Nobody Liked Paul for QAVA.tv
What if Paul wasn’t who you think he was? What if he was an outcast? What if people didn't really care for him? How would this shape our understanding of his ministry? To answer these questions, cultural historian Dr. Matthew Larsen takes us on an in-depth, scholarly look.
Present Medium was the lead production company on this 8-month project, which took us to Turkiye, Greece, and Italy. We partnered with the director, subject expert, client, and in-country production teams to collaboratively create this archaeology-focused documentary series.
Website refresh for Westbridge Capital
Present Medium partnered with India-based WestBridge Capital (client) and New York-based Area 17 (Agency) to create photography assets for a new website. To create these assets, we collaborated with our client to select and secure locations. Our team sourced, hired, and managed production teams in Bengaluru and Chennai, India.
Customer Stories for Meta
For four years, Present Medium worked closely with Meta internal teams to create video, photography, and motion graphic assets. This project is under NDA, so there’s not too much we can say publicly about this global project.
City-supported, on-demand transportation for Via
Present Medium worked with Via Transportation, Inc., to create two videos in partnership with the City of Austin and the City of Arlington to feature their on-demand ride share service.
Direct aid testimonies for Dawa Fund
Present Medium partnered with Dawa Fund to create a series of testimony videos to promote their direct aid campaign. The fund gives immediate financial support to Austin-based musicians, artists, midwives, teachers of color who need immediate financial support to get through a crisis.
Independent Documentary Projects
Telling heartfelt, emotional stories is at the core of what we do. Here are some of our independently produced documentary projects, and additional information about how to watch them.
100 Ways to Catch the Wind
Three exceptional women from Peru, India, and Cameroon have discovered solutions to help people adapt to climate change, and set out on a global mission to get the support they need to save their communities. This project is currently in pre-production, you can click here to learn more.
Feels Like Now
This four episode series asks Austinites about concepts like change, loss, time, and connection to discover what’s changed for them since March 2020. Each episode uses a variety of methods to explore how people are feeling now, including poetry, sketch comedy, music and personal storytelling.
Tarcila
Tarcila is a 16-minute documentary that introduces viewers to activist Tarcila Rivera Zea, a Quechua elder fighting for Indigenous rights in Peru. Zea’s lifelong efforts to empower her people are growing increasingly crucial, as the weather becomes unreliable and climate change raises the stakes. Now streaming on WaterBear Network.
Even the walls
Even the walls is a 27-minute documentary that features the tenants of Yesler Terrace, and their reflections on the meaning of home on the eve of their neighborhood's destruction. In 2015, Even the Walls film won best short film at the Seattle International Film Festival. Watch the film and find lesson plans for teachers on gentrification through The Global Oneness Project.
RETORNADOS
Three families who have been forced to return to Honduras, live in extremely violent conditions. Moving through the restless streets of the unstable capital city, and into the drama and determination of each family’s story, the film explores the experience of being returned to a familiar, yet increasingly unsafe situation due to the street’s gang control. Retornados is now available in the film catalogue of the Latin American, Spanish, and Latinx cinema distributor Pragda. The film is part of their package: ‘The Wall: The Effect of its Imposing Presence on Migrant Families.’ This film was made possible by a grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation.