Parks & Recognition
The First 70 is a documentary project in San Francisco, California created by Heath Hen Films to shed light on California’s plans to close one quarter of their 278 parks – including thousands of acres of park land, recreation areas, wildlife reserves, and 50% of the state’s historic parks. For many Californians, the lingering threat […]
Monday Mini Mixtape 21
[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] Hi Friends… Kenny here. I’m back from shooting a film in Michigan with some friends […]
Syrian soldiers defect to Turkey
In this age of revolution, uprising, and radical defiance, countries that don’t offer their citizens basic civil rights are being challenged in drastic ways. More and more, we are seeing that in order to achieve social change, conflict and violence are frequently used to achieve it – as is the current case in Syria. After […]
LRA lieutenant defects
It has been confirmed that Caesar Achellam’s bodyguard, a LRA lieutenant, defected near Mboki, CAR. Reportedly, he surrendered because of threats on his life from LRA members who accused him of deliberately allowing Achellam to be captured. This was accompanied by the report of 5 other LRA officers defecting with the bodyguard. Since Caesar Achellam’s […]
Google Maps street view captures poverty
When it comes to photographing poverty across the world, we think of strong-willed men and women with cameras slung across their back and notepads in hand. We don’t usually think of cars with cameras on top of them. Yet, photographer Doug Rickard has assembled an entire exhibit at the New York Museum of Modern Art […]
Artist Ambassadors Update: Circa Survive
We’re really proud of our friends Anthony, Colin, Brendan, Nick and Steve (more commonly known as Circa Survive). Last week they announced and began pre-sales of their first independently produced album – Violent Waves. Over the years we have been on both indie and major record labels. We are thankful for the opportunities we’ve had with […]