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24/07/2025

Audiences are talking. And we’re listening. ✍️

is gaining momentum at festivals and earning critical praise. But what matters most is how it’s connecting with viewers who feel exhausted by political division. users are reflecting on how the film gave them hope for genuine dialogue and showed them what’s possible when people choose connection over conflict.

This is the power of documentary storytelling. It’s these quiet moments when someone watches a film and thinks differently about their neighbors, their community, their country.

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🎞️ CREEDE U.S.A. is a grantee of Evoke Media. Evoke Media founder Sabrina Merage Naim and Director of Impact & Storytelling Jamie Newton are Contributing Producers.

19/07/2025

Every screening creates ripples. Conversations that continue long after the credits roll. Connections between strangers who discover shared humanity. Actions sparked by seeing the world through someone else’s eyes.

These moments prove that documentaries don’t just document change. They create it.

16/07/2025

Impact doesn’t happen by accident. ❌ It starts with intentional choices in storytelling, subject matter, and approach. The films that create lasting change share common elements that go beyond good cinematography and compelling characters.

10/07/2025

Welcome to independent filmmaking, where every line item has a surprise sibling you didn’t know existed. 🎞️ Did we miss any?

09/07/2025

Real people. Real reactions. Real impact. ✍️

is winning awards and critical acclaim. More importantly, it’s reaching audiences who need to hear this story most. Letterboxd users are sharing how the film opened their eyes to the Indigenous residential school history they never learned in school.

This is why we fund documentaries. Not for festival laurels or industry recognition. For moments like these—when a story breaks through and changes how someone sees the world.

📽️ Director: ,
🎞️ SUGARCANE is a grantee and program-related investment of Evoke Media. Evoke Media founder Sabrina Merage Naim is an Executive Producer.

02/07/2025

AI can now generate hyper-realistic video from a text prompt. 👀 Google’s Veo 3 creates footage that’s nearly impossible to distinguish from camera work.

For independent filmmakers, this changes everything. Or does it?

Some see liberation—finally competing with studio budgets using just software. Others see the end of authentic filmmaking as we know it.

The technology exists. Your competitors are likely using it. Where do you stand? Are these tools the great equalizer or the creativity killer?

Drop your take in the comments. We want to hear from filmmakers on both sides.

20/06/2025

The true cost of family separation goes far beyond what we see in headlines.

When families are torn apart at borders, the damage ripples through generations. Children lose their sense of safety. Parents carry guilt that never fades. Communities lose their foundation.

follows the emotional journey of mothers separated from their children at the U.S. border and the grassroots movement that refused to let their stories become statistics. When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids, a Facebook post by a mom in Queens sparked a movement.

Thousands of women across the country said “not on our watch” and Immigrant Families Together was born.

The film shows us what happens when ordinary people refuse to accept the unacceptable. When strangers become family. When a mother’s cry for help becomes a rallying cry for justice.

Behind every policy debate are real people. Real children. Real families whose lives are forever changed by decisions made in distant offices.

13/06/2025

When your town is too small for bubbles, you learn to see issues as humans. Neighbors. People with names and stories and struggles that mirror your own.

This is what director discovered in Creede, Colorado. A place where 300 people can’t afford the luxury of echo chambers. Where the person you disagree with politically might be the same person who helps you fix your car or brings soup when you’re sick.

doesn’t offer easy answers. It offers something better: proof that we’re more alike than different. In a world that profits from our division, Creede chooses connection.

Not because it’s easy. Because it’s necessary.

Maybe that’s the lesson we all need right now.

15/05/2025

The most powerful narratives often come from voices that systems tried to silence.

✍️ SUGARCANE Director via .

13/05/2025

’s Kahane Cooperman and Innbo Shim don’t offer a utopian fantasy. The town of Creede disagrees on plenty. But when the summer season begins, something shifts.

The stage becomes a space where stories matter more than talking points.

No grand political solutions here. Just the quiet revelation of what’s possible when a community values creation over division.

Have you seen CREEDE U.S.A. yet?

17/04/2025

Stories shape how we see the world—and ourselves.

Our partners at found that 84% of viewers want to see more authentic portrayals of work-family balance and caregiving on screen. These stories help us imagine new possibilities for our own lives.

That’s why we’re proud to support the Re-Scripting Gender initiative, which works with Hollywood writers and producers to integrate realistic caregiving scenarios into compelling storylines.

When we see diverse family structures and caregiving roles on screen, we expand what’s possible in our communities.

From the Barbie movie’s influence on fashion to The Queen’s Gambit sparking chess set sales, entertainment shapes culture. Imagine the positive change possible when stories authentically portray the full spectrum of work and family life.

Learn more about this important work at our bio.

16/04/2025

What is justice? Who do we believe? And in the United States, what is a fair trial?

BLIND PLEA follows a young mother who shot and killed her abusive partner in rural Alabama. Her story exposes the hidden machinery of our justice system—where 95% of state cases end in plea deals, not trials.

This podcast, hosted by the brilliant , asks us to examine just how much “justice” is in our criminal justice system.

Listen to the full series wherever you get your podcasts.

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