Read more about the article MediaStorm Presents “Swan Song” and “These Bones of Mine”

MediaStorm Presents “Swan Song” and “These Bones of Mine”

How do you tell the story of a massive organization with a broad scope that brings resources, education and connection to hundreds of thousands of people throughout Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast? This was the challenge Neighborhood Centers Inc. brought to MediaStorm. With Swan Song and These Bones of Mine, we answer the question of why Neighborhood Center’s work matters with intimate, cinematic narratives of the people they serve everyday. Swan Song is the story of The Greers, a 3-woman unit of mother and daughters nicknamed “The Greer Girls.” When Marilyn is diagnosed with dementia at age 58, her daughters refocus their lives to care for her during her most precious years. They try to juggle it all until they are forced to make a heartbreaking decision. These Bones of Mine is the story of Syed, the black sheep. When he told his family he wanted to convert to a minority…

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Support “The Penguin Counters” on Kickstarter


The Penguin Counters is a documentary of a story that’s never been told, about tackling climate change one penguin at a time. For the production team – Peter Getzels, Erik Osterholm and Harriet Gordon – it was a labor of love to follow field-biologist Ron Naveen and his team as he tracks the welfare of colonies of penguins in the world’s most pristine scientific laboratory: Antarctica.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Presents: The Story of Ripple Effect Images

MediaStorm Presents: The Story of Ripple Effect Images

Ripple Effect Images is a team of journalists dedicated to documenting the plight of poor women and girls around the world, and highlighting the programs that are helping to empower them, especially as they deal with the devastating effects of climate change. MediaStorm developed a series of videos to the explore the lives and work of the celebrated photographers Annie Griffiths, Lynn Johnson and Ami Vitale, and what they hope to accomplish as Ripple Effect Images. The Ripple Effect series tracks the careers of Griffiths, Johnson and Vitale as they come to the conclusions that ultimately caused them to form their collective. Read our case study to learn more about how MediaStorm tackled this challenge. For more information on Ripple Effect Images and their mission to document the needs and the innovative programs that are helping women and girls across the globe visit RippleEffectImages.org.

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