2016 PSA
Alliance For Children
Alliance For Children, Tarrant County's Children's Advocacy Center program, is dedicated to the protection and healing of child abuse victims. For over 20 years, they have helped thousands of children heal from the trauma of physical abuse, sexual abuse or from witnessing a violent crime. Alliance For Children is the only Tarrant County non-profit organization involved directly in the protection from child abuse through coordinated and teamed investigations with law enforcement, Child Protective Services, Cook Children’s Medical Center, the District Attorney’s Office. Their mission is to protect Tarrant County children from child abuse through teamed investigations, healing services, and community education. At Alliance For Children, their main goal is to minimize the trauma of the abuse so that children and families can begin to heal.
For more information, please visit their website: AllianceForChildren.org
WIFD members set out to create a :60 public service announcement for Alliance For Children to help raise awareness on child abuse in Tarrant County. The PSA was then edited into different lengths and translated into Spanish to hit air on both the general market stations and the Spanish language stations in the DFW area.
This PSA was recognized as a bronze winner in the 38th Annual Telly Awards under the category: promotional piece not-for-profit. Click here for the press release: WIFD2016PSA_TellyWinner.pdf
For behind the scenes, view the slide show below with photographs by Tara Di Leva Tamer.
Crew:
Laura Corene - Writer
Sharie Vance - Director/Production Design
Elizabeth Harding - Production Assistant
Jeanette Greenwood - Casting Director
Susan Bryant - Production Design
Luisa Mendoza - Director of Photography/Camera Operator
Kathleen Farry - Assistant Camera
Iris Lopez - Grip
Nancy Giles - Props Master/Production Design
Tara Di Leva Tamer - Set Photographer
Vanessa Jimenez - Producer/Editor/2016 PSA Chair
Angie Thompson - Music Composer
Shel Hindermen-Pinson - Makeup Artist
Carlos Del Pino - Storyboard Artist
La Grande Super Market - Craft Services
Jimmy John's - Catering
Cast:
Kaylynn Starling - Child #1
AD Scott - Parent
Elizabeth Beam - Child #2
Sami Stoltenberg - Teacher/Therapist
Skylar Rackstraw - Teen #1
Juana Muñoz - Teen #2
Katie Watson - Teen #3
Bradley Beam - Extra
Ethan Beam - Extra
Reis McCormick - Voiceover Talent (English)
Carlos Estrada - Voiceover Talent (Spanish)
A Very Special Thanks To:
Dennis Bishop with KD Conservatory
AMS Pictures
Perla Bernal Almaguer
Kim Rocha, Julia Summers and Shellie McMillon with Alliance For Children
If you would like to volunteer to help make this possible for the next organization, please join Women In Film Dallas and email PSA@WIFDallas.org.