Award Winning Works

Something in the Water

GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY - STATE OF THE NATION

A stunning mosaic of America in a search for common ground on the most pressing issues of our time amid the 2020 presidential election and a global pandemic, 200 Americans from across the country discuss democracy, racism, leadership, socioeconomic inequities, American history, the American Dream, and hope, 100 min.

Official Selection - Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival, Atlanta, GA

Best of Festival - CC South Texas Underground Film Festival, Corpus Christi, TX

Grand Festival Award - Berkeley Film Festival, Berkeley, CA

Semifinalist - Flickers Rhode Island, Rhode Island

Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle

A DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE OF FORMER

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK

Best Director - Golden State Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

Official Selection - United Nations Film Festival, Palo Alto, CA

Best Documentary - Oxford International Film Festival, Oxford, U.K.

Best Cinematography - Boston International Film Festival, Boston, MA

Honorable Mention - Mediterranean Film Festival, Cannes, France

Official Selection - I Will Tell International Film Festival, London, UK

Grand Festival Best Documentary - Berkeley Film Festival, Berkeley, CA.

2026 MAFTF Documentary Finalist

Los Tejanos: A 500-Year History

“A powerful, moving, and eye-opening documentary that explores five centuries of Tejano heritage, resilience, and cultural impact.”

—Hilda Maria Ledezma, Founder/CEO , Revival Of Cultural Arts (ROCA)

A sweeping documentary that chronicles five centuries of Tejano history, from the early 1500s to the present. Drawing on oral histories, archival research, and expert commentary, the film explores the Vaquero tradition, the leadership of Tejana women, and the deep cultural, economic, and political impact of Tejano communities in South Texas. By confronting the erasure and marginalization that followed U.S. annexation, the documentary recovers overlooked histories and challenges exclusionary accounts of the American past. The result is both an act of historical reclamation and a tribute to the resilience, identity, and enduring legacy of Los Tejanos. 122 minutes. Visit: https://lostejanos.today

Twice Upon a Time in America

A soul searching inquiry through an unprecedented period in the recent history of the United States at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd. Americans from all regions of the country were living in isolation and facing an acute and permanent change to their social, domestic, and working lives. Two hundred people came forward to share their vision of the country as it wrestled with a sharp reveal of its racial and economic disparities with hope and determination to seek a better America in the face of adversity. 67 minutes.

Rural Matters: Poverty in the Other America

An exploration of the crisis of poverty, the dignity of low-income Americans, and its impact on working people living on the edge of economic insecurity in rural America. This documentary film speaks to people with lived experience, academics, policymakers, and antipoverty organizations in Otsego, Delaware and Chenango counties in Upstate New York. 36 minutes.

From Mill River to Babylon and Back… The Jimmy Massey Story

A documentary about a 2003 Marine Iraq war veteran and the aftermath of coming home portrays his experiences and the price he paid to tell the truth about the war, unscrupulous recruiting practices, PTSD, depleted uranium use, and how the democracy of the United States was compromised by an administration who led us into a conflict that never should have been fought. 67 minutes.