The Unheard Voices Project is making a difference. By casting a unique lens on the challenges facing working people, it is drawing public attention to their struggles. In the past two years, the documentary Wild Caught has had a concrete impact on Sneads Ferry: it helped empower the local fishermen to fight incorporation of their small town and stand up for their right to carry on fishing-related activities on their own land. It also played a role in the North Carolina legislature's allocating $70 million to preserve working waterfronts for fishermen.
In addition to ongoing documentary work, our next challenge is to develop a computer-based, searchable video archive to share footage with scholars, sociologists, filmmakers and journalists.
You can help in many ways:
If you are working on a project whose values mesh with the Unheard Voices Project, contact us about linking to or posting materials on our site.
Host a screening for friends or your organization. Please contact Cornelia to find out how.
Make a tax-deductible donation to support ongoing documentary projects or building the video archive. Of the funds we raise, 100% go directly to film-related expenses or to research into setting up a searchable video archive.
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