Film

Our investments in both documentary and feature films highlight universal stories. We believe that telling these stories honestly and intimately drives local & national change. Our work has screened at numerous festivals, taking home awards at Sundance, Tribeca, and many more.

Primal Fear - Producer

This documentary is about the aftermath of October 7, 2023, and how American Jewry reacted amidst both the silence and the overt blame of Israel and Jews. It’s a film that will examine the explosion of antisemitism online, on college campuses and in the streets of the world. It will unpack how we got here from the spread of misinformation, false narratives and lies and it will look at what needs to be done moving forward.

The film will also go back in time to understand how the Palestinian narrative of fighting the oppressors and colonization crystallized on college campuses over the past 30 years, finding allies among “progressive,” intersectional organizations. It will dig into the root of the issues on campus and why administrators are largely silent.

It will explain why language like “From the River to the Sea” is deeply problematic and foundationally antisemitic. It will also discuss the history of “Zionism is racism” and understanding how these slogans became a call to action for student activists.

The film will also examine the American media bias against Israel and unpack its seeming tolerance for antisemitism. The film will center on three main areas: inherent media bias, social media misinformation (TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Facebook) and college campuses as the ground zero for cultivating and spreading antisemitism.

Please contact mara@beforwardproductions.com to get involved.

“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” - Executive Producer

Gerry Goffin’s story will finally be told in “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?,” a documentary — named after his and King’s first-ever No. 1 hit, written in 1960 when he was 20 and she was 18 and famously recorded by the Shirelles.

His legendary work has been recorded by dozens of celebrated artists over the last six decades, including Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Natalie Cole, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Kylie Minogue, Amy Winehouse and his ex-wife, Carole King.

To tell Goffin's story, the film will explore Goffin’s roots as a songwriter, his marriage and family life with King, his professional highs and lows and his battle with severe mental health issues. Several members of Goffin's inner-circle, including King, his daughters Louise and Sherry Goffin Kondor, widow Michele Conaway Goffin and longtime manager Christine Russell, will appear in the 90-minute feature. The production will also access Goffin’s archive and catalog, replete with material never before seen or heard.

Miss Representation 2.0

Ten years after MISS REPRESENTATION exposed the media’s contribution to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power, MISS REPRESENTATION 2.0 will dive deeper into the backlash against women’s progress, as seen through social media’s impact on girls' mental health, the rollback of reproductive rights, and the pervasive culture of harassment and violence against women.

Beneath the Grass - Executive Producer

Exploring the failures of the criminal justice system from a unique angle, the film follows a young Latino boy who puts his single mother's illegal marijuana business at risk when he befriends the new neighbors.

“Beneath the Grass” is set in 2008, capturing both the economic recession and the “Yes We Can” summer, and follows a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son befriends the new neighbors, a young white boy and his police officer grandfather.

The Cassandra Project - Lead Producer

The Cassandra Project is a short film trilogy featuring three female protagonists whose voices are discounted due to gender disparity, in each case leading to extremely high stakes situations.

The production team, a collective of women-led creatives, seeks to build a community and inspire conversations that work toward a future vision where women are heard, accepted, and understood.

Through this Project, we are embracing all voices and investing in our vision of the world we want to see.

​Three films. Three genres. Three scenarios. One unifying and terrifying truth.