Founded by filmmakers Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell in 1978, Media Projects produces and distributes films that personalize some of the most searing social issues of our time. We also create films that celebrate events and people who indelibly touch our lives.
Featured Projects
In Her Shoes
Incarcerated women in an art course reflect on their lives through the shoes they have worn, the shoes they are wearing and the shoes they hope to take their next step in. To schedule a screening contact [email protected]
A Reason to Live
A powerful documentary about teen and young adult depression and suicide - personal stories of despair and hope told by young people of different ages, ethnicities and sexual orientation - and their families.
Sisters of '77
This vibrant film recounts the passionate story of a revolutionary Conference that set the agenda for women's rights in Houston, Texas, in 1977. Features Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Ann Richards, Liz Carpenter, Bella Abzug and Ellie Smeal.
Waging Peace: The Peace Corps Experience
The Peace Corps experience told through the letters, journals and blogs of the Volunteers written while on the job. Allen Mondell was a Peace Corps teacher in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
The Monster Among Us
A provocative and timely film revealing the anti-Semitism in Europe today seen through the personal stories of people living in six European countries.
A Fair To Remember
Lone Star Emmy award film that weaves together the colorful stories of the 125-year history of Dallas' own State Fair of Texas, its impact on the Lone Star State's commerce and cultural heritage, and how this annual event epitomizes the city's "can do" spirit.
Latest News & Blogs
UTD -IHS Virtual and Live Event – During #NTXGivingDay
The fall 2022 Gender Studies lecture is a virtual screening In Her Shoes 9/18-9/23rd and an in-person panel discussion about the film on #NTXGivingDay, Thursday 22,
IN HER SHOES at SMU
Sponsored by the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, Human Rights Program, and Women’s and the Gender Studies Program will be screening IN HER SHOES on Sunday
Columbia University Screens IN HER SHOES
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S 20TH ANNUAL Social Enterprise Conference, Capital for Good screens IN HER SHOES November 19-21st. Viewers are urged to question the punitive prison system
WEST OF HESTER STREET goes to New Mexico
The film will be the featured event at the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society and Texas Jewish Historical Society Conference October 30-31st. Allen and Cynthia
Films in Progress
Sole Sisters
"Every Shoe has a story. Every woman has both." SOLE SISTERS will be a documentary film about women's lives seen through personal stories about their shoes. Anchored by the film, Media Projects will develop a multi-media platform with educational and entertainment experiences that include the web, theater and publishing opportunities.
The Battle For Our Neighborhood
Tells the human impact of development over the past 15 years in a Dallas neighborhood. Its story can be repeated in other cities around the country.
JOHN KIZELL: A Slave Fights Slavery
Recounts the heroic life of John Kizell - seized from his African village and brought to Charles Town, S.C. as a slave in 1773. Eventually, he returned to Africa as a free man to fight the slave trade.