[1] Shine Global Inc. was founded in 2005 by husband and wife Albie Hecht and Susan MacLaury after learning about the plight faced by thousands of children in the war zone of northern Uganda.
Shine Global’s mission is to give voice to children and their families by telling stories of their resilience to raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.
Approximately 7-10 thousand people came to see the film in the Patongo camp making a lasting impression on the entire crew as well as Rose, Nancy, and Dominic.
[citation needed] Zulema, Perla and Victor labor as migrant farm workers, sacrificing their own childhoods to help their families survive.
[19] The Wrong Light is a documentary film directed by Josie Swantek Heitz and Dave Adams and produced in association with Shine Global.
The film follows a charismatic activist who leads a globally-regarded NGO that provides shelter and education for girls rescued from brothels in Northern Thailand.
In this documentary/animated film, a group of orphaned children in Swaziland collaborate to write an original African tale about Liyana, a girl on a dangerous quest.
Inspired by the children’s darkest memories and brightest dreams, their fictional character’s journey reveals parallels between her fate and that of the young storytellers.
Following their interweaving trajectories through boyhood marked by the criminal justice system, and told directly through the child’s perspective, the film unveils the challenges of growing up and what it means to become a man in America.
Tre, Maison and Dasan’s lives are stories of growing up, struggle, loss, empathy, positivity, resilience and unconditional love.
In the film, Sid, Taee, and AR, three teens currently being held in a Richmond, VA detention center who are offered the chance to become activists speaking truth to power.
Homefront shows how Gabby (9), a fierce animal lover with a stock of chickens, rabbits, bees, and dogs, loves her family and faces her fears about her Dad’s traumatic brain injury and PTSD via equine therapy.
Terry (10), an enthusiastic boy and his parents, Taniki and Brandon, share their experiences and mental health struggles as they work to heal and help each other cope with depression and PTSD through honest conversation and embracing joy.
Luther (9) is a charismatic boy who wants to be “like my dad when I grow up.” His father, Joe, a Navy veteran who lost his leg in an IED explosion, struggles through chronic pain to put family first.
Home is Somewhere Else is a documentary directed by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos and produced in association with Shine Global [citation needed].
Voiced by the actual children and their families, the stories are woven together by spoken word poet "El Deportee", the film's host and MC whose vibrant "Spanglish " breaks codes, switches standards, and pushes the viewer to decipher his poems.
The Difference is a short documentary series that explored the powerful stories of children whose lives have positively, sometimes vitally, changed because of their relationship with a mentor.