Examples

 
 

Education Without Bars

This video essay explores educational reform within the context of the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Reform (HOPE).

4:46 minutes

 

Resistance School

The creator of the video reflects on her frustration with the result of the 2016 American presidential election and how it led to her studying at the Resistance School.

2:59 minutes

 

Walmart vs. Publix

This video briefly compares the business models of Walmart and Publix as a way of critiquing capitalist business structures.

2:19 minutes

 

Waking Up HKS

A cohort of Harvard Kennedy School students share their experiences as POCs and allies.

6:55 minutes

 

The Archive

Harvard undergrad Dani Perez recreates images from Harvard’s photographic archive and reflects on silences in the historical record.

3:31 minutes

 
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The Skin I’m In

Women of color of multiple generations share how they have learned to love their unique skin colors and hair textures.

5:58 minutes


Video Essays + Supplemental Field Research

 

Neighborhood Power

This film highlights the work of the three organizers in their efforts to help their communities gain greater political voices.

15:31 minutes

 

Artists as Chief Problem Solvers

This film explores an initiative funded by the City of Boston government to integrate arts and culture into all aspects of civil life.

17:36 minutes

 

Sharing More Than Space

This film explores the healthy ways in which the diverse residents of the ever-changing Crown Heights, Brooklyn can learn to share space.

17:10 minutes

 

The Story of Old Town

This film explores the creative ways in which a small town in Maine is learning to adapt to changing economic circumstances.

17:22 minutes

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