It’s been a busy few months at Chronicle Project.  We have been working on several client pieces for Union Rescue Mission and Azusa Pacific University.  We have also begun pre-production/production on the next three films for the Deidox series.

Here is one of the videos we completed for URM.  It’s a powerful story of an incredible high school student who is currently living at Union Rescue Mission.

Kenneth | Stories from Skid Row from Union Rescue Mission on Vimeo.

In honor of Earth Day (Today, April 22) here are three short pieces we produced for the Eden Reforestation Projects. They do holistic poverty reduction work in Africa that starts with the planting of trees. These pieces were directed by Brent Gudgel and shot by our friend Corey Petrick who works at Dot&Cross.

We continue to be pleased with the success of our first feature documentary Dear Francis.  This coming Saturday, March 28 at 12:30pm, the documentary will be screened at the Attic Film Fest in Austin, TX.  The film festival will be held at Grace Covenant Church.  Click here for Directions.

Dear Francis focuses on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the African Kingdom of Swaziland, the world’s most HIV-infected nation as told through the eyes of two Texas college students.  The film recently aired on Showtime Television and has won several awards.

We are thrilled for the opportunity to screen the film at the Attic Film Fest.  The film festival is produced by the Grace Arts Project whose mission is to help educate, support, and empower Christian performance and visual artists of all ages in a Christ-centered learning environment. The purpose being so they can deliver Christ’s message through the tools of their art.

In the midst of a Tsunami of families facing hardship, precious single moms and their children are escaping the mean streets of Skid Row and finding refuge at Union Rescue Mission’s Hope Gardens Family Center. It’s a place where single moms can exchange fear for hope and the opportunity for a new life in a safe, caring environment.

Beatriz | Stories from Skid Row from Union Rescue Mission on Vimeo.

To help tell the story of this process, we produced a short documentary that follows Beatriz, a young single mother, as she transitions both physically and emotionally into her new home. This is a short in the ongoing “Stories from Skid Row” series that we do for LA’s Union Rescue MIssion.

Music was graciously provided by Eluvium - www.eluvium.net
Tracks: “The Unfinished”, “The End”, and “Taken”

If you haven’t heard the news, Godtube.com is now Tangle.com, the network where Christians can connect to one another along with churches and other faith-based groups.

Godtube has turned a new leaf changing everything from the intuitive new user-friendly design, to the sleek, eye-catching aesthetic; even the name is different- Tangle, remniscent of the John 15 and the reference to the “tangled vines.”

A conversation with Lauren Brock, Media Coordinator for Tangle.com, revealed a similar passion for quality that Deidox aspires to and Tangle is moving toward:

“We don’t want to be just a second-rate ‘Christian version’ of something that already exists … We don’t want to drive people away from YouTube or Facebook or anything like that, those things are great!”

But ultimately Tangle, like other social networks, seeks to provide a place where content can be shared by people with similar interests.

Today, the weekly Tangle Newsletter went out! And featured in it was “Deidox | Lindsay.” Click on the screenshot belowto read the whole newsletter:

The Idea Camp is a FREE, open source hybrid conference designed to help people move from the realm of ideas to implementation.

Tomorrow, Director Brent & Producer Dave, along with Chronicle Project Intern Matt, a favorite filmmaker Justin Dial, and Dan of Portnoy Media Group will be heading out to Irvine, California for The Idea Camp!

With the help of friends and co-workers, Brent, Dave, & Dan will be hosting a session on “How to Tell Your Story Through New Media.”

The Idea Camp will be broadcasting live session online at http://theideacamplive.com including the Friday 7PM screening of the Deidox films!

To see a comprehensive list of workshops, click here!