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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523469474690-ENNFZJMNUIA8ZNNB98C0/01-bw2.jpg Home Intro https://www.stillirisefilms.org/home-intro-2 daily 0.75 2020-07-17 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-snake daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523893186680-3TRZ3GNBESLK4OLMN7TB/OriginalPhoto-516303374.431713.jpg The Snake - MEET AARON HARRIS Today, at 29, Aaron is determined to live a life of service. He battled the wild fires of California last summer and currently works at UCSF’s Intensive Care Unit. Soon, Aaron will start applying for firefighter positions in Oakland, the same city that once saw him as another nameless face on yet another city bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523893385278-AKYD99EUPP6ZWRY6C054/image02.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523893389902-W76DC8GJ2V7BCFMTUXVX/IMG_5650.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523893386506-1YCWU4XV08MP5V7I8Y45/image03.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523893390405-AV0JDWN5GKYEXZ2WE31R/IMG_5653.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523987580704-XPM33OH4B46MXGNOVKLH/IMG_0141.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1524767628201-YRU23P4W812TIAUZ2JDC/IMG_1361.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1524067260262-3CSEGQRNAJ2SNAOOJ0B9/Aaron_Adam.jpg The Snake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1523987569634-2Q80AB2H3I76YBHFQ20S/IMG_20141011_160927.jpg The Snake https://www.stillirisefilms.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1524000333868-AQXV8GSMHQ8UH4DQFVKY/044a.jpg Contact https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-dream daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525721897194-UMD06VNARDTG9XS3DT8N/aya_mom.jpg The Dream - MEET AYA Aya was only two when her family fled war and moved to America. Her grandmother often talks about the fig tree back home. And everything else they had to leave behind. Aya records her grandmother's memories in a diary, along with the cruel things people say to her mom and dad because they're Muslim. Art by Perry Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715798787-1JV5NELK2CZ0EOA6I4NP/Mother_Jones.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715803467-70QQD3PZ7AYC3EK1L9R5/Survey.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715804889-SBIAPOD44PD1UH5CA337/The_Guardian.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715803041-EL7HE8VD4TJMMX4JONLX/PBS.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715805261-W0I53IZCVLR9SXVEZAY9/The_Nation.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715798682-89OL05A4NXQTEISY5UDH/DoJ.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715797143-YLM6ZI6O0VE50YY1FVLG/Harvard.jpg The Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1525715801474-1GWFK560QG4B0BXLTDJV/NPR.jpg The Dream https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-alien daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1530040080468-SX9BAF9XOHLSWCWVZFY8/Untitled_Artwork.jpg The Alien - MEET DIONICIA Dionicia Ramos Ledesma received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her master's from Cal State, East Bay. Dionicia is currently the Director of Public Information for the Hayward Unified School District. She is also on the board of directors for the California Alumni Association at UC Berkeley. Dionicia lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two kids. Art by Alberto Ledesma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555293416-5KD9U5VUW2UZP9B0DMSK/mom_lila.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555319792-91JHVZBBLVV515MH5LCD/sisters.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555346476-0IH1QXZ8S2DFE2LNYWHG/dad_at_work.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555554482-RUW99PSSCD85AWYXDAB5/costumes.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555227581-TF83YWCGS5Z9R2AACCEX/Sisters+and+cake.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555240395-5H0LP9TNJZA3AI6TWNHS/Me_school+pic.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555413293-7ZHB7ND5DYRR93I4V8AE/mom_dad.jpg The Alien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1528555309174-0Y4N7M0OUJ68RR8011A3/parents.jpg The Alien https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-heart daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1535154118500-P5CI1KTBJ2H8XTNA9UDP/test.jpg The Heart - MEET VICTOR Victor Mensah is a third-year medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. He has been mentoring first-generation college students like himself for the past five years. 