In conjunction with the team of Arts Bridging the Gap we brought together families from all different cultures and experiences and created LOVE literally :)
We filmed the whole process of the art piece creation and came up with this fun piece.
Here is the final piece of art with a few of the wonderful kids of Arts Bridging the Gap.
Baby Let Your Hair Hang Down
A feature Documentary about one girl's journey with Alopecia Areata and how losing her hair helped her to find her purpose.
The film has been shown at the Doc Miami Film Festival, the Los Angeles International Women's Film Festival, The Miami Film and Arts Festival and won the Human Interest Award at the Monaco International Film Festival. It has been featured on ABC's 20/20, KTLA News and the Huffington Post.
This film has provided much needed support for the Alopecia community. Further more its wider success proves that people are searching for a place to feel understood and permission to be honest about their challenges.
We are so excited about the support, perspective and connection this film has offered so many people both with and without Alopecia.
Thoughts and Feels
We hung out with a few very special kids and asked them a few important questions: "What is happiness?" "What is love?" "How would they stop the fighting and feed everyone?" And we filmed our chats. Here is the video for the question. "What would you tell the world?"
Love - with Arts Bridging the Gap
A few short things for Fun
A Children's Talk/Variety Show for ages 10-14 year olds
Thoughts and Feels is a live studio and on location kids show that puts today’s youth, complete with their thoughts, feelings and questions, at the center of the narrative.
Watch the trailer of the proof of concept HERE.
Proof of Concept Episode is available on request.
Occasionally we just like to shoot things because they are fun and touch our hearts. Here are a few of them:
Alopeciapalooza 2013 - Children’s Alopecia Project
I am Spartacus Entertainment
We believe in the magic of people, stories and entertainment
Human...By any other name (in production)
Film
India's Silent Revolution: Bonded Labour Slaves
The World According to Kids
Our Arts Bridging the Gap VR Dance Party
Page Jumpers
Virtual Reality Projects
Four Corners/One Voice
The Four Corners project is being produced in association with (ah)mused production and is comprised of two documentary films: the short film “One Voice” and the feature film “Four Corners”.
“One Voice” premiered in 2015 and encourages every citizen to consider the power of an educated vote: if the contemporary vote counts, what is the responsibility of the voter? The film premiered at Awareness Festival and won Best Documentary Short at The Short Film Awards.
“Four Corners” is currently in post-production and slated for release in 2022. This roundtable conversation with Americans from diverse backgrounds and ages seeks to find win-win solutions to civil rights and social issues preventing peace and progress through conversation.
One Voice is a round table discussion designed to encourage every citizen to consider the power of an educated vote: if the contemporary vote counts, what is the responsibility of the voter?
Please Don't Hit Me
Hitting can hurt children for the rest of their lives. Please STOP and ask for help. A PSA made during COVID19 to educate and make folks aware of the dangers of violence towards children. Made as an entrant in the social media contest For the US Alliance to end the Hitting of Children - 2020
We recently had the honor of consulting with one of our in house VR director/shooters Ian Bailey on his 360 video/VR piece to create advocacy and awareness for the non profit organization Voices4Freedom to promote the incredible work of their Schools4Freedom program in India.
The piece was shot in Uttar Pradesh and stitched in under two weeks - we were excited to see the enthusiasm and skills of Ian and the ProvidenceVR team bring this piece to life in such a short time frame.
When Georgia was at Alopeciapalooza speaking to the amazing kids with Alopecia in 2013 she promised them in her talk she would make them a video in 12 hours to show the world that they really are her superheroes and will make an incredible difference in the world. This is the video she rushed together for them - but no amount of rushing could take away from the magic of these faces and hearts.
A three part immersive documentary journal and movement that forces us to go beyond the labels that define those we do not know and to creates connection with our fellow humans.
In July 2017 we embarked on a journey to discover love, dignity and human connection in corners of the world that few believe they could exist.
We took innovative virtual reality technology into the asylums and slums of India, the refugee quarters of Lebanon and the homeless camps of Los Angeles and what we experienced and captured were stories of human resilience, service and beauty that will confront and inspire you and ensure that you never see someone you labelled as 'other' the same again.
For more information click HERE
PAGE JUMPERS is a children’s reading app that takes the concepts of Reading Rainbow and Choose Your Own Adventure books and combines them in an interactive 360/VR reading experience where children can jump inside their favorite stories and change the endings.
Kids meet in an ultra-colorful clubhouse in the trees, where the walls are lined with books. Joined by a wacky cast of puppets and live actors, children choose a book, traveling through a magical chute they 'PAGE JUMP' and land inside the pages. They travel through the story - surrounded in 360 by the world of the story book, interact with the characters using gaze tracking technology, and return back to the clubhouse with a brand new tale they created before their own eyes! The kids are guided on their page jumping adventures by the ‘Librarian’ and Keeper of the Books …. She is the voice of reason in the club house and allows them to find their way through their favorite books and helps them reimagine the story's ending.
Kids are not only listening to a story and learning to read, but using interactive technology to DEEPEN and CHALLENGE their understanding of stories, life decisions and their own sense of right and wrong.
WINNER: 1ST PRIZE IN THE US ALLIANCE AGAINST THE HITTING OF CHILDREN SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST 2020
At the end of a long Twitch fundraising stream "Arts Bridging the Gap" invited everyone in any place in the world to join them for good old fashioned dance circle! The intention of the 360 video was to literally immerse the viewers in the magic that can be created when strangers come together in music and dance; to show how shyness disappears and all that is left is smiles, laughter and some fancy dance moves!
TV (in development)
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