For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 14

AGENTS OF CHANGE MOVEMENT LAUNCHES ONLINE EXHIBITION, FEATURING DANNY GLOVER

JOIN Agents of Change is an online exhibition series that is inspired by the documentary film, AGENTS OF CHANGE, which is currently in post-production. This exhibition will also exist as an online social media and web platform, highlighting various activists, leaders, and agents of change from the film who continue to fight for civil rights and social justice in America. The alarming shameful events in Charleston, South Carolina, ongoing demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, and nationwide student-led protest movements, such as the I, Too, Am Harvard, (UCLA, Michigan, NYU, etc.) campaigns, lay bare "the racial tensions on campuses today, raising questions about inclusiveness, identity and racial stereotyping", according to the Boston Globe. AGENTS OF CHANGE links the past to the present and the present to the past--making it not just a movie but a movement.

Among the many activists, humanitarians, historians and leaders featured in the film, the producers recognize Danny Glover during the launch of JOIN Agents of Change online exhibition series. Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 25 years. Glover has also gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts. Glover has†served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program, focusing on issues of poverty, disease, and economic development in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and serves as a UNICEF Ambassador.

#AGENTSOFCHANGE
is more than a movie, it's a movement.

From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960's.

Through the stories of these young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests. The film’s characters found themselves at the crossroads of the civil rights, black power, and anti-Vietnam war movements at a pivotal time in America’s history.

FROM THE PRODUCERS

"One of the things that became apparent from the interviews and our work on the film is that most of the people who were active in the student protest movements of the late 1960's are still active today.
Their participation in the movement to make college campuses responsive to the needs of all students proved to be the foundational steps toward a lifetime of commitment to addressing social issues. We wanted to cast a spotlight not only on what role they played in history,
but also how they continue to persevere today.
The on-line exhibition series provides an important and accessible platform for that purpose."

- Frank Dawson, Co-Producer/Co-Director

"Today we are in the whirlwind of a national conversation about race, implicit bias and the causes of inequality, and our film is a bridge that connects yesterday to today. Students in the late 1960s came together to demand that their campuses become more responsive to the needs of people of color and it resulted in a tidal wave of protests across the country. The unfinished business of understanding and overcoming racism and inequality is at the root of today's protests creating a direct connection between the protests at the heart of our film and the response of today's students and citizens who make up the broad Black Lives Matter movement."

- Abby Ginzberg, Co-Producer/Co-Director

Photo CR: Brian Bowen Smith/FOX