20th Anniversary

FIVE of 20+ stories CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ENDURING MISSION

Prison of Peace

Filmed in 2012, a year that saw Pacific Film Foundation filming inside the Valley State Prison for Women nine times, including a live concert on the prison grounds featuring legendary singer Melissa Manchester backed by the beautiful harmonies of the Inmate Choir. This clip also hears from inmates, including a scene depicting a mediation session conducted by a woman trained by noted voluntary mediation experts.

A Delicate Balance

Filmed in 2005, this breakthrough documentary (PFF's first!) delved into basic science at the City of Hope. Oscar-winner Mark Jonathan Harris and Steve Albrezzi co-directed, Chris Wren edited, and Dave Hutchinson produced the film about 3 physician/scientists at COH, Laurence Cooper, Michael Jensen, and Steve Forman. These Oncologists were studying new forms of gene therapy and bone marrow transplantation to treat and even cure cancers.

Corey Plays Little League

Corey Haas was nearly blind when he was born due to a congenital eye condition called Leber's Amaurosis. With the scientific breakthrough of a unique gene therapy developed and delivered by Dr. Jean Bennett and her team, Corey was able not only to see much better, but also to play Little League Baseball!

Corey's parents express their gratitude.

(Pacific Film Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit filmmaker made this film at no cost as their donation to the cause.)

Texting Moms

Moms in today's busy world often have close friends who live miles away or even in other states. And yet, they still yearn for those friendly connections and that patient, thoughtful advice from friends who may also have newborns and/or kids between 1 and 3.

Using frequent texting in both individual and group chats, these four young women have found out that today's technology can stand in for a nearby neighborhood park (or somebody's back fence) as the perfect place to converse, commisserate, and counsel each other.

Cuba Que Linda Cuba

Filmmakers Joe and Dayle Hartnett, of Pacifc Film Foundation, took a UCLA Alumni Tour to Cuba in early 2016. Ir was the year after Pope Francis and President Barack Obama visited and a week after The Rolling Stones performed, so the Cubans were really stoked!

The Hartnetts and fellow trip members using iPhones and cameras, supplied the footage, then with UCLA Alumni Travel helping, they edited this short online promotional video (In the group shot, Dayle and Joe are standing on the far right.) Enjoy!