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Ms. Reid holds a Masters of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work. In 2015 she co-founded Blackdiaries.org, a 501(c)(3) which shares the personal narratives of people of color. Ms. Reid recently published an educational coloring book titled “Yoruba Mythology Coloring Book.” To purchase a copy, visit blackdiaries.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009473165-XRQ7CBA0TM9CL4UKK6YL/CR.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009203225-688T1TEWRD5JNXZOO5VL/Christina.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009173875-W1GBZQ3RNVEMJJI8PCWG/CR1.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009226980-ME5PW4C813786E7CIRSJ/CR3.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009497122-TYPMR4FHUISA5EPH7AFQ/CR5.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009790245-MD66GHDXOI15A3KXJ00Z/CR6.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548009290297-STDA5T3A2VKY7CFSHQXC/CR2.jpg The Bullet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1548008684908-5T62ZAF9MHA2EJD2KFK8/christina_sons.jpg The Bullet https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-scarf daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532223634296-K00NFMGEM4QT2SQBCA8L/lola_portrait.jpg The Scarf - ABOUT LOLA'S ART I started drawing very early – as a child I drew my own paper dolls. Some were mermaids; others looked like my friends at school or were inspired by the books I read. I still have the photo album that my grandma bought for me to hold all of my paper dolls. Drawing became a way to tell the stories of women I met or admired, to make their stories visible to others. Scheherazade told stories to avoid death. But today I tell stories to celebrate the life of women who persevere against the odds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214216204-565PEH5SY8ZILZVWQJW2/mujeres01.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214242429-MX2EVZ7PAMFPMF8CIIRC/mujeres02.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214260283-5FZTN5XXV1KTPCZFXH40/mujeres03.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214284231-CNBXLVPECUJP995N1ODG/mujeres04.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214692120-EOTFFN4DTM900YX2GJ1P/mujeres05.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214739270-L5L94YSI6V9TX5OAD3CR/mujeres06.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214356766-NYK4P6903ZZMX5CD6UWL/mujeres07.jpg The Scarf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1532214891845-4K3XPJX2XJYCOWR7MSM8/mujeres08.jpg The Scarf https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-light daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266848325-76UP5T1X1ZM6F053JZ4Y/_84A7501v2.jpg The Light - MEET JASMINE GRACE MARINO As a survivor of sex trafficking and drug addiction, Jasmine created a non-profit that helps women in Massachusetts affected by trafficking, prostitution, addiction and homelessness. She has spoken on panels at the U.S Commission on Civil Rights in New Hampshire and at the United Nations in New York. Jasmine is a member of the National Survivor Network, Founder and Director of Bags of Hope Ministries, and Author of “The Diary of Jasmine Grace.” All photographs by Robert Nickelsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266670149-NNJJQTM0EL1LWYU9PHW9/L1003712v2.jpg The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266177214-5IRRRYHA1BEQOQYQ5H6K/1E2A0767.jpg The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266452759-7G222YICKHMWB8SHVH0S/_84A8584.jpg The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266423458-OJXMYUF46TMNDXUCGARW/_84A7948.jpg The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266257459-AH2GZPQTDB4O46B67YIA/L1005554.JPG The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266373107-TVDLP22MZAH2SEW571C7/L1006995.JPG The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266235880-GBREHB40TYID8UP6FAO1/1E2A6542.JPG The Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266095061-PHKGP8E2LRWXS5QNYUIQ/L1003741v2.jpg The Light https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-invisible-hero daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-invisible-about daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-elephant-hero daily 0.75 2020-10-29 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/elephant-about daily 0.75 2021-02-10 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-cake-hero daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-cake-about daily 0.75 2021-12-14 https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-invisible daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178603907-SAM7LYE75TJXTP97GWOY/theborder1.