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The MediaStorm Collection

From the MediaStorm website:

MediaStorm is an award-winning film production and interactive design studio whose work gives voice and meaning to the most pressing issues of our time. Our stories demystify complex issues, humanize statistics, and inspire audiences to take action on issues that matter.

MediaStorm has led a paradigm shift in digital storytelling. Our in-depth reporting and original use of audio, video, and interactive graphics create compelling stories that get noticed. We have been widely recognized for our work–we have received 17 Emmy Award nominations and two Alfred Dupont Awards. Our films and immersive interactive design experiences connect with audiences, spread through social media, and are picked up by major media outlets, such as AP, NBC, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

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The MediaStorm Collection includes the following titles:

Swan Song - imageSwan Song

When Marilyn is diagnosed with dementia at age 58, her daughters refocused their lives to care for her during her most precious years. They try to juggle it all until they are forced to make a heartbreaking decision.

MediaStorm | 2013 | 37 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
Take Care - imageTake Care

25 year old Gin is raising her 5 year old daughter in a trailer park as a single mother, while taking care of her dying grandfather and pursuing her dream to become a nurse.

MediaStorm | 2010 | 9 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
The Amazing Amy - imageThe Amazing Amy

Using humor and a love of fantasy, "The Amazing Amy" Harlib connects with audiences through performing strenuous yoga-based contortion acts in New York City. But behind the showmanship lives an incredibly lonely human being.

MediaStorm | 2011 | 13 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
The Last Move - imageThe Last Move

Michael Thomasson spent a lifetime amassing the world's largest video game collection. Now, with his mother sick and facing an enormous mortgage, Michael must put his collection up for sale.

MediaStorm | 2016 | 23 minutes | 4-12, college, adults
The Long Night - imageThe Long Night

Set in Seattle, The Long Night gives voice and meaning to the crisis of minors who are forced and coerced into the American sex trade. The film weaves together the stories of seven people whose lives have been forever changed by this issue.

MediaStorm | 2014 | 70 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
The Ninth Floor - imageThe Ninth Floor

In an apartment above Fifth Avenue, some thirty young people live in a vortex of drug addiction and despair. Jessica Dimmock enters this world, exploring what has been lost and what may be recovered.

MediaStorm | 2007 | 14 minutes | college, adults
The Sandwich Generation - imageThe Sandwich Generation

Millions of middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When parents Ed and Julie took in her 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story.

MediaStorm | 2006 | 14 minutes | 4-12, college, adults
Undesired - imageUndesired

In India, women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence.

MediaStorm | 2010 | 12 minutes | 10-12, college, adults
Voice - imageVoice

Ian Willey is a young committed and beloved teacher, who spends his life encouraging his middle school students in Harlem to pursue their dreams. They in turn inspire him to follow his--becoming a professional hip hop artist.

MediaStorm | 2011 | 18 minutes | 4-12, college, adults
Fight Hate With Love - imageFight Hate With Love

Prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta’Bon leads a one-man movement in his community to help other young men avoid the revolving door of the prison system he’s been trapped in since he was a teen.

MediaStorm | 2017 | 79 minutes | 10-12, college, adults

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