This is the tenth year of Media That Matters, a curatorial project of the world's best short film on social issues, available online, on DVD, in theaters and elsewhere worldwide. This year's selection celebrates twelve jury-selected shorts, each less than twelve minutes, tackling a broad range of social...

I am no longer going to let you off the hook.

I don’t care if you are really embarrassed.

It’s not ok to confuse me with another black girl.

It's just not ok.

It’s especially not ok to confuse me with a black girl four shades darker or four inches...

I used to be an active member of the community working to abolish the death penalty. This activism began around junior high school and reached its height after I finished producing and finally doing outreach on a feature length documentary about Former Illinois Governor Ryan's decision to issue blanket clemency,...

Today some co-workers and I had a bit of a field trip to see Sicko. It was the first of our summer Fridays so we took in a shockingly packed 4:20pm show. As a documentary filmmaker, I think it is really important for us to support one other...

My mother could not drive. She got behind the wheel one time when she was 19 years old. My parents were dating and my father, trying to impress her, decided to teach her how to drive in his brand new convertible. Minutes later, she proceeded to drive the car into...

I did not expect to watch the premiere of John From Cincinnati but I, like 11 million other people, watched the finale to The Sopranos with friends and, after much wine, ended up lying on the couch for an additional television hour.

I had heard about the show through...