Awesome in Action


Unspeakable BLM United States, 10min 30sec Director / Writer / Producer: Emmai AlaquivaProducers: Ya Momz House, Cydney Cooper, Amy Crawford, Danielle Filip, Greg Pollock “Unspeakable”, a :60 second PSA highlighting the voices of the Deaf community and their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Created by Emmy Award Winning Film Director Emmai Alaquiva. After a…
Stand Down United States, 30 min Director / Producer: Paul SteinbronerProducers: Kevin McCoy, David Okimoto Stand Down is a documentary of how homeless Veterans who are homeless and traumatized find meaning behind and purpose through community and connection.
The Seeds of an Uncertain Land United States, 30 min Director / Writer / Producer: Jake PriceWriter: Aris MejíasProducers: Tamara Ramos Crispino, John HernandezCast: Suley Angelica, Ian Pagan-Roig, Gabriel Delgado, Yami Callazo, Ivonna Ariana, Stephanie MonserrateScore: Yaitza Lopez With dirt under their nails, dedication, science and indigenous knowledge young Puerto Rican farmers return to their ancestral lands…
Mountains United States, 14:37 min Director / Writer / Producer: Kavi YuProducer: Sharon Oh, Paul Nguyen, Samuel ChoCast: Lizzy Liu, K. Sidney, Thanh Tran, Tao Tao GillPost Production Supervisor: Kati Rehbeck After her father is deported back to Vietnam, Cam runs the family farm in Georgia and volunteers every weekend to urge local communities to…
Tikkun Olam United States, 10min 30sec Director / Writer: Bob AhmedCast: Alexander Fox, Alexander Barnett “Tikkun Olam” (2021) is a short, fiction, film about an eight-year-old boy who encounters a homeless veteran in Washington, D.C. – a city that actually has the highest homelessness rate in all of America.
Not Worth Killing United States, 21:16 min Director: Eric M. IveyProducer: Paul Zehrer, John Mutz Not Worth Killing is a documentary short that tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Sister Lillian Oliver, IHM and Mitchell Rutledge, a convicted murderer serving life without parole in an Alabama state penitentiary. It is a story of…