Legal Lens

Legal Lens

Legal Lens, a collaboration between Harvard Law School students, distinguished faculty, award-winning filmmakers, and journalists, is the brainchild of Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University and former Dean of the Law School, and Joseph Tovares, an award-winning documentary producer and media executive.The project sits at the intersection of the law, documentary, and journalism and has two primary purposes. First, the project gives a voice and a platform to a diverse group of law students and helps them understand how media can be a tool for advancing public debate and discussion about important issues. Second, the short films and associated content will add to the public’s understanding of “the law” and give audiences the opportunity to understand the legal process and better appreciate the role that laws and regulations play in our lives.Legal Lens is produced in collaboration with The Kindling Group.The project is supported by the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Film Credits

GentrificationProducers
Nerissa Naidoo
Kevin PatumwatCamera/Field Producer
PH O'Brien
Mike ShumProject Advisor
Patricia Alvarado

DiscriminationProducers
Elizabeth Ferrie
Zamzam Ahamed Mohammed
Yafit ShalevCamera/Field Producer
Nikki BramleyProject Advisor
Danny Alpert

ImmigrationProducers
Daren Zhang
Tianhao HeCamera/Field Producer
Allie HumenukProject Advisor
Chris Hastings

Climate ChangeProducers
Adam Joel Posluns
Katerina SimonovaCamera/Field Producer
Andrew Mudge
Nikki Bramley
Ken FraserProject Advisor
Joseph Tovares

Prison ReformProducers
David Benger
Elisabeth Mabus
Peerce Jools McManusCamera/Field Producer
Mike ShumProject Advisor
Gabriel London

Series Credits

Story Consultant
Linda MatchanCoordinating Producer
Beth SternheimerAssociate Producer
Cariña NietoAssistant Producer
Danielle BryantProduction Assistant
Victoria BornemanProduction Coordinator
Rachel KeelerMotion Graphics
Coda Story & Kaleida StudioPost-Production Coordinator
Ben LiguoriFor Kindling Group
Executive Producer
Danny AlpertSeries Producer
Kristen PichaskeLegal Lens Executive Producers
Martha Minow
Joseph Tovares