Interlock Media Films

Interlock is on the second phase of a documentary on Margaret Fuller, a seminal feminist and leading social critic of the early 19th century. Margaret Fuller blazed a path for women's equality and was the first international war correspondent. This summer, we completed a 15-minute short of our Fuller film and screened it in several literary venues. We now have 45 minutes assembled, which we are developing into an hour-long documentary.

In rural Massachusetts, Interlock converted a 150,000 sq ft building into a hub for social services, artisans, and green businesses. The goal is to create new products, fresh jobs, and augmented services for the community of Orange while engendering an atmosphere of growth for fledgling green companies.

The Extraordinary Passage, a film documentary, focuses on the life of Harold J. Coolidge. A scion of early 20th century Boston society, he became a central architect of the wildlife conservation establishment. Coolidge was shaped by 1920s eugenics-based arguments for which pseudoscience served to rationalize views of whites as a superior race. To this day, the legacy of the marriage between conservation and eugenics has continued to plague the conservation and climate change movements.   
In year 2017 we have completed the bulk of our scientific research, documenting the medical and zoological aspects of the three expeditions undertaken by Coolidge. The wealth of new information has continued to fuel the development of our script. In addition to brand new and rendered 2D maps, our animators have employed state-of-the-art techniques to subtly but powerfully enhance the still photos from our collection.

In March we filmed our latest installment of the ongoing video podcast, Climate Media Engine (CME), which investigates groundbreaking stories on climate change and the surrounding movement. Our latest piece features renowned author and climate activist, Wen Stephenson. Stephenson is a local eco-hero, writer for The Nation, former editor at the Boston Globe, producer at NPR, and writer for the online version of FRONTLINE. He now dedicates himself exclusively to climate activism and authorship. Our interview broadcasted the vital message of his most recent book, What We’re Fighting For Now Is Each Other, to a larger audience.

The Xukuru of Brazil -- A documentary tracking the life of Brazil's youngest Indian chief. Topping the list of his weekly bills are his bodyguards' salaries. Without protection, he would be unlikely to live long enough to defend his people, the Xukuru. A ten-thousand member tribe, their lands serve as part of the buffer zone protecting the Amazon. Ethanol producers drunk off the sugar cane boom, along with nearby resort developers, threaten to eliminate their highland oasis.

A program Interlock co-founded which provides scuba training, environmental education and green job placement for at-risk urban youth in the greater Boston area.

A short documentary exploring the impact of war on children. It's clear that some therapeutic methods are generally more effective than others in shoring up resiliency and recovery among children stuck in zones of conflict.

Reframing Special Education in America -- A film exploring one of the new frontiers of civil rights: the education and social inclusion of special-needs students nationwide. It documents the experiences of two very different families, each with children who have moderate behavioral problems and attention deficits in their quest for appropriate and inclusive education.

Code Switching and Race: Towards a Fresh Examination of the Impact of Busing for School Integration
Code-Switching is Interlock Media’s newest feature on Boston’s METCO voluntary school busing program. The film follows half a dozen African-American students and alumni who learn to breach the cultural divide as they reach for the promise of better education. For some, the METCO experience, while a great opportunity, has mixed, and at times, heartbreaking results, especially for the girls, who face challenges in seeking equilibrium in white suburban schools. Our filmmakers have now gathered extensive raw footage, and the studio is continuously working on soundtrack and animation production for our rough cut. As generous donations enable the project towards completion, Code-Switching hopes to create a significant educational and social impact by contributing to the dialogue on race and equity.