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Sick Cells

Marqus Valentine is a 26-year-old film student at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. From the outside, he looks like anyone else. Inside, however, there is a different story taking place.

Joliet West High School Students in 20K Films Production

Recently, 20K Films interviewed High School students from Joliet West High School about their thoughts on privacy for the American Library Association video we produced for their Choose Privacy Week program. Read more…

Amos’ Posters for Sale in Chicago this weekend, Saturday, May 22nd!

The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is putting on it’s yearly $20 Cash ‘N Carry Show at CPC this Saturday!! Read more…

Sore Nipples Breastfeeding Documentary Garage Sale Fundraiser

20K Films is having a Fundraiser! Please help us raise money on our feature- length documentary, SORE NIPPLES, which focuses on the many benefits as well as some of the disadvantages of breastfeeding. Read more…

Documentary for CHOOSE PRIVACY WEEK

20K Films just produced a 23-minute documentary for the American Library Association for their new program, Choose Privacy Week. Read more…

New 20K Films Site!

The new 20K Films website is up! How do you like the new pretty face all? A little bit more sparse, but hopefully a lot easier to navigate! Enjoy!

Just taught first Kids’ Digital Filmmaking Camp: Making Your Own Stop Motion Animation

20K Films just taught their first Kids’ Digital Filmmaking Camp: Making Your Own Stop Motion Animation. We had 4 students (three 10 year olds and one 8 year old), and I was personally blown away with not only how creative they all were, but with how quickly they caught onto what we were teaching in [...]

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Yes, Yes, Yes to the Canon EOS Moving Image Workshop last weekend in Chicago!

I am excessively anal when it comes to finding an answer or solving a problem, especially if it’s technical and it’s the only thing standing in my way of making a really good edit, doc, or visual idea come to fruition.  I was lucky enough after 20K Films’ Canon 7D purchase to meet via email [...]

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Proceed and Be Bold! Screens in Indonesia

My good friend (who is also an amazing actor), Courtney Berne, is currently finishing up her year of teaching English in Indonesia, and decided to show her students Proceed and Be Bold! during the American Studies segment of her class.
Here is what Courtney emailed me after showing her students PaBB: “As for your film, it [...]

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