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Our Vision
The Pacific Film Foundation was founded as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) production company in 2005 to produce a documentary film for the City of Hope, A Delicate Balance spotlighted scientific breakthroughs at the California-based Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The film was co-directed by 3-time Oscar winner Mark Jonathan Harris. We are grateful to a growing global audience and collaborators with whom we continue to develop and produce documentaries. As PFF celebrates our 20th Anniversary in 2025, please join our mission to make meaningful movies that entertain as they educate.
Our Growing Team
John "Mochi" Park (above, left) is welcomed to the Pacific Film Foundation Team as a Creative Producer and as an officer on the Nonprofit Board of Trustees by Joe Hartnett (center) and Dayle Hartnett, Ph.D.. (right). "Our greater team (e.g., shooting a film on location in France with a crew of 82) consists of talented filmmakers, producers, and creatives who are passionate about their craft," says Joe. "We believe
Mochi adds significant value to our culture, which fosters a collaborative and supportive working environment that enables Pacific Film Foundation to produce our best work."
Work: Featured Documentary Films
General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing successfully commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI. By honoring his beloved African American soldiers he was also an early advocate of Civil Rights.
The Buffalo Soldiers of the Segregated U.S. Army courageously liberated the grateful citizens of Tuscany in World War II. Tragically, they were not honored in their own country, returning home to a "Jim Crow" America.
The Hartnett's Encore Career.
Inspiring And Empowering Storytellers
Joe Hartnett, a marketing consultant, and Dayle D. Hartnett, Ph.D., a professor and department chair, co-founded the non-profit, 501(c)(3) Pacific Film Foundation (PFF) in 2005. Producing the charity’s first film, about scientific breakthroughs at a comprehensive cancer center, helped Joe and Dayle realize the power of telling stories via digital media.
So, they made PFF into their “Encore Career,” developing and producing more documentaries over the next decade, including such films as My Bullies, Big Zach, Texting Moms, Angel Flight, The Language of Caring, and Prison Transformations.
In 2012, they began shooting a new documentary film, Prison of Peace inside the Valley State Prison for Women, Chowchilla, CA. The film was to be about a prisoner-run mediation program created and taught to the women by the respected mediator, Laurel Kaufer. A highlight was filming a live concert inside the prison featuring recording artist Melissa Manchester backed by a choir of inmates. But unfortunately, right after the concert, the State of California closed the women’s prison permanently, which killed the program and our film.
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ON LOCATION FOR PERSHING'S PATHS OF GLORY
(Photo Right) Producer Dr. Dayle Hartnett with a group of high school "Blackjacks" on location at the battlefields of World War I in France.
