I am the Water, You are the Sea
ShareTweetIn 1977, a young Peace Corps volunteer named Alex stared out the dusty back window of a silver BMW. As the car pulled away, his lover, Ali, stood in the middle of the street, waving goodbye. The car picked up speed, turned a corner, and Ali disappeared from sight. Alex turned around, blinked, and stared [...]
View This Project →State of Chicago
ShareTweet The State of Chicago is about building and strengthening the Chicago community. Its first iteration will be a series of 4 ebooks, each addressing how Chicago is doing in relation to entrepreneurship, the arts, education, and poverty. The approach to each book is similar to a business plan “SWOT” [...]
View This Project →Rule of Law Initiative
ShareTweetIn the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rates of rape and other forms of sexual violence are among the highest in the world. The UN estimates that over 500,000 women have been victims of rape and sexual violence since conflict erupted in 1996. Left Brain/Right Brain Productions collaborated with the American Bar Association Rule of [...]
View This Project →22 Years from Home
ShareTweet In early March, 2009 Malachi Leopold attended a weekly networking group called “BNI.” A friend gave him a referral to a woman who volunteers with the Chicago Association of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Given the work Left Brain/Right Brain Productions does with several non-profits in Chicago, he thought Malachi might be [...]
View This Project →Trep Life
ShareTweet SYNOPSIS Trep Life is an original series offering audiences a unique, 360-degree view of what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur (“trep”). Individual episodes feature an individual trep or trep team, and are comprised of 3 short segments entitled “The Grind,” “The Hustle,” and “The Payoff.” “THE GRIND” features footage of [...]
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