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178603618-Z6HXY1D9FXUL5L31XW7A/theborder2.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178616499-9ZVI0OC8LGVCI6VYV7RN/theborder3.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178616324-7L18GI45KRVULYM4F28O/theborder4.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178625344-E8J52UCMVZ6E7PK4EM6P/theborder5.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178625390-402NIL1ZE3COB6F62CB2/theborder6.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178633801-BXUJS8ACPG685CXK61VJ/theborder7.jpg The Invisible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1601178632620-7R7V9147JHN1T04J9I19/theborder6a.jpg The Invisible https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-elephant daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602191687058-7GEXCYKDCNAR6JCC7Q2F/map_resize.jpg The Elephant - MEET AMI & THE KEEPERS Ami Vitale, an award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker, began documenting the work of the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in 2015. Since then, Ami has continued to film and photograph the work of the sanctuary, the role of the Samburu women keepers and how caring for the elephants has changed their lives. Find out more about Reteti and Ami’s work: retetielephants.org amivitale.com Map illustration by Lola Noguer. Photographs and film footage by Ami Vitale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190753622-UU1SQ77QSCC6U55KLFMV/04.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190762093-TYH7J6WC869BBR7TH6K0/05.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190751627-62M5OKJVV65F4U33CBPX/03.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190782520-2Q5Y1MIVYQYOC7I5XOJG/07.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190743548-WHCFAMSIBDD0VMKELRIP/02.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190771311-G7J5EAYC002BYN6IERWH/06.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190743030-SRV182PHEKYH0HLY5JY5/01.jpg The Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1602190783229-ON8YUTPA4X0A5FNDE83W/08.jpg The Elephant https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-cake daily 0.75 2023-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607798594557-4YSJZCPIQKAOF471YIBT/Me_.jpg The Cake - MEET THE ARTIST Theint Soe (Cynthia,) a 2020 Visual Arts grantee for the “Still I Rise” series, worked on this animated story for nine months. She began to draw the characters while living in Los Angeles and eventually completed the animation for “The Cake” after she returned to her native Burma. Similar to Chakarova’s story, featured in The Cake, Theint Soe’s own family came to America when she was ten. “We took several planes… spent two days traveling to New York. We arrived on a cold and gloomy night. On the way to our apartment, I rolled down the car window to smell the fresh air but instead inhaled the odor of trash and dead fish. When we turned on the lights to enter our new place in Queens, cockroaches scattered. I felt deceived by all the great stories I heard about America. Now, I understand I’m not alone – the cockroaches, the isolation, the desperation of finding joy in the Happy Meals I shared with my father – is the life of many immigrants.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814909343-HIN8OQHQOOSANUQMKC2U/8_luggage_styleframe.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814909219-L3ZMS9IU28GWLW1ZU3S2/16_timemoneycall_styleframe.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814914429-Z45KCF10O7ZTKQOTGZ97/21_roomstyleframe.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814916961-3O5S29KUO9Y62ZCS8J7I/22_walkstyleframe_2.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814920064-K9MPSE6FUBNX9G8GWXMB/27_styleframe2_edit.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814919287-DKPTQ410G8CRY07O0HM4/24_insidemarket_styleframe.