Champions for Us All
In partnership with Conservation International, we at SHP will be creating a 1-hour, High Definition documentary for national broadcast. It will feature the newest strategies to save Earth’s biodiversity. A unique blend of human drama and scientific quest, Champions for Us All will take us from the forest of West Africa, to the river-filled jungles of South America, and finally down under the deep blue sea of the coast in Papua New Guinea.

We need your help to realize this film so please follow the links to learn more about the project and how to donate.

Also, read the great letters sent out in support of this important project by Conservation International, KQED and the Bay Area Video Coalition. 

To learn more about the film go to the projects page or read this >> downloadable PDF explaining Champions For Us All.

SHP ON DISPLAY!
If you haven't visited the California Academy of Sciences' new interim museum in the South of Market of San Francisco, you should! Where else can you walk around with 500,000 living Army Ants and not get eaten alive? But be sure to keep your eyes out for Shoulder High Productions' 5 minute video playing on loop of Dr. Brian Fisher's exciting biodiversity research in Madagascar.

SHP PROJECT MAKES THE NEWS
California Academy of Sciences' Dr. Brian Fisher is featured in a nationally televised news story that explains his exciting biodiversity research in Madagascar. Footage from the upcoming documentary 'A Map to Save an Island: Discovering the Biodiversity of Madagascar' was used in this story and you can watch the program and read the story by clicking here.

VIEW TRAILER FOR 'A MAP TO SAVE AN ISLAND
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Silicon Valley Bank:
Reinventing an Industry
A production that SHP Director Chris Baldwin helped produce and create continues to be recognized for its excellence. For more information on this project and to view a sample of the work please contact us and we will be more than happy to answer your questions.

2003 - DV Awards

2003 - Aegis Awards

2003 - Telly Awards

2003 - Aurora Awards

UPCOMING PROJECTS:
In the Works
Shoulder High Productions is quite excited about its next documentary project! We are currently working on developing a one-hour program with one of the largest conservation organizations in the world. We will be quite proud to bring their story to you and are sure you will enjoy the adventure!

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Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
This is groundbreaking because Professor Maathai is the first conservationist to be given this award and it means that her role in conservation and community empowerment is being recognized for contributing to peace. What's so inspiring about this is that it validates preventative, PREWAR strategies for peace: Environmental Stewardship (i.e. sustainable and equitable resource management and allocation) is suddenly given massive attention and credit for something that is meant for more than trees and furry animals.

In her words on an interview with NPR's Renee Montagne, "The kind of work that we are doing is the kind of work that can prevent wars. . . Its a new concept of security, a new concept of peace. Its a visionary decision by the committee and I'm sure that it will help people stop thinking in Post-War and think Pre-War."

We congratulate Professor Maathai and invite you to learn more about her and The Greenbelt Movement that she started by visiting these sites:

>> See a photo from NPR.

>> All Africa has a nice Prof. Maathal career history

>> The Greenbelt Movement

And look above! It's SHP director Chris Baldwin working with a local school in Kenya to plant trees with the Greenbelt Movement.

SHP BRINGS NATHANSON'S ROCK TO MTV:
The life of the emerging musical artist is a roller coaster of emotions. Shoulder High Productions continues to chronicle the unfolding career of the singer- songwriter Matt Nathanson. Just this summer, Nathanson performed for Jimmy Kimmel Live and premiered a TV commercial, produced by Shoulder High Productions, on MTV and VH1. Keep Rockin Matt!

>> View the commercial:

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