documentary film
‘Healing a Soldier’s Heart’ Premieres Nationally on PBS.org and Public Television Stations on Veterans Day Weekend 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Seventeen U.S. veterans die by suicide every day, a number largely unchanged for over a decade. Yet today, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, there is a hopeful approach for treating combat-related PTSD. Moral injury is in clear focus in the documentary “Healing a Soldier’s Heart,” Cultural & Educational Media (CEM Productions), the production company for the film, announced today….
New Comedy Special, ‘Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted,’ released on Amazon Prime
OAKLAND, Calif. — San Francisco Bay Area comedian Nina G, known for her unique brand of humor as a woman who stutters, proudly announces the release of her comedy documentary special, “Nina G: Stutterer Interrupted.” Available now on Amazon Prime, this special arrives just in time for International Stuttering Awareness Day on October 22….
PBS SOCAL and OUR L.A. Present ‘Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and The Politics of Race’
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race” reveals the life and legacy of the first African American mayor elected in a major American city, with an overwhelmingly white majority, and will be broadcast on PBS SoCal on Thursday, October 6 at 8:30 p.m., Our L.A. announced today. The encore presentation of the award-winning documentary is being released during another historic Los Angeles mayoral race occurring now. It is also available on PBS.org, and on PBS and World Channel’s Saturday Playlist Initiative on race….
Californian Traveled to Poland to Interview Ukrainian Soldiers and Refugees and Animated their Stories
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kipp Berdiansky, a 57-year-old engineer from Silicon Valley, traveled to Poland in May to interview Ukrainian soldiers and refugees. He subsequently had Ukrainian illustrators, animators and voice-over freelancers animate the story for a new YouTube channel called “Heroes of War.”…
NJ Film Creator Exposes Wrongful Conviction: Documentary Calls for Justice in Alabama
ROSELLE, N.J. — An independent African-American filmmaker with a relentless pursuit of the truth and justice, Jean Adam, Jr., has produced a stunning documentary that makes a powerful case: an Alabama white woman has been unjustly imprisoned for 30 years….
Award-winning documentary, ‘Just One’ selected for August 3 screening at San Antonio Film Festival
CYPRESS, Texas — One single encounter with the police can change a young person’s life forever – especially children of color. “A Black or Brown child acting out at school or having a bad day can very quickly find themselves enmeshed into two very broken systems,” says filmmaker and PrettyWork Creative CEO, Lisa N. Alexander….
‘Besos de plastico’ Documentary is a Doctor Alert About Botched Faces From Illegal Injections
MADRID, Spain — As an amateur social project of the famous Dominican plastic surgeon, Luis Lopez Tallaj MD, trained in Brazil 20 years ago, has released recently on YouTube, the dramatic documentary “Besos de plástico” (Plastic Kisses). It is already available on his YouTube channel Lopeztallaj, this Hispanic or Latin project with closed captions in English, French and Portuguese is a warning to the global population of the risks taken with biopolymers injections….
What The World Needs Now is LOVE!
COLUMBUS, Ohio, — ByDam Multimedia announces its latest release: “From A Place of Love – My Adoption Journey,” an award-winning documentary film from Writer, Producer, Director David Bynum….
All the Lost Girls Productions Launches Trailer for ‘Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story’
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — All the Lost Girls Productions launches trailer for “Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story.” On December 1, 1994, Melissa Witt was abducted from Bowling World in Fort Smith, Arkansas….
Transforming the Nation’s Prisons into Places of Healing: Compassion Prison Project and ‘Step Inside the Circle’ PSA Film
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — On February 12, 2020, 235 incarcerated men gathered in the yard of a maximum-security prison in California. They formed a circle, and in the center of that circle stood Grammy Award winning film producer Fritzi Horstman. She read aloud ten questions from the ACE test, a survey of Adverse Childhood Experiences…