Columbia University Screens IN HER SHOES
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S 20TH ANNUAL Social Enterprise Conference, Capital for Good screens IN HER SHOES November 19-21st. Viewers are urged to question the punitive prison system and think about the effects on people incarcerated.
WEST OF HESTER STREET goes to New Mexico
The film will be the featured event at the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society and Texas Jewish Historical Society Conference October 30-31st. Allen and Cynthia will be the keynote speakers on October 30th. For more information go to www.nmjhsevents.com
EXCITING NEW NEWS
Thanks for your support on North Texas Giving Day So much is happening at Media Projects. IN HER SHOES had a successful impactful virtual screening with partner EMPOWERING WOMEN OUT OF PRISON. EWOP will be screening the film to over 1000 people in the Texas prison system. We are working with TUFTS and BOSTON UNIVERSITY […]
Beth Shalom Brotherhood presents
A free screening of The MONSTER AMONG US Sunday, June 27th at 10 am. Film available to screen now. Register at: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/monster-among-us Made through generous grant from the Greystone Foundation of Minneapolis
Justice For Arts Conference
Artist and Art Teacher Sandra Lara and I are showing clips from IN HER SHOES and talking about art, prison and healing and of course shoes at the Justice Arts Coalition’s Annual Conference this Saturday https://thejusticeartscoalition.org/art-for-a-new-future-national-convening-2021/. Check it out
COVID- We Responded
In a time of COVID, we were able to jump online andchange what we were doing. We worked with IGNITE, KERA-TV, Dallas Public Library and AFI DOCS to showcase DREAMS OF EQUALITY about the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and SISTERS OF ’77 about the 1977 Women’s Conference. Both films feature courageous women who changed the […]
Collaboration is Great
Back By Popular Demand
“It’s absolutely fascinating and fierce.” Marisa Tomei Due to fabulous response to KERA-TV’s SISTER OF ’77, the film will be re-broadcast this Wednesday, August 19th at 10 p.m. central time. If you are in Texas, you can stream it on Youtube only at 10 pm. Watch how 20,000 women convened at a revolutionary National Women’s […]
Thank You To The Snyder Foundation for their Match Grant of $10,000
IN HER SHOES captures the poignant stories of female inmates who reflect on their lives through their shoes in Sandra Lara’s art class. They look at where they’ve been, where they are and where they are going and in what shoes. The stories are poignant and revealing. The women feel empowered especially when they earn […]
Celebrate Women’s History Month
Relive women’s history with film. In DREAMS OF EQUALITY, go back to 1848 and attend the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Hear the voices of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglas. Check out SISTERS OF ’77 and our other Women’s Films. Happy Women’s History month.