Crossin’ BoundariesFilmmakers Rebecca Parrish & Brooke Bassin explore race, class, gender, and power in a small Mississippi Delta town through the lens of the 2008 presidential primaries. In this intimate portrait of a political process that can often seem distant and abstract, the filmmakers meet people where they’re at: on the street, at work, in their living rooms, at church, and even golfing at the country club. |
TV SerranaWhen the Cuban filmmakers of TV Serrana toured ther work throughout the United States, they needed engaging trailers to bring in audiences. Americas Media Initiative hired Interchange Productions to get the job done, creating compelling videos from existing footage. |
Living JuarezIn Living Juarez, director Alex Halkin tells the story of the real victims in Calderón’s Drug War: regular people just trying to survive in a city over run by senseless violence and corruption. The neighborhood of Villas de Salvárcar is organized and speaking out against the arbitrary and frequent abuses that are committed by the armed forces against civilians and particularly the youth in Cd. Juárez. Living Juarez is currently a work in progress in-progress and for this reason the scenes are password protected. Contact us to request viewing permission. |
CookedJudith Helfand‘s documentary, Cooked, explores the racial and environmental implications of the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Rebecca worked on Cooked as an Associate Editor creating scenes that act as building blocks for the final piece and as shorts to show potential funders. In this scene, A Parents’ Guide to Englewood, parents Colean and Jeremiah show us the impact of vacant lots and abandoned buildings on their children. Cooked is currently a work in progress in-process and for this reason the scenes are password protected. Contact us to request viewing permission. |