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814922237-QJWKAN8AZAM4D1DEKVLH/50_onebiteofnastycake_styleframe.jpg The Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607814925936-70I7K9QLZT8E7UVBF3W8/52_shinyamerica_styleframe.jpg The Cake https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-island daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266848325-76UP5T1X1ZM6F053JZ4Y/_84A7501v2.jpg The Island - MEET JASMINE GRACE MARINO As a survivor of sex trafficking and drug addiction, Jasmine created a non-profit that helps women in Massachusetts affected by trafficking, prostitution, addiction and homelessness. She has spoken on panels at the U.S Commission on Civil Rights in New Hampshire and at the United Nations in New York. Jasmine is a member of the National Survivor Network, Founder and Director of Bags of Hope Ministries, and Author of “The Diary of Jasmine Grace.” All photographs by Robert Nickelsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266670149-NNJJQTM0EL1LWYU9PHW9/L1003712v2.jpg The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266177214-5IRRRYHA1BEQOQYQ5H6K/1E2A0767.jpg The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266452759-7G222YICKHMWB8SHVH0S/_84A8584.jpg The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266423458-OJXMYUF46TMNDXUCGARW/_84A7948.jpg The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266257459-AH2GZPQTDB4O46B67YIA/L1005554.JPG The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266373107-TVDLP22MZAH2SEW571C7/L1006995.JPG The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266235880-GBREHB40TYID8UP6FAO1/1E2A6542.JPG The Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266095061-PHKGP8E2LRWXS5QNYUIQ/L1003741v2.jpg The Island https://www.stillirisefilms.org/passengers daily 0.75 2023-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606089667158-31T7AW1KL6PGRQWPLKKR/SIRimageAbdoul.jpg Passengers - THE PASSENGERS The journey of migration and the violence committed by traffickers, militia groups and prison guards in countries like Libya have left permanent marks on the migrants lucky enough to survive the world's deadliest sea crossing. Talibé, a teenager who left his home country of Guinea to escape government persecution, recalls the kidnappings and slavery he endured in Libya: “If you can’t pay then they sell you to the Libyan police, the army… They catch you and they take you to jail. They beat you like a horse. They take Black people and they say: ‘Savages.’ It’s as if a Black person is worthless. Like an animal.” Abdoul, pictured here, picks fruit in northern Spain. Four years after his rescue, he still awaits legal status. "If I was in Senegal, I would have my mother and I wouldn't have the problems to get documents. But I will never go back to Senegal. A little money here is a lot of money there." All photographs and interviews by César Dezfuli. www.cesardezfuli.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606090288726-ZX1J0LW8MLB2BHYGPMYG/panel_edited.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606090504253-HP0RT25SQH6OSV3AIZDF/SIR02.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091074680-CE67PZYRP2Y6XPQDQZHI/SIR04.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091082889-RO8WLAZX32OY8MFS3BDZ/SIR05.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091083918-GRQTIHYWI47XZSYL00AG/SIR06.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091074861-Y7ZB21TG3T4LXII9Q6SK/SIR03.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091090765-9HLFHIDVWR80XZ2NSQGX/SIR07.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606092030110-XCQHPP7KS539YGW2R2GV/SIR09.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606092037172-PMO8JMVB8PJN2KZC0SRD/SIR11.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606091090699-V8N86RM6KFYKAESIT34E/SIR08.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606092028141-JWO5JKU7E8KP6H5A79CI/SIR10.jpg Passengers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1606092038855-FY8OYXHJB3X8J37XUUBD/SIR12.jpg Passengers https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-flower-man daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266848325-76UP5T1X1ZM6F053JZ4Y/_84A7501v2.jpg The Flower Man - MEET JASMINE GRACE MARINO As a survivor of sex trafficking and drug addiction, Jasmine created a non-profit that helps women in Massachusetts affected by trafficking, prostitution, addiction and homelessness. She has spoken on panels at the U.S Commission on Civil Rights in New Hampshire and at the United Nations in New York. Jasmine is a member of the National Survivor Network, Founder and Director of Bags of Hope Ministries, and Author of “The Diary of Jasmine Grace.” All photographs by Robert Nickelsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266670149-NNJJQTM0EL1LWYU9PHW9/L1003712v2.jpg