RED-EYE READY. FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF TODAY’S WORLD-CHANGING EVENTS.

OUR

SERVICES

FIRST-PERSON STORIES TOLD A NUMBER OF WAYS:

FEATURE

DOCUMENTARIES

FIRST

RESPONSE

ACTIVISM &

EDUCATION

IMPACT

MARKETING

MISSION

Wolfer Productions believes in stories told directly by the people and organizations who see it firsthand. Our team has worked extensively in humanitarian and international development situations, producing films that advocate and educate, We believe in being ready when needed. Deployable within 24 hours, equipped with solar and survival gear, and self-sufficient for up to a week, we are ready to tell stories as they unfold.

OUR

WORK

Our Emmy Award-winning work has been featured on PBS affiliates, CNN online, and HULU.com, as well as numerous conferences and film festivals.

UPCOMING

FILM

THE RIGHT

GIRLS

www.therightgirlsfilm.com

The Right Girls is a documentary film which follows three young transgender women who trek across Mexico as part of the high-profile migrant caravan of 2018. Teaming up in southern Mexico with the goal of reaching the U.S. border, the girls find themselves hitching rides and jumping trucks, anything to complete the long journey north. Their LGBTQ status continues to make them targets. Adding to their struggle to find food is the constant challenge to stay safe.

FIRST

RESPONSE

ROHINGYA

REFUGEE CRISIS

As thousands of Rohingya refugees poured over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, Wolfer Productions documented the influx of people into camps, the work being done by aid groups, and the personal stories of people affected by conflict.

HURRICANE

HARVEY

Driving his truck through the flooded streets of Houston, one resident gives a woman a ride to see the flood damage done to her house for the first time.

2 STORMS

IN 2 WEEKS

First came Hurricane Irma and, days after, Hurricane Maria. In disbelief, Ramos gives a tour of Road Town, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The film was used to raise awareness and money for several small NGO’s to aid in their work.

CASE

STUDIES

SOUTH

SUDAN

For the last five years, South Sudan has been in the middle of a civil war. As the global need for aid has increased, UN Organizations and NGO’s have had to look for creative approaches to help the affected populations. This series of films looks at some of the techniques being used to streamline assistance.

FEATURE

DOCUMENTARIES

ADOPTING

HAITI

Adopting Haiti looks at CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Anderson Cooper and the influence they had on the U.S. State Department in the evacuation of 135 orphans in the wake of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake. The Wolfer Productions team hitchhiked in days after the earthquake with only the necessary supplies they could carry. This documentary was featured on Hulu.com for the one-year tribute to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

ROAD TO

HOPE

In partnership with the Hospice Foundation, Road to Hope tells the stories of children in East Africa caring for their HIV-positive parents. The film follows the lives of four children as they become caretakers and eventually learn to survive without their parents. The film is narrated by Torrey DeVitto, star of Chicago Med and Pretty Little Liars and has been an official selection in 23 festivals and has been honoured with multiple awards.

ADVOCACY

& EDUCATION

THE

CAMP

South Sudan is the newest country in the world and is currently in the centre of an armed conflict dealing with the future leadership of the nation. When the fighting broke out in December of 2013, citizens of the country ran to the UN bases seeking refuge. This documentary looks at an IDP camp (Internally Displaced People) in Malakal, South Sudan and how the different UN partners are collaborating to provide protection, food, and shelter to the people living on the UN compound.

100% IS

NOW

Renewable energy is one of the most pressing issues of today and a major part of the democratic primary in Iowa. This film was used to help show Bernie Sanders and Marten O’Malley’s commitment to the cause.

TELEVISION

BIG

QUESTIONS

An Emmy-winning series that goes beyond the news to show the intersection of social values and business in today’s world events. Wolfer Productions has been producing the show for the last two seasons telling stories of organic farming in Egypt, to female condoms reducing HIV rates in East Africa, to the big business of human trafficking and the first humanitarian project into Cuba since the Eisenhower administration.

MARKETING

BANGLA-

HOPE

Over the course of 8 Years, Wolfer Productions has traveled to Bangladesh to tell the stories of Tisha Marre and Kokoli as they grow up in an orphanage, Bangla-Hope. The films create awareness of these orphans’ active lives and help to raise funds through social media and the local community.