SphereEd: Price Controls
CLIENT: SphereEd
Economist Ryan Bourne explores the implications of price controls as well as their recent implementations.
SphereEd: Three Theories of Regulation
CLIENT: SphereEd
Economist Ryan Bourne explores three theories for how a bill becomes public policy.
Publius: The Founders and the Question of Representative Government
CLIENT: Publius
What does it mean for a government to be truly representative? Professor Keith Whittington discusses the Founders' experience with Parliament, which claimed to represent the interests of the colonists.
DAVID BOAZ: Champion of Liberty
David Boaz, the Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, was there from the very beginning of the liberty movement -- when the world was covered in totalitarianism, bigotry, and war, Boaz stood up for a growing intellectual movement that, through sheer force of will, demanded to be a contender on the national and international stage. Honoring decades of service and dedication, this short documentary/tribute film screened at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2024.
SphereEd: The National Debt and its Implications
CLIENT: SphereEd
Economist Ryan Bourne explores the national debt and its implications for the American economy.
SphereEd: Market Failures vs Government Failures
CLIENT: SphereEd
Economist Ryan Bourne explores the concept of market failure and government failure.
SphereEd: Comparative Advantage and the Benefits of Trade
CLIENT: SphereEd
Economist Ryan Bourne explores the oft-misunderstood concept of Comparative Advantage and how it helps us understand how everyone can benefit from trade.
ARBITRARY LINES: The Free Spirit of Caroline
Author of "Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It" Nolan Gray is invited to the small town of Caroline, New York, but ends up stepping into a local battle over zoning that is reaching a fever pitch. This half-hour documentary explores the legacy and contemporary form of zoning and how it affects towns, even small ones.
A Clean Slate
Shanyeill McCloud has helped thousands of people attain their second chance through expungements and pardons, but is unable to clean her own record.
Pop Culture Urbanism
Hosted by author and urbanist expert Nolan Gray, Pop Culture Urbanism is the show looking at the cities and communities behind the movies, music, media of today.
JIMMY LAI: Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty 2023
In prison and denied bail, the outspoken critic of the Chinese government and advocate for democracy faces charges that could keep him in jail for the rest of his life.
A Man Tries to Sell a Blender on March 19, 2020
Short film made at the tail-end of the pandemic. Shot on a Canon T3i.
REFUGE: The Story of Viet Tran
In this short documentary, director Tran Calvin uncovers his father’s escape from Vietnam and struggle to find freedom in the years that followed.
PLF: Prohibition
CLIENT: Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF)
In Prohibition, this short documentary film from the Pacific Legal Foundation, edited by NODEHAUS, Goodwood Brewing Company CEO Ted Mitzlaff and others explain how small businesses have been destroyed by governors’ constantly changing orders during the pandemic. While governors can legitimately exercise their emergency powers during a crisis like Covid-19, their authority is not indefinite—and arbitrary restrictions have a huge cost on small business owners.
FIRE: Why Frederick Douglass Stood Up For Free Speech
CLIENT: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Looping motion graphics telling the story of the December 1860 riot that shut down Frederick Douglass from speaking to abolitionists and radicalized him in the cause of free speech.
LearnLiberty: The Truth About Immigration
Economic writer Daniel DiMartino hosts this three-part explainer series that explores the impacts of immigration on the US and dispels many myths and incorrect notions surrounding the issue.
PLF: Anastasia Explains Everything
Anastasia Boden is a civil rights attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation where she focuses on economic opportunity and equality before the law and she hosts this episodic series exploring heard-of, but not well-understood concepts of law and government policy.
JENNA LASH STUDIO: Get Rich Quick at the Westbeth Gallery
NYC Artist Jenna Lash explores themes of value, culture, history and the continuous movement of change in her Get Rich Quick II exhibit at the coveted Westbeth Gallery. This video series documents the process behind her exhibit and the stories behind her paintings.
PLF: Strange Censors from California
CLIENT: Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF)
Pacific Legal Foundation is America's most successful public-interest law firms, suing the government when they abuse their power. In the instance of this video, we pitched them on reframing their work on defending First Amendment rights in how Americans choose their vanity plates into the charming and unmistakable aesthetics of Wes Anderson.