SHORT DOCUMENTARIES

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Documentary-in-progress - (12:17)

Medium:  Digital Distribution

Title:  The Good Giants

Production Company:  Pacific Film Foundation

Story Consultant:  Mark Jonathan Harris

Director (Documentary & Short Film):  Joe Hartnett

Editor:  Daniel Chun

Cinematography: Daniel McCoy

Sound Mixer:  Daniel McCoy, ToneMesa

Producer:  Dayle Hartnett, Ph.D.

Italian Producer:  Mattea Piazzesi

This is a two-minute excerpt of footage filmed inside the Valley State Prison for Women, Chowchilla, California in 2012. 

Essie Patrick is one of more than a dozen women who shared the good news about how they achieved a state of freedom inside the prison walls via a mediation and peacemaking program. 

Their moving stories may never reach the outside world because the Prison of Peace program was suddenly stopped by the closing of the women's prison in 2013. 

Junior high school student Keaton Applebaum interviews Seymour “Sy” Feshbach, professor emeritus of psychology and a pioneering researcher on behavioral theories of aggression. 

Feshbach’s research has been at the center of academic discourse on aggression since his doctoral dissertation at Yale in 1951, in which he tested and found evidence for Freud’s catharsis hypothesis — the idea that sexual and aggressive goal attainment through fantasies reduces those urges. 

He became an international leader in the study of aggression, and he was a key voice in discussions regarding the effects of observing violence in media. He received the Karpf Peace Prize from UCLA for his contributions toward understanding aggression and promoting peace.

Mitochondria exist in nearly every cell of the human body. 

It’s responsible for creating 90% of the energy you need to sustain life and support organ function. 

However, when mitochondria cannot convert food and oxygen into life-sustaining energy, cell injury and even cell death follow. 

When this process is repeated throughout the body, organ systems begin to fail and even stop functioning. 

"Big Zach" and his loving Mom, Jennifer Haught star in this brief video about a very special event, 

"SUPERCHARGED FOR MITO."