TRANSFORMING CHILDREN’S LIVES
THROUGH FILMShine Global improves the lives of children by telling powerful stories that raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.
Mindy Kaling Boards Her "Favorite Film of the Year" Oscar-Qualified Live Action Short film Anuja
Emmy-nominated writer, Tony Award-winning producer, New York Times best-selling author, actor and National Medal of Arts recipient Mindy Kaling has joined the live-action short Anuja as producer.
Shine Global Announces Daughters as Grand Prize Winner of 2024 Resilience Awards
The 2024 Documentary Directed by Anglea Patton and Natalie Rae Was Recognized at an Award Ceremony at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles; also Honored Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Author/Illustrator and Former Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava
Anuja Wins Best Live Action Short at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival
Anuja, produced in association with Shine Global, was announced as the Best Live Action Short Winner at the prestigious HollyShorts Film Festival last night in Los Angeles. HollyShorts is one of about 150 Oscar-qualifying festivals whose top winners automatically become eligible for Oscars in the three shorts categories.
Susan MacLaury to Retire as Executive Director of Shine Global, Transitioning to Senior Advisor and Board Member; Alexandra Blaney and Francile Albright Mullen Appointed as Co-CEOs
Susan MacLaury, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Shine Global, the award-winning non-profit media company that improves children’s lives by telling powerful stories, has announced her retirement. After 19 years of leading the organization, MacLaury will transition to a senior advisor role and continue to serve on Shine Global’s Board of Directors as the organization changes to a co-leadership model led by Alexandra Blaney and Francile Albright Mullen.
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Shine Global is a non-profit media company. We produce inspiring films and compelling content about underserved children and their families. Through tailored distribution and outreach, we connect with our audiences in communities, classrooms, museums, and on Capitol Hill as part of a powerful engagement campaign to encourage social change.
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Shine Global’s mission is to improve the lives of children by telling powerful stories that raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.
Comedy Against the Odds
10-year-old Austin has Autism. He’s also an aspiring stand-up comic. This short documentary spotlights the struggle of growing up with labels, and how Austin uses comedy to embrace and overcome them. More Info
Home is Somewhere Else
An animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families. This 2D feature “animentary” features three personal stories about immigrant youth to highlight the complexities and challenges they face today. Voiced by the actual children and their families, the stories are woven together by spoken word poet Lalo “El Deportee.” Now booking screenings for schools and communities.
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From This Small Place
A six-year-old boy named Hossain grows up in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh as the Rohingya refugee crisis becomes increasingly dangerous. Hossain arrived at the refugee camps in Bangladesh with his parents and six siblings in August 2017 along with approximately 800,000 other people when violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar escalated. These refugees are at the frontlines of the most urgent challenges facing humans today, including: hate, climate change, poverty, xenophobia, and immigration. Now screening in film festivals. More Info
