As filmmakers seek platforms to have their diverse stories told, the Media Done Responsibly Film Festival stands in the gap, bridging divides and providing sustainable accessibility between worlds.
MDR Film Festivals
The MDR Film Festival amplifies counterstories that center the humanity of BIPOC and traditionally marginalized communities.
The MDR Film Festival amplifies counterstories that center the humanity of BIPOC and traditionally marginalized communities.
We do this not to grant storytellers fleeting permission to be a shooting star in a limited-purview world, but to help us recognize that we all belong to each other in a vast expanse where our destinies are intricately and tangibly linked.
Founder and CEO of MDR, Shaunelle Curry, speaks about the purpose of the MDR Film Festival
Its principle is Ubuntu, "I Am because We are."
Reverend Jason Mitchell opens the MDR Film Festival with prayer
MDR Film Festival features throughout the years!
MDR Arthouse & Café
An online community that cultivates and celebrates art, discusses culture, and creates civil dialogues around social issues. Its goal is to create a digital safe space where everyday people can create a counternarrative to the “single story” by sharing their own perspectives.
Check out these artists at our MDR Arthouse & Café throughout the years!
An online community that cultivates and celebrates art, discusses culture, and creates civil dialogues around social issues. Its goal is to create a digital safe space where everyday people can create a counternarrative to the “single story” by sharing their own perspectives.
Check out these artists at our MDR Arthouse & Café Launch Party!