Our Med Tac team has been tackling vaccine hesitancy with a focus on the families of critical essential workers and the general public. We have found the films below are very powerful and we are studying their impact through the TMIT Global Test Bed. Please watch them and forward the links to your colleagues and friends.  The producers and actors have done a terrific job of tackling the key issues.

TEAM PLAYER  takes on the issues of hesitancy regarding getting children vaccinated.  Soccer parents and kids confront the concerns.

Original Version:

https://vimeo.com/679763639/0cfc1c62b6

Spanish:

https://f.io/RweDY0iR

Team Player: https://vimeo.com/692346096
Team Player (Spanish): https://vimeo.com/692353038
Team Player – Kids Version: https://vimeo.com/693640012
Team Player – Kids Version (Spanish): https://vimeo.com/694062130

TEAM PLAYER on LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

https://achieve.lausd.net/covidvideos,

These films were made by THE CHANGE MAKING MEDIA CENTER  www.tcmmc.org  and ACTransformativeMedia

 articles on the work:

https://news.usc.edu/192901/usc-short-films-covid-vaccinations-latinx-black-communities/
https://news.usc.edu/192901/usc-short-films-covid-vaccinations-latinx-black-communities/
https://theconversation.com/why-were-using-filmmaking-to-encourage-vaccination-by-black-and-latino-angelenos-171938

Professor Jeremy Kagan and USC Grad Students: MaryLanae Linen, Jasmin Walker and Tynae Miller

https://mailchi.mp/ceb9db91b9ae/usc-in-the-news?e=06b4894856

Los Angeles Latinx and African American Film Makers

Of Reasons and Rumors follows a tight-knit Latino family in East LA who disagree about the importance and safety of Covid vaccination.

Happy Birthday, Granny revolves around an African-American family in South LA celebrating their grandmother’s birthday when an argument leads to an honest discussion about the truth about the development and safety of the COVID vaccine.