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22/10/2023

Best documentary award in the first three festivals Every Day After was screened!

28/08/2023

I am super happy to share the trailer for our new documentary short film, Every Day After. The film had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival last week in Los Angeles and it won Best Documentary! We are looking forward to the next several months as we work to build upon last week's exciting festival success and to share Jary and Jessa's beautiful story with the world.
Except for Manila-based Elaine Jose Bobadilla (we missed you, Elaine!) the entire team came for the screening: director Elisa Gambino, executive producer Dave A. Liu composer Patrick Kirst, animation artist Miranda Kahn, sound mixer Alex Altman, and sound designer Woody Woodhall. Screened at the legendary TCL Chinese Theaters and supported by our dearest friends - it was a truly memorable event.
None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support of our partner Smile Train. Elisa and I are so grateful. And a special thank you to Aubrey Aiden-Buie who has worked tirelessly on the film's social media presence.
If you would like to learn more about the film check out its website, everydayafterfilm.com. Updates also here on FB, Every Day After.

06/03/2023

Please join us tomorrow evening, Tuesday, March 7 for a screening of WASTELAND: Iowa. See information below!

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST In Person, Southeast Environmental Task Force, Chicago, IL [South] Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST In Person, McKinley Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL [South] Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST In Person, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL [W Suburbs] Tue

17/06/2022

Neal Broffman shoots and edits all of our films. He recently talked about his creative choices and our recent projects in this article. https://ymcinema.com/2022/05/26/documentary-filmmaking-with-canon-cinema-eos-cameras/

08/04/2022

Sherry Bradley co-founded the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program, a non-profit that receives private and public funding. Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project provides affordable septic systems to qualifying homeowners who live in the Black Belt region of Lowndes County, AL.

06/04/2022

Septic tanks separate solid & liquid waste into scum, sludge, and wastewater. The wastewater then moves through the septic tank and into a drain field while the scum and sludge settle in the tank. When a septic tank functions properly, the waste is not a hazard to the community but when it does not function well, it can create health and environmental risks.

04/04/2022

In WASTELAND: Alabama, Dr. Howard Robinson talks about the tools that were used “to maintain the status quo of Black subjugation to white supremacy” across the Black Belt and he explains what the means for infrastructure in the region today. Watch on Paramount+

01/04/2022

Lowndes Co. AL resident & Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project member, Perman Hardy has been outspoken about the sanitation issues for years. Even though Perman had a septic system it failed due to the hard clay Black Belt soil that requires an engineered & costly system.

31/03/2022

Lowndes County, AL resident & Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project member, Perman Hardy speaks with CBS’s Adam Yamaguchi about her experience with a failing septic system that caused waste to back-up into her house through the toilets, tub, and sinks.

27/03/2022

A 2020 study by the Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health links nitrates in drinking water to cancer in humans. In Floyd County, Iowa, they have both higher nitrate levels and cancer incidents than the state average. This hits close to home for residents like Ethan Vorhes, whose friends, family, and neighbors have all been affected by cancer.

26/03/2022

CAFOs are home to Iowa’s hogs. Manure from these factory farms is overapplied to corn that is used as hog feed & ethanol. Downstream the overapplication causes elevated nitrate levels in drinking H2O sources.

25/03/2022

Hogs outnumber Iowa’s population by around 22 million which means that Iowa has a manure problem. Iowa’s hogs produce 12 billion pounds of sh*t per year. Watch WASTELAND: IOWA & see what the wholesome agriculture narrative has done to hide Iowa’s wasteland.

24/03/2022

Emma Schmit, a Calhoun Co. native & organizer with Food & Water Watch has witnessed her home turn into a sacrifice zone because farmers are working “within a system that was created specifically to benefit corporations rather than a system that empowers farmers & local communities & protects our environment.”

23/03/2022

Ted Corrigan, CEO of Des Moines Water Works, explains that 90% of nitrates and 80% of phosphorus in Iowa’s rivers are related to agriculture practices. Lawmakers in Iowa have identified policies for changing that situation but no laws have been passed, no funding has been issued. Meanwhile, residents are increasingly worried about the higher than average cancer rates.

