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Susan in Two Americans

How Documentary Films In Communities Of Faith Can Transform Lives

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | February 28, 2018

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All I Have is a Voice

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | November 10, 2016

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You Have Something to Say That We Need to Hear

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | July 31, 2015

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The Power and Pleasure You Can Unleash When Your Inner Artist Joins Your Inner Activist

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | February 17, 2015

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Leaders Like MLK Are Not a Thing of the Past, But We Must Shape the Moral Frame of Our Day

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | January 12, 2014

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Filmmaking as Spiritual Practice and Ministry

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | April 1, 2004

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My Blessed Gay Marriage

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | July 10, 2003

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A Few of My Favorite Films

By Macky Alston Documentary Filmmaker | January 15, 2001

Blog Posts

Susan in Two Americans

How Documentary Films In Communities Of Faith Can Transform Lives

February 28, 2018

As a movie and a movement lover who will be toggling between the Oscars this...

Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 5.41.39 PM

All I Have is a Voice

November 10, 2016

Here we are again. Stunned. Whispering in twos and threes via text, in office kitchens,...

power of the people

You Have Something to Say That We Need to Hear

July 31, 2015

You have something to say that we need to know. You were not born for...

Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 6.03.57 PM

The Power and Pleasure You Can Unleash When Your Inner Artist Joins Your Inner Activist

February 17, 2015

What would happen, do you think, if we unleashed our most creative selves as we’re...

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Martin Luther King Jr Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Leaders Like MLK Are Not a Thing of the Past, But We Must Shape the Moral Frame of Our Day

January 12, 2014

Watching Selma in the middle of a crowded movie theater this week, I found myself...

Reincarnation-of-Khensur-Rinpoche

A Few of My Favorite Films

January 15, 2001

As a documentary filmmaker who considers spirituality life's most fascinating dimension, I always wondered why...