When the Covid-19 pandemic worsened the existing food insecurity crisis in Portland, OR, a small group of laid-off restaurant workers started a mutual aid kitchen to deliver free, high quality meals to community members in need.

Crisis Kitchen

When the Covid-19 pandemic worsened the existing food insecurity crisis in Portland, OR, a small group of laid-off restaurant workers started a mutual aid kitchen to deliver free, high quality meals to community members in need.

This film tells the story of the student led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY in the late 1960’s. Puerto Rican, African American and other progressive students forged a powerful alliance and together changed the face of higher education with the founding of one of the first Puerto Rican Studies departments in the nation.

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE

In 1969 Puerto Rican students forged a powerful alliance and changed the face of higher education with the founding of one of the first Puerto Rican Studies departments in the nation.

Training for Freedom is a documentary project that captures the transformational story of how idealistic college students and their black activist teachers came together in a small Midwestern town to find their humanity and the common ground to join as one in the struggle that would define a nation and alter the course of history.

Training for Freedom

the transformational story of how idealistic college students and their black activist teachers came together in a small Midwestern town to find their humanity and the common ground to join as one in the struggle that would define a nation and alter the course of history.

Hong Kong was a British colony until the UK ceded the city to China in 1997. China promised Hong Kong at least fifty years of political autonomy, but they violated this promise shortly after the handover. 
Hongkongers fought back. Over the course of a decade and a half, protests evolved from lawful marches led by established political figures to militant uprisings led by fervent localists. Hong Kongâs struggle is an inspiration to people fighting oppression around the world.

Days Before the Dawn: The History of Protest in Hong Kong

The history of the resistance movement that led a city of 7 million people to fight against the largest authoritarian regime in the world.

Mother and filmmaker Viva Bianca travels around the US to attend youth climate strikes and talk with teen activists at the center of the climate movement. In spending time with five young activists, each from a different city and ethnic background, Bianca learns about the intersectionality of the youth climate movement and about the immeasurable sacrifices each of them is making in an effort to save our civilization. Meet Generation GND, the generation of the Green New Deal.

Generation GND

A mother, actress and filmmaker attends youth climate strikes across the US, and identifies five teen activists at the center of the movement--each from a different city and ethic background. Through the lens of Viva Bianca, meet Generation GND, the generation of the Green New Deal.

With conversations with Black Portland academics, leaders and residents Where Should We Go? provides contextual background on the racist policies and practices that led to the gentrification, displacement, and disenfranchisement of Albina’s Black residents. And it further asks; Where can Black people live without being assaulted, disrespected, denigrated, or attacked?

Where Should We Go?

A four-part series explores the rich history of Portland's Albina neighborhood.

Politician Man is a protest song for Canada. The seeds were planted when Adrian Sutherland’s remote Cree community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency over contaminated water. At the same moment, insensitive comments from an Ottawa politician sparked massive public outcry. Politician Man is Sutherland’s response. The award-winning video was created by Justin Stephenson (Gord Downie’s The Secret Path) and speaks to Canada’s troubled relationship with First Nations in a powerful way.

Adrian Sutherland - Politician Man

Politician Man is a protest song for Canada, by Northern roots-rockers Adrian Sutherland. The seeds were planted when his remote community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency over contaminated water. The award-winning video is his response to failed promises by politicians.

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