to inspire BIPOC kids with their representation of Black manhood. Over the course of 17 days, as each man attempts this ambitious athletic feat, the challenges of the road transform them in this thought-provoking and complex tale of freedom and identity.

2021 Impact Kickstart Recipients Leya Hale (Director/Producer) and Sergio Mata’u Rapu (Producer/Editor) Website Trailer Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — as they work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

… Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — as they work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. As they face the lasting effects of historical trauma, each woman searches for healing while navigating the oppressive systems that brought about this very crisis.

Andres “Jay” Molina (Co-Director), Alexis Neophytides (Co-Director/Producer), Jennilie Brewster (Producer), Peter Yearwood (Associate Impact Producer), and Vincent Pierce (Impact Strategist/Musician) Website Trailer Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

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2020 Impact Kickstart Recipients Sian-Pierre Regis (Director) and Meredith Chin (Producer) Website Trailer After a 75-year-old immigrant mother gets fired from her job, her son takes her on a bucket-list adventure to reclaim her life.

As she struggles to find work, he documents a journey that uncovers the betrayals plaguing her… After a 75-year-old immigrant mother gets fired from her job, her son takes her on a bucket-list adventure to reclaim her life. As she struggles to find work, he documents a journey that uncovers the betrayals plaguing her past and the economic insecurity shaping not only her future, but also that of an entire generation.

Duty Free is a personal adventure documentary that uniquely examines issues of aging, economic insecurity, and family. Marta Effinger-Crichlow (Director/ Producer), Ann Bennett (Producer), Michael Dinwiddie (Producer), Princess A. Hairston (Editor/Producer) Website Trailer Play is a lifeline for black girls across the generations.

Little Sallie Walker tells the story of Patricia, Billie Jean, Raisha, Kristi and a collection of resilient black women and girls, who understand that coming of age in America has… Play is a lifeline for black girls across the generations.

Little Sallie Walker tells the story of Patricia, Billie Jean, Raisha, Kristi and a collection of resilient black women and girls, who understand that coming of age in America has involved creating worlds-of-make-believe through different types of play. Patty cake, dress up, double dutch, doll-making, jacks, and hide-and-seek have offered sanctuary from discrimination, violence, and poverty.

From New York, Alabama, California, and Washington State, they share and demonstrate how play lets them take their place in the center of their universe. While it exposes the beauty of black girl culture, play also fuels painful recollections of their struggles within their communities and in the larger society.

In this impassioned and lyrical story, black women and girls attempt to find and affirm their whole selves as they navigate America. Dara Kell (Director) and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon (Producer) Website Trailer Sounds Like Thunder follows civil rights leader Reverend Dr. William Barber as he revives Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.

Told through song, prayer and personal narratives, Sounds Like Thunder is an intimate account of a “season of resistance”… Sounds Like Thunder follows civil rights leader Reverend Dr. William Barber as he revives Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign.

Told through song, prayer and personal narratives, Sounds Like Thunder is an intimate account of a “season of resistance” as a diverse coalition of thousands unite to end poverty and heal the nation.

Ashley O’Shay (Director/Producer) and Morgan Elise Johnson (Producer) Website Trailer During the height of the Movement for Black Lives in Chicago, Unapologetic captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents.

Janaé and Bella, two Black queer women organizers, provide… During the height of the Movement for Black Lives in Chicago, Unapologetic captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents.

Janaé and Bella, two Black queer women organizers, provide an intimate peek into the personal and political battles that transformed Chicago, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

2019 Impact Kickstart Recipients Sergio Mata’u Rapu (Director/Producer) and Elena Rapu (Producer) Website Trailer The iconic statues and sensationalized “mysteries” of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) have drawn the interest of the world for centuries, attracting curious visitors to its shores.

Today, this tiny, barren island is experiencing an economic boon as tourism… The iconic statues and sensationalized “mysteries” of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) have drawn the interest of the world for centuries, attracting curious visitors to its shores. Today, this tiny, barren island is experiencing an economic boon as tourism skyrockets. Yet the indigenous culture and the island’s fragile environment are suffering.

Eating Up Easter , directed by native Rapanui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, explores the dilemma his people are facing. Crafted as a story passed down to his newborn son, Sergio intertwines the authentic history of the island with the stories of four islanders. In their own voices, these Rapanui reveal the reality of modern life and the actions they are taking to preserve their culture and environment amidst rapid development.

Directed and Produced by Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster Website Trailer Going to Mars is a feature length documentary film in which Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets, orators and social commentators, will compel audiences to laugh and cry using her poetry and biting social commentary.

As… Going to Mars is a feature length documentary film in which Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets, orators and social commentators, will compel audiences to laugh and cry using her poetry and biting social commentary. As a social commentator Nikki Giovanni stands toe-to-toe with the best. She has the satirical wit of a Will Rogers and the comedic timing of David Letterman.

She has influenced both her contemporaries, from Muhammad Ali to Maya Angelou, as well as today’s hip-hop artists such as Kanye West. She in turn demands, using a contrarian point of view, that we question our assumptions about race, gender, equity and privilege and challenges us to hope and dream for a better tomorrow.

Directed and Produced by Ray Santisteban Website Trailer In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latino group the Young Lords Organization and the southern whites of the… In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latino group the Young Lords Organization and the southern whites of the Young Patriots organization.

Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in postwar America to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, they called themselves the Rainbow Coalition. By 1973, the coalition had collapsed under the weight of relentless harassment by local and federal law enforcement.

Although short-lived, it had an outsize impact: Breaking down barriers between communities, it created a permanent shift in Chicago politics and an organizing model for future activists and politicians across the nation. The First Rainbow Coalition tells the movement’s little-known story through rare archival footage and interviews with former coalition members.

Christina King (Director/Producer), Elizabeth Castle (Director/Producer), and Anna Marie Pitman (Producer) Website Trailer In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families.

Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such… In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families.

Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists’ children – including her daughter Marcy – into the “We Will Remember” Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter.

Today, with Marcy now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the environmental devastation of the Dakota Access Pipeline and for Indigenous cultural values.

2018 Impact Kickstart Recipients Jacqueline Olive (Director/Producer) and Jessica Devaney (Producer) Website Trailer As the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present, Always in Season follows relatives of the perpetrators and victims seeking justice and reconciliation in the midst of racial profiling, police shootings, and… As the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present, Always in Season follows relatives of the perpetrators and victims seeking justice and reconciliation in the midst of racial profiling, police shootings, and heated national debate about the value of black lives.

(Director/Producer), Nicole Newnham (Director/Producer), and Sara Bolder (Producer) Website Trailer Down the road from Woodstock, in the early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Crip Camp explores summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the disability rights movement, and America, forever.

… Down the road from Woodstock, in the early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Crip Camp explores summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the disability rights movement, and America, forever.

Told from the point of view of former camper Jim LeBrecht, and steeped in the humor and music of the era, the film traces the journeys of campers up to the present day, in this untold story of a powerful journey towards inclusion.

Vazquez (Director/Producer), Gretchen Hildebran (Director/Producer), Julia Steele Allen (Producer/Impact Producer), and Neyda Martinez (Producer) Website Trailer As cities today struggle with gentrification and social inequity, Decade of Fire offers an intimate historic portrait of the burning of the Bronx in the 1970’s, transcending era and geography.

Set against irrefutably insurmountable odds, and told from the perspectives… As cities today struggle with gentrification and social inequity, Decade of Fire offers an intimate historic portrait of the burning of the Bronx in the 1970’s, transcending era and geography. Set against irrefutably insurmountable odds, and