The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266177214-5IRRRYHA1BEQOQYQ5H6K/1E2A0767.jpg The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266452759-7G222YICKHMWB8SHVH0S/_84A8584.jpg The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266423458-OJXMYUF46TMNDXUCGARW/_84A7948.jpg The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266257459-AH2GZPQTDB4O46B67YIA/L1005554.JPG The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266373107-TVDLP22MZAH2SEW571C7/L1006995.JPG The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266235880-GBREHB40TYID8UP6FAO1/1E2A6542.JPG The Flower Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1552266095061-PHKGP8E2LRWXS5QNYUIQ/L1003741v2.jpg The Flower Man https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-seed daily 0.75 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1612305118749-BBSYJNJUMK5Q6S6D3FVQ/The+Seed+GIF.gif The Seed Hero https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-seed-about daily 0.75 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1639539186018-NRA10W93XVDCD7DZEWM0/Best+of+the+Fest+Award+-+San+Francisco+Short+Film+Festival+presented+by+SF+IndieFest+-+2021.png The Seed About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1639539187338-91NBKS2I12Q6GMNQZQJ1/OFFICIALSELECTION-SFSHORTS-TheSanFranciscoInternationalFestivalofShortFilms.png The Seed About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1639539186528-IG6NKU20J4BS8ZFEA5HJ/Grand+Jury+Award+for+Best+Short+Documentary+-+UNAFF+United+Nations+Association+Film+Festival+-+2021.png The Seed About https://www.stillirisefilms.org/theseed daily 0.75 2022-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1661982514423-56TYEHSDQ4HHTMPJEDBW/The+Seed+Banner.gif The Seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1661982457763-7D5OU6URJ7CP6SLNANI9/OFFICIAL+SELECTION+-+SF+Shorts++The+San+Francisco+International+Festival+of+Short+Films+-+2021.png The Seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1661982457757-C6URXZKOTSTMVBDH89PG/GRAND+JURY+AWARD+FOR+BEST+SHORT+DOCUMENTARY+-+UNAFF+United+Nations+Association+Film+Festival+-+2021+%283%29.png The Seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1661982458189-C2TG42ZHHML6QMRFVD5O/BEST+OF+FEST+AWARD+WINNER+-+San+Francisco+Short+Film+Festival+presented+by+SF+IndieFest+-+2021.png The Seed https://www.stillirisefilms.org/grounded daily 0.75 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1685295248014-VNFL3LLKI9D9QYZ3KODV/Grounded+-+Dancing_daughter.jpg Grounded https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/7c365a57-62d3-41c5-886f-f732da4cde6e/laurels_grounded2.png Grounded - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/488fb9ec-8f76-4511-ab6b-86e522f5fe2f/IMG_2332.JPG Grounded - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-glove daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1607798594557-4YSJZCPIQKAOF471YIBT/Me_.jpg The Glove - MEET THE ARTIST Theint Soe (Cynthia,) a visual arts grantee with Still I Rise Films since 2016, began to draw the characters for this animation while living in Los Angeles and eventually completed The Glove after she returned to her native Burma. Similar to Chakarova’s story, featured in The Cake, Theint Soe’s own family came to America when she was only ten. Theint Soe is currently completing her Master’s degree in Motion Media Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Visit her website: www.cynthiasoe.com https://www.stillirisefilms.org/themirror daily 0.75 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1704830767071-U3RV59FL40P897ZC3V92/Cover_Image.jpg The Mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/28b5bfce-25d7-43a1-bca7-e1a7f9c5b1a3/Delores.jpg The Mirror https://www.stillirisefilms.org/still-here daily 0.75 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1709313442849-CC3ZKDG8HAXCXAKG50EK/banner_still_here.jpg STILL HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/bcb50fa2-3ce6-45e1-b121-b3ec19a1ee23/STILLHERE_POSTER.jpg STILL HERE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/9e751a5d-ea08-4235-a5c9-c4a3d88be6a2/MARIAHBARRERA_HEADSHOT_V4.jpg STILL HERE - ABOUT THE FILMMAKER Mariah Barrera https://www.stillirisefilms.org/open-for-me daily 0.75 2024-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1709313442849-CC3ZKDG8HAXCXAKG50EK/banner_still_here.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/9d4e22c5-3058-43ce-ad86-9ad286586d4f/poster_cropped.