Cameron Miller-DeSart
Cameron Miller-DeSart
Projecting SOCIAL CHANGE
Eye-opening films offer new perspectives and urge viewers to take action. This past year, the Skirball partnered with the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) to present a film series that celebrates storytelling from the front lines of today’s global challenges. From April to August, audiences had the opportunity to watch five of SIMA’s 2016 featurelength documentary award winners. While the acclaimed films varied in subject matter—from a Ukrainian vigilante-pastor rehabilitating drug-addicted kids in Almost Holy to Afghan soldiers fighting without NATO support in Tell Spring Not to Come This Year—they represented the best in cinema to advance global awareness, explore humanitarian issues, and inspire activism.