22/03/2022

SW Florida resident Mark Thompson talks with CBS’s Adam Yamaguchi about the toilet effect in the waters around Sanibel. Mark experiences burning eyes, ears, & lips whenever he swims during a red tide. WASTELAND: Florida, paints a picture of the looming sh*tstorm across the state created by leaking septic tanks.

20/03/2022

Ecologist and Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani has witnessed three significant algae blooms since 2016. Over the past decade, in the Caloosahatchee estuary, he’s seen about twice the frequency of blooms over the previous decade.

19/03/2022

Florida is America’s playground but toxic blue-green algae blooms are turning the playground into an environmental ground zero. Rising water levels & over development across the state put more than 2,000,000 septic tanks at risk of leaching f***l bacteria that feeds the algae.

18/03/2022

Beautiful & bio-diverse Lake Okeechobee is 80 miles east of Ft. Myers. The video shows a blue-green algae bloom - known as cyanobacteria. When these massive & grim blooms die they create microcystin, which is a powerful liver toxin when ingested. Studies are ongoing to determine if microcystin can also aerosolize.

17/03/2022

WASTELAND Florida is a must-watch for those concerned about climate change. Scientist Dr. Brian Lapointe, has been studying the causes of harmful algae blooms across Florida for more than 20 years and he explains why, more than ever, we need to take action now.

17/03/2022

15/03/2022

On this beautiful day for we were taking on a not-so-beautiful topic; sewage. In WASTELAND: NEW YORK we venture beneath the city’s charming facade and it reeks. Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Damani Bush

14/03/2022

When Adam Yamaguchi suggested to Mount Vernon, NY resident, Linda McNeil that her house smelled like sh*t, she took no offense. The smell of sewage throughout the city is a constant reminder to the other 68,000 residents that their homes could smell like that too. The city’s 200 miles of sewer lines were engineered for a population one-third of the size of today’s and they are on the brink of collapse.

08/03/2022

What do you get when decades old sewers are overburdened with dense population? A $200 million repair job and raw sewage flooding homes and businesses. Cities like Mount Vernon should not be left on their own to manage the situation. NY State lawmakers must allocate federal infrastructure $ to their lower income cities, if not sewer systems will fail and the fallout will go far beyond Mt. Vernon.

07/03/2022

Fact or Fiction? More than TWO MILLION Americans are living without basic access to sanitation and safe drinking water.

05/03/2022

Lowndes County, Alabama, home to more than 10,000 residents remains one of America’s poorest counties, so poor that thousands of residents cannot afford a costly engineered septic system that would work in Black Belt clay. This means that sewage enters homes and accumulates in yards. Swipe for some quick facts about Lowndes Country and watch WASTELAND on to learn more.
Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project Elisa Gambino

03/03/2022

Review from Ready Steady Cut "Wasteland is not for the faint of heart…Some of the images are just revolting. Yet, can you imagine living with it?...it shines a light on an issue no one is talking about on a national level." Read the review below.
https://readysteadycut.com/2022/02/24/review-wasteland-paramount-plus-documentary-series/

Paramount+ docuseries Wasteland (2022) was released on the streaming service on February 24, 2022. The four-part docuseries Wasteland (2022), now

02/03/2022

In 2022, you would expect sanitation to be something all residents in the US have access to, not as a luxury, but as a necessity. That’s not the case for Lowndes County, AL residents like Clara Gulley who are living with a lack of sanitation infrastructure created by gov’t neglect, poverty & structural racism. Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project

28/02/2022

Stream it or Skip it? The votes are in from Decider STREAM IT. WASTELAND highlights the waste that harms communities from Iowa to Florida with two stops in-between. See how structural racism & government neglect create deplorable, degrading & dangerous situations for residents. Read their review below.
https://decider.com/2022/02/25/wasteland-paramount-plus-review-stream-it-or-skip-it/

Wasteland highlights a glaring issue in this country, where crumbling infrastructure is cause for some decidedly stinky situations.

27/02/2022

Fact or Fiction? In the U.S. alone, about 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage and industrial waste is discharged into the water bodies. Comment your guess down below