Blindeye LLC

18/06/2025

Lead With Love is a South African-based company that seeks to weave together the love and care of pets with the love and care of our neighbors. And as it happens, the founder is my sister-in-law! As LWL begins to explore markets on this side of the Atlantic, we're more than happy to put together a little video to support the journey. Looking to accessorize with your pet and do some good? Check them out!

leadwithlove.africa

22/04/2025

I get contacted from time to time—not often, but every few months—by someone who’s putting together their first feature documentary. They're excited and hopeful for big things to come from the important story they're telling. Documentaries are an immense amount of work, with little to no pay—and the story being told is always terribly important. I enjoy these interactions. I get hopeful for them too. I got a call like this a few days ago; "We would like to get it on Netflix. We don't care about money, we just want people to see it-- as many people as possible. What are the biggest film festivals we should shoot for?"

I made a call like this once. I was 25 and had just finished my first documentary, We Are Superman. And we had a public showing. People liked it. I was excited about it. One of the attendees of my screening had been in a recent Steve James documentary, The Interrupters. Steve James is an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker. And here I was, calling him on the phone. At the time I had my sights set on film festivals, big ones. "Which are the biggest I should start with? Toronto? Sundance?" I was honestly so excited to be talking to him, I can’t remember much about the call except for three little words he mentioned responding to my enthusiasm, "Festivals are tough".

As I listened to this filmmaker’s excitement on the phone, I caught myself saying what Steve James had once told me: “Festivals are tough.” But now, 13 years in, with three documentaries and two docu-series behind me, I wanted to offer this filmmaker everything I had. So here it is:

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/how-to-release-a-documentary

15/04/2025

How would you treat the person who murdered your mother? Would you forgive them? Would you befriend them?

What incredible impact story is hiding within the work that you do at your nonprofit? What's a story you come back to when you're meeting with a potential donor? Is it on video yet?

Always grateful to tell the powerful stories of the Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) on video.

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/a-video-testimonial-to-remember

10/04/2025

It's not always realized how Legal Aid services across the United States operate as 501(c)3 nonprofits, providing free and desperately needed legal services to the public. I've come on board to work with LAWMO throughout last year and this year to tell their many stories of impact. It was inspiring to learn the legal work being done here to revitalize communities in Kansas City through the Urban Homesteader Project.

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/videos-for-legal-aid-providers

01/04/2025

The work your nonprofit is doing is vital. The money coming in should reflect that. Let's tell your story on video. Let's raise some money.

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/let-s-tell-your-nonprofits-story-on-video

25/03/2025

Such an important project. We're so honored to be a part of it! Check out the first video we produced in what will be a video series throughout the year helping to raise funds for the Build Create Comfort capital campaign.

18/03/2025

Watch the pilot episode for A House With Many Rooms!

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/pilot-episode-and-series-update-a-house-with-many-rooms

Producing, directing, and editing this series has been a remarkable task and I'm glad but more so relieved to say I finished it this past fall. However, in considering, deliberating, and consulting on how and where to release the series, it has become clear that it should not be released at this time. I knew documenting the story of fostering children would be tough, but I didn't anticipate just how intensely the story would unfold.

To read more about our postponed release and to watch the first episode click the link!

A Postponed ReleaseProducing, directing, and editing this series has been a remarkable task and I'm glad but more so relieved to say I finished it this past fall. It's a 6-part documentary series, each episode is 30 minutes long, with the last episode's runtime at 60 minutes. However, in considering...

28/02/2025

The "semifinalist" round of the Outstanding Screenplay competition means of the 600 applicants I was in the top 120. Reaching the semi-finalist round was the most realistic goal I could set for myself. Now the only thing I can do with it is try to get it made. Somehow.

https://www.blindeyellc.com/post/writing-is-rewriting

09/12/2024

Enjoyed working on this projecct with FOCUS NORTH AMERICA!

Life moves fast, but what if we took a moment to truly see? In this video, we explore the power of focusing on the invisible—those often overlooked in the hu...

26/11/2024

When Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) came to us with this video project, we knew this was something different. They had a simple yet deeply powerful story of connecting incarcerated parents to their children. More than that, they had audio recordings; authentic recordings of parents reading to their children. These recordings nearly had me in tears a couple of times while editing- that's never happened.

Our job was easy. All we had to do was gently and subtly come alongside these recordings. To support them- instruments supporting a soloist.

14/11/2024

A nonprofit doing powerful things.

Who we are at CCRLike many Kansas Citians, I attended the 2024 Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade... I want to write about how much fun it was, how beautiful the weather was, and how overjoyed my two young boys (4 and 5 years old) were to see their favorite football stars go strolling by. But I can't....

01/11/2024

Is AI trying to replace us? Well, bring it on.

Let's tell the story of your nonprofit on video. For real this time.

blindeyellc.com