The way we see
is affected by what
we know and what
we believe.
Our Mission
We make short documentaries to be used for direct impact advocacy
Using storytelling, our work helps take decades off people’s prison sentences and advocates for alternatives to incarceration.
The Way We See uses documentary filmmaking to inform perspectives held by decision-makers. Through visual storytelling, we challenge dehumanizing ideologies and practices that enable social injustices. We formed The Way We See to leverage our experience, using the art and craft of documentary filmmaking, to uplift dignity, compassion, and truth in settings where people's humanity is often forgotten. We uphold and protect people as the experts and storytellers of their own lives. We are piloting our approach in the criminal legal system, working with defense attorneys’s offices to create videos about their clients which are shown to judges and executive branch officials.
Our Work
We create professionally produced videos that present a client’s social context, background and family—in their own words. In some cases, we film with the families of those who were harmed. We work specifically with clients who who can't afford a lawyer, let alone a video.
We work in many stages, on the state and federal level:
Pre-Trial
Trial Proceedings
Post-Conviction
Clemency
Our videos aim to inform perspectives and widely held narratives to drive new outcomes.
Art by late friend and artist, Neith Nevelson