Our Impact: Putting Diverse Voices on the Loudspeaker |
As we head into the holidays, we give thanks for our friends and fans, and hope you will consider donating to our first feature-length documentary examining race, equality and opportunity in Oakland, California.
We believe our work to keep diverse voices and stories 'on the Loudspeaker' is more important now than ever. And thanks to our sponsor the International Documentary Organization, all donations are fully tax-deductible.
We know that you want your donation to have an impact. So here is a look at some of what we've achieved since Loudspeaker Films was founded in 2010:
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Our provocative films have been featured in over 40 festivals, winning 14 awards from highly-acclaimed festivals including Harlem International, Houston World Fest, the Napa Valley Film Festival and Los Angeles Independent. They have been screened at the U.S. Department of Education, SXSW-Edu, the Museum of the Moving Image, LinkedIn, the Kapor Center for Social Impact and hundreds of other non-profits, schools, faith-based institutions and businesses.
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Our online content, including the On the Loudspeaker interview series, has had hundreds of thousands of views, reaching audiences across the globe, from London to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. The TEACHED films are distributed at over 3,000 colleges, universities and public libraries.
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The most recent TEACHED film, which examines a case of racial profiling in Wash., DC, premiered at The Atlantic magazine's inaugural Race & Justice Summit, with the featured family participating in a panel moderated by NPR's Michele Norris and a related conversation featuring then-Police Chief Cathy Lanier.
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Public school teacher Pearl Arredondo was asked to give a TED talk after her film's debut; it has been watched over a million times. Another star teacher testified at state legislatures, and parents and students have addressed audiences at venues including Georgetown University's Prison and Justice Initiative, the Salesforce Foundation and Impact Hub.
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Three of the TEACHED films were included as a trial exhibit in a state-level education equality lawsuit, California v. Vergara, and Think of Calvin helped change Washington, DC law around the abuse of the "assault on a police officer" charge.
Our work goes well beyond film production to amplify diverse voices and help leverage change. We hope you will recognize the value of what Loudspeaker Films brings to the table and help us take it to the next level by supporting our first feature-length documentary today.
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A Lifetime of Anti-Racist Activism |
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The confluence of George Floyd's murder at the hands of police and the lock downs of the global pandemic meant that exponentially more people saw and responded to his death across the globe. Many committed to being more actively anti-racist in their lives.
Mary Ann Stein (right), who witnessed racism firsthand while registering voters with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in her twenties, has been fighting race and ethnicity-based injustice in different ways for her entire life. In case you missed it, our short film about her inspiring work in civil and human rights is now streaming on our website.
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