One Chicago, One Nation

Grand Prize Winner — $25,000
1700% Project: Mistaken For Muslim
Filmmaker: Anida Yoeu Ali
Description: In this video, narratives collide with music, poetry and politics to create a complex and layered experience. A poet, dancer, angel, prisoner converge with community to speak, deflect, and intervene against racial profiling and hate crimes. This convergence exemplifies a spirit of defiance and resistance from communities of people who refuse to end in violence. This spoken word video is a collaboration between artist Anida Yoeu Ali and filmmaker Masahiro Sugano with over 100 diverse volunteers, participants and community members in the Chicagoland area. It is part of an ongoing project that engages art as a form of intervention against the racial profiling of Muslims in a post 9/11 era. The larger project titled “The 1700% Project” uses a multi-faceted artistic approach to educate the wider public about the diversity within the Muslim community. The number 1700% refers to the exponential percentage increase of hate crimes against Arabs, Muslims and those perceived to be Arab or Muslim since the events of September 11, 2001. The text is created from 100 lines of filed hate crime reports. The poem is an unapologetic response to injustices directed against the Muslim community that reflects both the absurdity and dangers of racially-motivated fears. For more info visit: http://1700percentproject.wordpress.com/

Comedy Category Winner — $5,000
Reparation Holidays
Filmmaker: Chris Sato
Description:“Reparation Holidays” imagines a world in which a select group of minorities would be allowed certain freedoms one day a year. Their common bonds, struggles, and playful imaginations provide a funny and inspiring tale of community awareness and involvement.

Documentary Category Winner — $5,000
Eyes Manouche
Filmmaker: Ratko Momcilovic
Description:After leaving a war torn Yugoslavia, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian guy found their new home in Chicago where they developed unique friendship.

Drama Category Winner — $5,000
The Mission
Filmmaker: Mike Meyer
Description: A group of Chicago residents are interviewed about receiving mysterious tapes in the mail.

Mobile Digital Media Category Winner — $5,000
Our Story
Filmmaker: Elisha Hall
Description: How can citizens help? This is the questions that are youth added to the immigration debate and this video begins to answer that question. Youth on the southwest side of Chicago work together to adopt and share stories across race, gender, and status.

Music video/spoken word/animation Category Winner — $5,000
1700% Project: Mistaken For Muslim
Filmmaker: Anida Yoeu Ali
Description: In this video, narratives collide with music, poetry and politics to create a complex and layered experience. A poet, dancer, angel, prisoner converge with community to speak, deflect, and intervene against racial profiling and hate crimes. This convergence exemplifies a spirit of defiance and resistance from communities of people who refuse to end in violence… Read More

Under 60 Seconds Category Winner — $5,000
GrowingPower.org
Filmmaker: Carmine Cervi
Description: Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.