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
A video about Stand for Children Indiana
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
