Persistent Productions In Life Series

Persistent Productions has received funds to create In Life, a series of short video portraits of older people thriving in life, exemplars of positive age beliefs. Such a series should impact the detrimental effects of age bias over time and could be extremely useful to sociologists, psychologists, and doctors serving this population. To view proof of concept videos, click:

https://www.persistentproductions.com/lawstroudfoundation

Persistent Productions (PP), based in Rockport, MA and Singapore, is an award-winning film production company that has worked in more than 35 countries. Their distribution channels include the United Nations General Assembly, World Health Organization, and the Biden Administration’s Inauguration. They have created films for Yo-Yo Ma, Condé Naste, BBC Storyworks, The Atlantic, and SONY Music, among others.

PP’s social impact filmmaking has been recognized by Social Media Impact and the CUGH Pulitzer Global Health Video awards, among others. Their documentary portfolio includes Under the Turban, which examines the Sikh religion and premiered at The United Nations Film Festival. In the Spirit of Laxmi, a documentary about the rewilding of a leopard which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, went on to win Best Short Documentary at The Gold Coast Film Festival. Their most recent feature, How I Live, examines equity in global childhood cancer. The film, a collaboration with the Dana Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital Global Health Initiative and supported by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, was launched at The United Nations General Assembly and went on to win Best Director at the Chambal International Film Festival and Best Feature at the United Kingdom’s Fisheye Film Festival. Since the film's launch in 2020 PP has worked collaboratively with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative on a global impact distribution campaign.