Film Awards
CODE OAKLAND
Houston World Fest 2015 - Bronze, Social & Economic Issues
Harlem International Film Festival 2015 - Best Short Documentary
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2015 - Award of Merit
Humboldt International Film Festival 2015 - Best Documentary
Napa Valley Film Festival 2015 - Honorable Mention
Canada International Film Festival 2015 - Rising Star Award
Honolulu Film Festival 2015 - Aloha Award
(In)Justice for All Film Festival 2015 - Audience Award
(In)Justice for All Film Festival 2015 - Social Impact Award
Best Shorts Competition 2016 - Humanitarian Award
THINK OF CALVIN
Napa Valley Film Festival 2016 - Best Short Documentary
Uptown Short Film Festival 2016 - Best Documentary
Best Shorts Competition 2016 - Humanitarian Award
WAITING PATIENT
Amsterdam Film Festival 2018 - Best Documentary Editing
A video about Stand for Children Indiana
TEACHED Vol. I
TEACHED Vol. I is a trio of short films about education in America (The Path to Prison, Unchartered Territory and The Blame Game).
Williamsburg International Film Festival 2012 - Outstanding Achievement for Short Documentary
Amsterdam Film Festival 2012 - Special Jury Prize
Indiefest 2014 - Award of Merit Special Mention
Teach for America Social Innovation Award 2013
Media Coverage
The Atlantic Live: Think of Calvin: One Family's Story / Race and Justice in America (also on C-Span here)
Global Health Film Festival Interview with Director Kelly Amis
Think of Calvin in Unbound Magazine
On the GoPro Blog: Loudspeaker Captures Surgeries in Haiti
Beyond Chron: Reviews from United Nations Film Festival 2016 by Peter Wong
Reactor Core Hacking Silicon Valley: Two Inspiring Documentaries about Diversity in Tech
Huffington Post Why Silicon Valley Should Embrace Diversity by Rebecca Klein
Education Post It Shouldn't be a Privilege to Learn how to Code by Kelly Amis
Oakulture Picks for the 2015 Oakland International Film Festival by Eric Arnold
Napa Valley Register St. Helena Filmmaker Focuses on Education Reform by Jennifer Huffman
One Day: Mini-Lessons by Calvin Hennick
The Digital Life How to Hack Silicon Valley by Kevin Lockett
Chicago Bureau Short-Film Trilogy Zones in on Education Woes of Nation by Rachel Janik
SunFMTV TEACHED, Interview Kelly Amis - starts at 13:34 Cat Smith Podcast
Getting Smart Good Work with a Loudspeaker by Tom Vander Ark
Culture Craver Fighting for Education Reform, One Film Screening at a Time by Julia Levy
Take Part 'Teached' Film Series Cracks Open L.A.'s School-to-Prison Pipeline by Jenny Inglee
Take Part 10 Education Documentaries You Don’t Want to Miss by Jenny Inglee
Airwaves KWMR Interview with Producer/Director Kelly Amis
Huffington Post Ten Conversations With Edupreneurs by Tom Vander Ark
Dropout Nation Podcast A Call to Transform American Public Education by RiShawn Biddle
One Day Magazine Filming the Heart of the Achievement Gap by Tom Hurst
CineVine Interview with Producer/Director Kelly Amis by Myisha Cherry
The Bohemian Chalking It Up by Leilani Clark
Napa Valley Register Shining a light on educational inequality by Carolyn Younger
Vallejo Times Herald Ex-instructor makes debut with 'Teached' by Rich Freedman
Harvard Political Review Silver Screens and Blackboards by Eric Hendey
Education Next School Reform Hits the Big Screen by Michael Petrilli
USAToday Is 2010 the year of the education documentary? by Greg Toppo