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Stories can change the world. We make sure they do.

Picture Motion is the leading social impact agency developing award-winning advocacy and marketing campaigns for an array of media and entertainment including films, television, books, stage-plays, music, podcasts, and more. We handle all aspects of an impact campaign from defining the distribution strategy and securing strategic partnerships to amplifying awareness and activating audiences through educational touch-points, screenings and experiences. Storytellers, studios, and brands turn to our expert team of impact producers to ensure that their content gets seen, mobilizes communities, and drives long term impact.

09/25/2026

🤝 Community is at the heart of impact work.

🎬 This week, Picture Motion partnered with local organizations to host advance community screenings of Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, bringing together audiences for conversations inspired by the film's themes of faith, family, fatherhood, grief, mercy, and redemption in the following cities:

📍Oakland
📍Washington, D.C.
📍Detroit

We're grateful to our incredible partners, including:

• 100 Black Men
• Muslim Americans in Public Service
• .film
• Women in Film & Video D.C.
• .center
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• With Great Care

and many others who helped create spaces for connection and dialogue. Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared in these conversations. We're honored to help bring communities together.

🎥 This film is now playing in theaters in 🗽 New York and 🌴 Los Angeles and will be expanding to additional cities beginning October 2. Visit the link in our bio to get tickets!

09/18/2026

How far would you go to protect the people you love?

From director Bassam Tariq and starring Mahershala Ali, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother follows a devoted father confronting the consequences of a secret life he can no longer leave behind.

Watch the trailer and join us this fall for select community screenings in:

📍Bay Area/Oakland
📍 Washington, DC
📍 Detroit
📍 Dallas
📍 Atlanta
📍 Houston
📍 Philadelphia

Find a screening near you at the link in our bio.

09/18/2026

🌱 Discover more impact-driven films and documentaries to watch and explore this Climate Week, alongside a preview of several compelling titles selected for the 2026 Climate Film Festival.

🎬 Available Now

Common Ground | Prime Video
Directed by Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell

The Territory | Disney+
Directed by Alex Pritz

The Grab | Hulu
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite

🍿Coming Soon

The Lake | 2026 Climate Film Festival Selection
Directed by Abby Elis

Nuisance Bear | 2026 Climate Film Festival Selection
Directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden

House of Fish | 2026 Climate Film Festival Selection
Directed by Santiago Burin des Roziers

09/15/2026

"Where can you watch People of the West?"

Now there's an opportunity to experience the entire series.

For the first time, all ten episodes of People of the West will be screened together at Pechanga.

Join for a single episode, a few favorites, or the entire series and explore stories and perspectives that continue to shape conversations about the American West today.

🎟️ Tickets available at the link in our bio.

09/14/2026

Burnout isn't just a personal issue. It's connected to the systems that shape our health, food, communities, and environment.

Join us during Climate Week NYC for Where Does Your RESET Begin? Food, Health & Planet, an interactive experience inspired by Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor's Guide.

Through storytelling, expert perspectives, audience participation, and the RESET Check-In, we'll explore how individual wellbeing and planetary wellbeing are deeply interconnected and where each of us can take meaningful action.

Featuring insights from filmmaker and wellness expert Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes, meteorologist and climate communicator John Morales, Lakota award-winning Chef and food systems leader Sean Sherman, and physician and nutrition advocate Dr. Milton Mills.

📍 230 Fifth Empire Penthouse
📅 September 22–23

Burnout isn't just a personal issue. It's connected to the systems that shape our health, food, communities, and environment.

Join us during Climate Week NYC for Where Does Your RESET Begin? Food, Health & Planet, an interactive experience inspired by Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor's Guide.

Through storytelling, expert perspectives, audience participation, and the RESET Check-In, we'll explore how individual wellbeing and planetary wellbeing are deeply interconnected and where each of us can take meaningful action.

Featuring insights from filmmaker and wellness expert Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes, meteorologist and climate communicator John Morales, Lakota award-winning Chef and food systems leader Sean Sherman, and physician and nutrition advocate Dr. Milton Mills.

📍 230 Fifth Empire Penthouse
📅 September 22–23

Registration is open at the link in our bio. Space is limited.

09/11/2026

Join us for an early look at one of the year's most anticipated films.

Following its TIFF premiere tomorrow 9/12, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will travel to select community screenings across the country.

From director Bassam Tariq and starring Mahershala Ali, the film explores grief, family, faith, violence, and the possibility of redemption.

We're bringing conversations around the film to communities in:

📍 Bay Area/Oakland
📍 Washington, DC
📍 Detroit
📍 Dallas
📍 Atlanta
📍 Houston
📍 Philadelphia

Reserve your spot and find a screening near you through the link in our bio.

09/09/2026

The Perfect Neighbor follows the story of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a Black mother of four whose killing in Florida sparked a national conversation about Stand Your Ground laws. Created in response to Ajike’s death, provides healing-centered resources, rapid-response support, and long-term care for families impacted by racialized violence — so they are not left alone after the headlines fade.

Through the educational screening tour, you’ll receive a discussion toolkit, promotional materials, and the option of guest speakers for your event. Every screening is a conversation about what these laws mean and what communities can do about them.

Interested in hosting a screening or engaging with Standing the Gap Fund? Fill out the interest form at the link in our bio.

09/08/2026

📚 The People of the West Educator Portal is now live!

Explore curriculum resources designed for grades 6-12 and higher education, including lesson plans, classroom-ready clips, historical timelines, glossaries, and more. Perfect for educators teaching history, ethnic studies, Native American studies, and related subjects.

🔗 Sign up for early access and start exploring today at the link in our bio.

09/03/2026

Judy didn’t wait for change. She fought to make it happen.

Being Heumann is in select theaters November 6. Streaming November 13 on Apple TV.

[Image Description: Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann sits in her wheelchair on a busy street with her hands raised up in protest, as a large car approaches her. Text on the image reads: An Apple Original Film, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Based on a true story (but “story” is crossed out and replaced with “revolution”), from Siân Heder, director of the Academy award-winning best picture, CODA, BEING HEUMANN, screenplay by Siân Heder and Rebekah Taussig, directed by Siân Heder, in select theaters Nov 6 streaming Nov 13.]

09/02/2026

Last Chance to Apply! ⏰ 📝

The 2026 Nonfiction Hotlist is now accepting submissions for works in progress across the nonfiction landscape, including documentary features, shorts, series, podcasts, and reality. Projects will be selected based on artistic merit, powerful storytelling, and cultural relevance.

Final Deadline: September 9, 2026

If you have a nonfiction work in progress you can submit at the link in our bio.

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