SAWYER STEELE

Directed by @tiffanyshlain | Produced by Sawyer Steele Animations by Una Lorenzen | Music by DJ Spooky Spread your message. If you part of a nonprofit organization working to inspire your community to action and make the world a better place, we will customize a free film to help you in your outreach.

A Declaration of Interdependence was our first experiment in global collaborative filmmaking. The outcome blew us away, helped us pioneer “Cloud Filmmaking,” and, three years later, evolved into an annual day and global initiative called Character Day. The Story First we rewrote the U.S. Declaration of Independence to be A Declaration of Interdependence, and posted the script online. Then we asked people all over the world to film themselves reading the script in their native language, and to send us the videos. We also asked artists to interpret the words and ideas, and send in artwork. This is the film that unfolded. With music by Moby, animations by Stefan Nadelman, and user-generated videos and graphics from all over the globe, A Declaration of Interdependence demonstrates the vast potential of collaboration in the 21st century. Directed by Tiffany Shlain Produced by Sawyer Steele Music by Moby Animations by Stefan Nadelman

The Adaptable Mind (11 mins) asks the question: what are the skills we need to flourish in the 21st Century? To start the film, we asked people all over the world this question. Of the hundreds of inspiring stories that flooded in from social media, one stood out: Los Angeles-based professor and artist, Mary Beth Heffernan, was listening to coverage of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and how isolating and traumatic it must be for patients to interact only with hazmat suits for weeks on end. She thought, “what if they put pictures of their faces on the front of the suits?” Thousands of hurdles later, Mary Beth’s story reveals that, while there is a lot of fear that technology is displacing our jobs, the skills we need most in the 21st Century — curiosity, creativity, taking initiative, multi-disciplinary thinking, and empathy — happen to be skills that machines don’t have; only humans have. The film is available with subtitles in Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, and Swahili. *The Adaptable Mind was selected by the US State Department’s American Film Showcase to represent America at embassies abroad. *The Government of India organized its annual India International Science Film Festival in Chennai featuring The Adaptable Mind.

Dear Voter, We're 7 months into the pandemic and going into the most important election of our lifetimes. This 2 min film is to engage and inspire people to not only vote but think bigger picture of what this all means. Please watch, vote and share widely using the hashtag #DearVoter. The film was made by Tiffany Shlain & Sawyer Steele of The Let it Ripple Film Studio

ENGAGE is a 2 min "cloud film" by Tiffany Shlain & The Let it Ripple Film Studio. Our films are Emmy-nominated, multiple award-winning films that challenge and inspire audiences to think about how we're living our lives. **All music rights secured for "Give a Little Bit" by Roger Hodgson.** Special thanks to Roger Hodgson (http://www.rogerhodgson.com/) for donating his song "Give a Little Bit". Roger wrote this song over 40 years ago and still believes with all his heart in its message. https://www.facebook.com/rogerhodgson

Directed by @tiffanyshlain "BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks" is the third cloud film in the "Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change" series. Check out the #TEDBook that accompanies this film. Info at: http://www.letitripple.org Special thanks to Tim Delaughter, Dominic Griffin and The Polyphonic Spree for donating their song "It's the Sun" and to Moby for donating his song "Wait for Me." **All music rights secured for "It's the Sun" by Tim Delaughter and Dominic Griffin.** **All music rights secured for "Wait for Me" by Moby.** Please post, share, tweet, and forward this film to your networks, and see the ripple effects! Tweet: Watch this short film BRAIN POWER and find out about free #cloudfilms for #nonprofits letitripple.org @tiffanyshlain Help BRAIN POWER spread around the world through translation. Find out how here: http://letitripple.org/engage/transla... For more information about our feature documentary, "Connected," and many more exciting projects, join us at http://facebook.com/connectedthefilm Sign up for the next Character Day at characterday.org! Character Day is an annual global day with free films and resources devoted to developing who we are and who we want to be in the world. Sign up your school, classroom, organization, company, community, or family to participate. www.characterday.org Check out @tiffanyshlain and #CultivatingCharacter for more!