THE THIRD ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL
Welcome to the third annual Media That Matters Film Festival. Our jury has chosen 16 short films on the burning topics of today. STREAM>CLICK>ACTION
As We Sleep
- Join the campaigns of ADA Watch, a nonprofit network activating and empowering the disability community.
- Learn more about the abuse of disabled women by reading this report.
- Donate to the National Disability Rights Network, a national organization of volunteer lawyers protecting the civil rights of people with disabilities.
How to Make a Bird
- Contact your representatives on numerous issues affecting animals and the environment through the Sierra Club.
- What can you do to protect birds? Find out from the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Thirty-five Things You Can Do for Birds, Birding and the American Birding Association.
- Protect wild animals from exploitation. Visit WildlifePimps.com.
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty
- Send a letter to the CEO of Chevron urging him to clean up the mess in Ecuador.
- Learn about Oilwatch, the Ecuadorian resistance network.
- Donate to Amazon Watch, an organization that works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin.
- Support the campaigns of Acción Ecológica, an Ecuadorian environmental activist group.
Is My Neighbor Latino?
- Learn about changing ethnic demographics in the US at EthnicMajority.com.
- Visit the National Council of La Raza website to find out how to help empower Hispanic-Americans.
- Download 101 tools for tolerance, simple ideas for promoting equity and diversity.
Vision Test
- Improve the rights of women through the National Organization of Women.
- Read The New Power Elite, about the continued homogeneity in America’s institutions.
- Make your voice heard at civilrights.org.
- Donate to the American Civil Liberties Union.
CopWatch
- Know your rights! From Berkeley CopWatch.
- Read this Amnesty International report on police brutality and race and get involved.
Silence Speaks
- Oppose violence against women through the National Organization of Women.
- Make your own story and learn about the Center for Digital Storytelling.
- Contact congress to encourage anti-abuse legislation.
- Register with OneWorld TV to participate in a global community committed to using TV and video for change.
Holla Back Dubai!
- Send a letter/start a connection with a school in Dubai through UAEinteract.com.
- Join other youth working for peace at Seeds of Peace.
- Join other youth using media as a tool for change through Listen Up!.
Diane Wilson, A Warrior's Tale
- Fight for corporate accountability at Corpwatch.org.
- Find out about the latest grassroots campaigns and challenge corporate abuse of the environment.
- Get in on the action through the Center for Environmental Citizenship.
- Check out Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie’s Voice Yourself, an environmental site dedicated to encouraging positive action and change.
Sonic Memorial Project
- View pictures of September 11th at HereIsNewYork.org.
- Add a sound to the Sonic Memorial Project.
- Upload your images to the New World Order.
Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
- Educate yourself and prevent anti-Arab discrimination at ADC.org.
- Speak out on behalf of the post 9/11 detainees through this Human Rights Watch campaign.
- Learn more about Japanese American’s experiences during World War II through the Web project, A More Perfect Union.
Luv Me Latex
- Can prevention make a difference? Find out at StopAids.org.
- Learn about proper condom use.
- Become an AIDS advocate at Gay Men's Health Crisis.
- Support the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an organization that provides vital services and advocacy to over 8,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people and their families.
Storm
- Find out how to help kids deal with bullying at the Stop Bullying Now website.
- Learn about what you can do to prevent bullying at The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center.
- Support Don’t Laugh at Me, a group making things better by preventing bullying.
We Were Humans
- Learn about International and US military spending at GlobalIssues.org.
- Protest against excessive military spending through United for Peace and Justice.
- Learn how the money being spent on the military could be used for social services at NationalPriorities.org.
Rebel
- Find out how the media affects girls’ feelings about their looks and play Feed The Model at AdiosBarbie.com.
- Combat the mainstream media’s portrayal of women at AboutFace.org.
- Join others girls in discussion about body image at gURL.com’s “Body Image” section.
No Escape, Prison Rape
- Stop Prison Rape. Thanks to your and other efforts the Prison Rape Reduction Act is now law.
- Speak out against prison rape and contact the Attorney General, senators and representatives through Human Rights Watch.
- Ten things you can do today from The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.
