Would you like the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in film? To acquire the skills you can use to advance liberty in the film industry? Apply for the MPI Internship Program! MPI is currently seeking interns for Summer 2012. The MPI Internship Program is an exclusive program designed to foster dynamic, talented young people who [...]
The Academy Awards are in full swing, and MPI founder Thor Halvorssen, President and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation, has taken a moment to nominate the celebrities who, outside of their notable accomplishments in film, have done outstanding work for human rights causes this year. In a Forbes piece released today, Halvorssen offers his [...]
MPI fellow Anthony Fisher‘s screenplay Sidewalk Traffic has made the Top 10 for Big Vision Empty Wallet’s National Film Pitch Competition! Please check out the pitch video here and vote for Anthony. Anthony’s video was selected for the semi-final round based on originality, style, professionalism, marketability, and quality of work. The grand prize winner will [...]
Reason.tv‘s new video above, produced by MPI fellow Anthony Fisher, features stories from the Los-Angeles based Wende Museum, whose mission is to preserve Cold War artifacts and personal histories from the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain, with particular emphasis on East Germany. The Wende Museum aims to make resources available to scholars and apply [...]
Last week, the State Policy Network launched “We the People,” a new three-volume, twelve-part program that aims to provide a framework for understanding early American history and our founding principles, and show how those principles are vital and relevant to America today. The trailer for the program is produced by Nick Tucker, producer, writer, and [...]
MPI is delighted to introduce State of Control, a forthcoming film from Steven Kaplan about the worldwide struggle for human rights, privacy rights, and the free flow of information. Part documentary and part action-thriller, State of Control follows two American filmmakers as they travel undercover into the most remote and conflicted regions of Tibet under [...]
Duncan Scott, director and producer of the forthcoming MPI film, Inside the Mind of Ayn Rand, has just joined the production team for the second Atlas Shrugged installment. The announcement was featured in Big Hollywood yesterday: “Rand has long been the focus of Duncan’s work,” Atlas Shrugged producer John Aglialoro notes. “He brings invaluable experience [...]
The Singing Revolution will have a special screening, along with a choral performance by the Lexington High School Choruses, in Lexington, MA, on Sunday, February 12, at 3:00 pm. The event will be a fundraiser for the chorus and will include a reception with the filmmakers. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Elise Rowley. The [...]