Good People: A Feature Documentary - Campaign

"We are each other's harvest, we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond."
-Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Robeson (1970)

Americans are feeling more hopeless and helpless than ever. We're disconnected and lonely. We argue with strangers online while cutting off contact with family members and friends in real life. At the same time, we're overwhelmed by massive challenges - recession, crime, war, immigration, climate change, healthcare, and more. The problems feel too big, the country too divided, leaving so many of us wondering:

What are we to do? How will we find our way back to one another?

Social scientists, health experts, and activists alike have an answer:

Find purpose -> Take action -> Do it in community

Across the country, people are doing exactly this. Whether they're setting up food delivery networks to ensure schoolchildren don't go hungry; organizing medical transportation services for veterans and the elderly; or building coalitions to stand up to irresponsible corporations, Americans are transcending social identity and political ideology to show up for one another in meaningful ways.

In this feature documentary, award-winning filmmakers André Robert Lee and Catherine Wigginton Greene will embark on a search to (re)discover our collective humanity within the connective tissue of communities across the United States.

Good People will tell stories of heartache and hard work, providing lessons about how movements begin: with a few people who see a need and care enough to do something.
These are the stories we need today. Not to divert our attention away from our collective pain but to provide inspiration and a roadmap to find our way out of it. And back to one another.

We're excited to share that, with sincere thanks to the Bernstein Family Foundation, we have received our first round of seed funding, allowing us to "greenlight" this project. And now it's time to make this movie. With your help, we can move from pre-production to production and bring these stories to audiences nationwide, sparking the collective efforts needed to rebuild trust, connection, and solidarity in our fractured world.

All contributions will be processed through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor and are fully tax-deductible.

***Want to learn even more? André and Catherine welcome the opportunity to meet with you personally and share more about the project’s vision and impact strategy.***