Documentaries

One of the best parts of doing this work is getting to nurture long-term relationships with our clients. We never think of our work as one and done. Many of our clients use our films as their ongoing marketing strategy; these organizations really understand the value of highlighting their success stories through short-form documentary. Heartfelt storytelling drives home the real-world impact of these organizations, and it allows the work to speak for itself. Whether it's a 4-5 minute mini documentary screening at a donor event, or a 60 second cutdown of that story for social media, it’s a platform for those whose lives have been transformed, and for the nonprofit whose work facilitated that transformation. Win-Win! These truly are humans, being… and that’s a beautiful thing.

We also create longer form documentaries (i.e. Unbound, Going Inside) which delve more deeply into a subject, project, organization or brand.

Going Inside (trailer)

Winner, Best Documentary, Texas Short Film Festival.

Trailer for 30 minute documentary ‘Going Inside’, documenting the transformational program Empathy in Action at CTF Soledad prison.

Unbound short documentary (trailer)

People’s Choice Award, Arts in Healing International Film Festival. 2025

Best Short Documentary, Best Director, Best Editing for Short Doc: Alpine International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2026

Unbound tells the powerful story of a community coming together to uplift those most impacted by severe mental illness through art. 

1500 people created a striking 80-foot long sculpture at one of California’s largest psychiatric facilities, the Department of State Hospitals-Napa.  Never before had an artwork of this magnitude been created inside a secure facility in partnership with the outside community. 

Over 500 patients, 200 hospital staff and 800 community volunteers built a sculpture of collective liberation of hundreds of winged hearts flying free from a cage and together forged an innovative new model of participatory public art.

Emerging from one woman’s personal quest to heal from her family’s journey with schizophrenia, the Unbound project was conceived and offered as an antidote to the despair and isolation often associated with mental illness.

Unbound offers an inspiring example of personal and collective healing through art and serves as a powerful reminder of the boundless potential of the human spirit, showing what is possible when we open our hearts, lift each other up, and embrace the transformative power of art.

Life on Art

Interviews from inmates at CTF Soledad and CCWF Chowchilla, for the program Visions of Hope, a therapeutic art program offered by nonprofit Life on Art and exhibited at the Marin County Civic Center in 2024. Each heart had an accompanying documentary interview with the artist that could be watched on the Bloomberg app, either while perusing the exhibition, or separately.

Homeward Bound of Marin: Kaitlin

Documentary about Kaitlin’s journey from homelessness to a fulfilling career and home life with her son.

The Sonder Project: Water Is Her Right!

The Sonder Project’s promotional film for international women’s day

Homeward Bound of Marin: Todd

Kantola Training Solutions: How Do You Identify?

Homeward Bound of Marin & Coordinated Entry: Robert

The Sonder Project: Evelyn

Homeward Bound of Marin: Shelly

Homeward Bound of Marin: Donny

Mini documentary following Donny, whose life on the streets was turned around when he found Homeward Bound. He ended up opening a successful boutique ice cream shop Garden Creamery in SF with his partner. Having had the support of Homeward Bound, life couldn’t be sweeter.

Homeward Bound of Marin: Aaron

Homeward Bound of Marin: Mary

Homeward Bound of Marin: Lamar

Vivalon: Ruth

Lifehouse: Stephanie

A story about Stephanie, another of Lifehouse’s super clients with a developmental disability, who uses their services to achieve independence and live a full life.

Lifehouse: Amy

A story about Amy, one of the many wonderful clients of Lifehouse, an organization that helps people with developmental disabilities live full lives and achieve independence.