Found 37 resources on health / health advocacy
health / health advocacy
The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of health / health advocacy. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.
As We Sleep
More About As We Sleep In the summer of 2002, Marcie Lotzgeselles’ parents welcomed documentary filmmaker Elizabeth…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Ashray
More About Ashray from Director Ambika Samartha Ashray, one of the project organizations that makes up the…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Diana
More About Diana from Director Brynmore Williams We were approached by MTV to help create a documentary…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale
Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale is one of several short subjects that appeared in an hour-long Lifetime…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Don’t Worry
More About Don’t Worry from Director Emily James Don’t Worry was a TV series for Channel 4.…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty was directed by Joshua Holst, a life-long student of the environment and human…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Every Third Bite
More About Every Third Bite from the Meerkat Media Collective Two years ago, honeybees started to disappear.…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
Fast and Reliable
More About Fast and Reliable from Director, Tom Soper I was a bike messenger when I first…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Food for Thought
More About Food for Thought from Producer Kids on the Hill The Food for Thought animation was…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Food Justice: A Growing Movement
More About Food Justice: A Growing Movement from Directors and Producers Martina Brimmer and Zora Tucker Food…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Hammoudi
More About Hammoudi from Producer Tima Khalil I first read an article on Mohammad’s story in a…
Official selection of the
Eighth Annual Festival
I Promise Africa
More About I Promise Africa from Director Jerry Henry I went to Kenya in late August of…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
In Transit
More About In Transit from Directors and Producers Bent Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III and Louis Abelman…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
Inch By Inch: Providence Youth Gardens for Change
Teachers and students in Providence, Rhode Island get their hands dirty and their lives enriched.
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
iThemba
More About iThemba from the Producers, Keefe Murren and Nelson Walker III The iThemba Film Project was…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Laugh at the Fat Kid
More About Laugh at the Fat Kid from the Director, Kristina Schoentag Laugh at the Fat Kid…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Looking Back
More about Looking Back from Director Emile Bokaer I learned about Albert Lewis while reading a newspaper…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
Luv Me Latex
In 2001, Visual AIDS partnered with Frame By Frame Fierce to produce Luv Me Latex. Frame By…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Neglected Sky
More About Neglected Sky from Citizens for Global Solutions The idea to submit a movie to the…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Night Visions
More About Night Visions from Director Kathy Huang Since September 11, 2001, over a million Americans have…
Official selection of the
Sixth Annual Festival
No Escape, Prison Rape
The first federal bill to stop prison rape, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2002, was introduced…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Novela, Novela
More About Novela, Novela from Director Elizabeth Miller I first met Virginia Lacayo and Amy Bank, Executive…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Profit Cola
More About Profit Cola and Parent’s Action for Children Profit Cola was created for Parents’ Action for…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Rebel
The Lower East Side Girls Club was founded in 1996 to address the egregious lack of services…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Recycle
More About Recycle from Directors and Producers Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner Recycle is a portrait…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Seeds of Hope: South Africa
More About Seeds of Hope: South Africa from the Director Sarah Hesterman Seeds of Hope was produced…
Official selection of the
Fourth Annual Festival
Silence Speaks
Silence Speaks provides violence survivors, witnesses, and prevention advocates with the support, skills, and equipment they need…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
Still Standing
More About Still Standing from Producer EVC Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) In December 2005, the EVC Youth…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Storm
Thomas Brown, Director of Storm, is the founder of The Broken Toy Project a national anti-bullying program.…
Official selection of the
Third Annual Festival
The Farm Sanctuary
More About The Farm Sanctuary from Producer Fly Up Media The Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s leading…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
The Future of Food
More About The Future Of Food There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
The Meatrix
More About The Meatrix from Free Range Graphics The Meatrix is a humorous 4-minute Flash animation that…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Tyttonen (The Young Girl)
More About Tyttonen (The Young Girl) from Director Fabian Giessler This is a short movie inspired by…
Official selection of the
Seventh Annual Festival
Water Warriors
More About Water Warriors from Director and Producer Liz Miller Water is quickly becoming the liquid gold…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
Will I Be Next?
More about Will I Be Next? from Director Ralph Rollins Will I Be Next? explores the issue…
Official selection of the
Ninth Annual Festival
World On Fire
A Message from Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan wrote us this message about her music video and participation…
Official selection of the
Fifth Annual Festival
Young Agrarians
More About Young Agrarians from Director Johanna Divine Young Agrarians was created as a tool to introduce…
Official selection of the
Media That Matters: Good Food
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