LSPTv Promo Trailer
LSPTv will be the first inmate-run, prison-based television station in the nation. HCD will build a broadcast studio and provide media training for inmate staff. LSPTv will produce programming of interest to the large community of Americans affected by our criminal justice system. Programs will include Fathering Behind Bars, Re-Entry Preparedness, Sports, Legal Literacy and more. CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE PROMO TRAILER!
Highest Common Denominator recently talked to Ebonyjet.com about LSPTv. Click here to read the article entitled, “In Louisiana, America’s Toughest Inmates Produce Compelling Television”.
Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins, MIT Professor and author of “Convergence Culture” talks about the new media landscape. Enjoy this short piece produced by Highest Common Denominator Media Group. CLICK BELOW FOR VIDEO CONTENT!
Toronto Hot Docs was both amazing and a drag…. Yes, I love the films and thought the filmmakers were fantastic. I was especially ecstatic to see Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s film “12th and Delaware” about a fake abortion clinic (a must see). I have known these two women for years and to see how far they have come is very cool.
The mixed part was that the business of documentary filmmaking is increasingly off kilter….
CONNECTED
In the global struggle for poverty, the poor are getting,
CONNECTED
to vital information….
to health and medical resources….
to tools that transform lives.
What happens when highly skilled professionals leave the world’s leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, returning home to Africa to revolutionize business and governments there?
CONNECTED follows the challenges and triumphs of tomorrow’s “DotCom” Billionaires” who are bringing technology solutions that radically improve the lives of Africans. Access to technology is connecting the “bottom billions” who are excluded from commerce, giving them the tools to transform their lives. Our heroes battle corruption, weak infrastructure, and a lack of skilled labor, but rapidly attract other members of the African Diaspora to help build the company.
Highest Common Denominator Media Group was awarded the prestigious “Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship Focus Through Documentary” grant from the Sundance Institute and the Skoll Foundation to develop CONNECTED. The project is expected to be completed in Summer 2011.
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A Special 10th Anniversary Edition of “The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison” and the 2009 sequel, “The Farm: 10 Down” are now available for purchase on the Highest Common Denominator website.
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Gabriel City
The facts are shocking. The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. This affects over 30 million people – victims of crime, incarcerated persons, and family members alike. In response to this, HCD Media Group has launched Gabriel City, an online community for the millions affected by the criminal justice system.
Louisiana State Penitentiary Television (LSPTv)
LSPTv will be the first inmate-run, prison-based television station in the nation. HCD will build a broadcast studio and provide media training for inmate staff. LSPTv will produce programming of interest to the large community of Americans affected by our criminal justice system. Programs will include Fathering Behind Bars, Re-Entry Preparedness, Sports, Legal Literacy and more.
The Road to Redemption
Our short film looks into the hearts of young women who were combatants in Liberia’s long and brutal civil war, as they seek to heal their deep wounds and rebuild their shattered lives. It celebrates these women who are working to build a secure future for this beleaguered African nation, using storytelling to heal, and to prevent future conflict.
Connected
CONNECTED is the story of Nigerian entrepreneur, Dr. Aloy Chife, and his unrelenting effort to shrink Africa’s digital divide and level the playing field for the planet’s poorest by employing his company, SW Global Limited. The film will follow Aloy as he launches new projects and works to export software solutions to Sri Lanka (the first technology transfer from Africa to an Asian market) and take SW Global Limited public, listing it on a global stock exchange.
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