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008734600-OD4HESEA02RUTL2F5C9S/288A2983.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008751806-URG251KQZJ2QCQPGCQXY/DSC03431.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008771006-DZCTW6CMG3IE7ICFHELC/JOBERT_DSC00789.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717009337393-VOMDR0V6HHWZTVVBNI80/1562632318230166+copy.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008784652-2EC80UE6833ENVQ1NSFG/openforme-still-color-gama2.png LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717009259503-X6K0U9B63J9HNIVVGQ1K/288A6793+copy.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008758338-DWLWFMM0T8TK4816S8AA/DSC09990.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717009297108-49N6OUB9UOQZBA26B8EK/20231012-HAITI-OBERT-2023-10-001.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008751427-T3JM20QRTGGZGDSUWC6N/DSC07664.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717009370993-KD8NSDRR5HA7GQX8L3ZR/DSC03306.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008944680-5LQ3F0Q86ZBSLXJ9NDDM/20231008-HAITI-OBERT-2023-10-151.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1717008741201-39FYM8N002OL7RGU5D4E/DSC02480-2.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/329ef475-373f-4c0b-8b34-7af152d18a83/jessdipobert-headshot-2.jpg LOUVRI POU MWEN - Jess DiPierro Obert ABOUT THE FILMMAKER https://www.stillirisefilms.org/les-eaux-calmes daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736959757991-QV04FI1ZKTYSK471EGZO/Montage+visuel.jpg Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/adfeb461-f641-40b9-a775-b30aaad532e5/LEC_Poster_Laurels.png Les eaux calmes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/cd462a03-2f1d-45fb-8c38-f581d1b3ef3c/Annie%26Soleine_Credit_Am%C3%A9ly-Kim_D%C3%A9m%C3%A9tr%C3%A9.jpg Les eaux calmes - About the Filmmaker Award-winning French Canadian filmmaker and editor, Annie Leclair has enjoyed remarkable international success with her directorial debut film, Grounded (Enracinée, 2020), which won awards at the Diversity in Cannes during the 74th Cannes Film Festival, at the 39th Festival international du Film sur l’Art de Montréal and at the Social Impact Media Awards in Los Angeles. A self-taught documentary film editor for TV and Cinema for the last 18 years, Annie is a storyteller known for her sensitive approach and musicality. Annie is the recipient of the 2021 Still I Rise Films Fellowship. With its support and mentorship, Annie completed her second documentary film, Les eaux calmes. Her film is currently screening at film festivals in Europe and North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964897897-XM8UAB69LIONTNXGGU7K/1990+Soleine+et+soeur%2C+piscine.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964897896-3T0GQCI1B33I7D37YUHE/1998+Soleine+accident.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736965342864-6X6Y90SWIPJ58INBWWCP/2021+Chaloupe.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964903127-RDFXMVEN3WO9FL8R6CH8/2010+So+et+Steph.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964934597-R7NWRONQK9FO8F1DCEDP/2014+So+avec+filles+4.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964978354-T93O9KC57HZ24ZWNK891/2017+Soleine+et+St%C3%A9phane+3.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736965037994-C2BJR4O7VYP7S16XM0FJ/Eau+hiver+3.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964936604-ADTC4M5EIZ803HU2XUJ1/2014+So+avec+Samu%C3%ABlle.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964958171-5KP7VZ7NTFLLXJV5NGXV/2017+Classe+7.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736964958171-0BWFFR1KJOPJHTVF7UDB/2017+Classe+9.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736965774368-A455TLAGP1DIP6ZA1B4R/2021+Soleine+p%C3%AAche+5.png Les eaux calmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/1736965650733-DY8JKYX1GL182RRJLFCM/2021+Soleine+p%C3%AAche+4.png Les eaux calmes https://www.stillirisefilms.org/the-block daily 0.75 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/a9a28d72-dd41-4c25-9d7a-90d2d384c203/TheBlock_still1.png THE BLOCK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ac63115e17ba3d0c9b65d57/6ff43485-1f28-4cc7-b0d6-0f810130f0ee/Septimius_red_carpet.jpg THE BLOCK - AWARDS Directors' Choice Award for Best Mixed Media Film Sedona International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Short Film Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Septimius Award Nomination Amsterdam, Netherlands (From left to right): Zeine Gamal, Julias Canada and Wellington Jackson