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Film Festivals & Awards

CODE OAKLAND
 

WINNER - Best Short Documentary, Harlem International Film Festival
WINNER - Best Documentary, Humboldt Film Festival
WINNER - Best Film, Fulbright Association Film Festival
WINNER - Award of Merit, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
WINNER - Aloha Award, Honolulu Film Festival
WINNER - Audience Award, (In)Justice for All Film Festival
WINNER - Social Impact Award, (In)Justice for All Film Festival
WINNER - Bronze, Social & Economic Issues, Houston World Fest
WINNER - Honorable Mention, Napa Valley Film Festival

WINNER - Rising Star Award for Kelly Amis, Canada Film Festival

Official Selection - St. Louis International Film Festival 
Official Selection - Sacramento Film Festival 
Official Selection - San Francisco Black Film Festival

Official Selection - Milan International Film Fest

Official Selection - Heartland International Film Fest

Official Selection - Breckenridge Film Festival

Official Selection - Joshua Tree Film Festival

Official Selection - Boise Film Festival

Official Selection - Manchester International Film Festival

Official Selection - Little Rock Film Festival

Official Selection - Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

Official Selection - Madrid International Film Festival

THINK OF CALVIN

WINNER - Best Short Documentary, Napa Valley Film Festival 
WINNER - Best Documentary, Uptown Short Film Festival
WINNER - Humanitarian Award, Best Shorts Competition
Official Selection - Vail Film Festival

Official Selection - Oakland International Film Festival

Official Selection - Indianapolis Black Expo Film Festival

Official Selection - Dingle International Film Festival
Official Selection - Williamsburg Film Festival

Featured at The Atlantic's Race & Justice Summit


WAITING PATIENT
 

WINNER - Best Documentary Editing, Amsterdam Film Festival

Official Selection - Global Health Film Festival
Official Selection - Harlem International Film Festival

TEACHED Vol. I

We released the first three TEACHED films--The Path to Prison, Uncharted Territory and The Blame Game--together as TEACHED Vol. I.  

WINNER - Outstanding Achievement for Short Documentary, Williamsburg International Film Festival 

WINNER - Special Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival

WINNER - Award of Merit, IndieFest

WINNER - Best Short Documentary, Williamsburg Film Festival

WINNER - Teach for America Social Innovation Award 

Official Selection - SXSWedu

Official Selection - Colorado Film Festival
Official Selection - Napa Valley Film Festival

Official Selection - Harlem International Film Festival
Official Selection - SouthSide Film Festival
Official Selection - deadCenter Film Festival
Official Selection - Sonoma International Film Festival

Official Selection - Miami Short Film Festival

Official Selection - London Lift-Off Film Festival
Official Selection - Taos Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection - New Hampshire Film Festival
Official Selection - Big Easy International Film Festival

Official Selection - Albany Film Festival

Official Selection - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival

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

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