What was once thought to be unimaginable ten years ago is now living in the back of every American’s brain. When 50 percent of our country believes that not only a civil war is possible but likely, it’s clear that polarization has run too deep.

About The Film

It is uncanny how relevant the experiences of Americans during the Great Depression and the responses of the WPA writers and artists remain today. We love when we can look to the past and spark a discussion about the lessons and strengths that can be learned there as we face the challenges facing us now.

There are moments in history when a nation reaches a crossroads, when the path taken by a country is forever changed. The Great Depression was one of those moments. As America faces crises today, that singular moment in the 1930s holds a startling power to illuminate issues today. It was a time of great tumult and division, but also social and creative flowering. We are inspired to revisit the stories of the WPA that we fell in love with during production of Soul of a People. The People's Recorder resumes a conversation with those voices to discover new sources of insight and strength.

About the Podcast About Soul of a People

The more we learned about CJ Twomey’s tragic suicide and his mother Hallie's attempts to honor his memory, the more we knew we had to tell their story. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. for people aged 15-24. And despite accounting for approximately 800,000 deaths worldwide every year, the topic of suicide is all too often misunderstood.

Now one family's quest for healing will stimulate a wider debate on the topic, giving it the sense of immediacy it deserves. But at its core, Scattering CJ is about life-changing journeys - emotionally for the Twomeys, physically for CJ's ashes, and for the participants on their individual pilgrimages, a little of both. As filmmakers, CJ's story also inspired our own journey, as we set out to discover how individual tragedy can be transformed into positivity for a whole community.

About The Film Virtual Events

Some biographies help us understand broad historical themes, some appeal to the universal emotions of the human experience, while others simply entertain with vivid characters and astonishing events. First Lady of the Revolution manages to do all three.

First Lady of the Revolution is an epic recalling of hemisphere-rocking events, protests, exile, revolution and reform seen through the eyes of a Southern belle. Henrietta Boggs, now 98 years old, has gifted us with the courage to try and better the world. Grateful and determined, we can only oblige.

About the Film See the Film

We love it when we have the opportunity to experiment and be on the cutting edge of educational techniques – in this case, not only creating educational games, but empowering students to learn by creating their own educational games.

Especially today, the importance of virtual educational resources is more apparent than ever. But access to resources will always be a problem, especially for under-resourced communities. This is a gap we seek to fill with humanities.games, where students can learn through the experience of actually creating digital games while using only a pencil, paper and a mobile phone.

About the Project

This is a project about memory. Specifically, shared memory. The one that molds us collectively – as a family, a community, and a world. The one that traces our true path through history. The one that forms the roots of our past and the fruits of our future.

The one we cannot afford to forget.

In 1948, an idea transformed Costa Rica. That bold idea — abolishing the Costa Rican military — became an even bolder action. When we talk about the abolition of the armed forces, our collective memory returns to that moment when President José Figueres smashed the walls of the old military fortress in a ceremonial gesture that changed the country and heralded its new position in the world. But how did that act sound? How did this decisive moment in Costa Rican history resonate with its people? What does that captured moment really mean, and can we still hear its echoes lingering even today?

About the Project