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Channels: Stories from the Niagara Frontier is Squeaky Wheel’s production initiative that connects area filmmakers with activist and community groups to make short documentaries about social justice issues impacting our region. The videos produced through the program give groups an effective tool for educating the community, raising awareness about under-reported issues, and garnering wider support for their efforts. For the past two years Channels has been funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Previous supporters include the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation and the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

The goal of Channels is to raise awareness about locally relevant issues. We therefore want to screen the videos in a wide variety of places, including non-traditional venues, around the city. If you are interested in hosting a screening at your business or home, please contact office@squeaky.org or call 716-884-7172.

WATCH THE CHANNELS VIDEOS:

2013

• Not Without Us by Sam Avery & Mental Health Peer Connection
• This Doesn't Happen Here by Brian Milbrand & Erie County Fair Housing Partnership
• Rooted by Kyle Toth, Ryan Delmar & Buffalo First

2011

• You Are Where You Live by Vince Mistretta & Clean Air Coalition of WNY
• Everybody Lives Downstream by Anna Scime & Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER
• Living in the Shadow of the Bridge by Mark Barner & Niagara Gateway Columbus Park Association/Buffalo West Side Environmental Defense Fund
• Reclamation by John Fink & Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

2009

• Unseen Tears: the Impact of Native American Residential Boarding Schools in WNY by Ron Douglas & Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties    
• 'Round the Clock: Buffalo Workers and the Fight for Jobs with Justice by Christine Zinni & Coalition for Economic Justice
• Build on the Past for Our Future by Diedie Weng & Preservation Buffalo Niagara
• Raising Literacy, Lifting Communities by Loren Sonnenberg & Read to Succeed Buffalo

2008

• Everybody has a Story by Holly Johnson & Children's Mental Health Coalition of WNY
• Pushing People Power: Rebuilding Buffalo's West Side by Ruth Goldman & PUSH Buffalo
• Refugees: Buffalo's Next Generation by Brett Williams, Scott Murchie & Journey's End Refugee Services
• Buffalo ReUse: Building Community by Carl Lee & Buffalo ReUse

2007

• Growing Green in Buffalo, NY by Meg Knowles and Massachusetts Avenue Project
• We Are the City: Voices from the West Side by Jam Vafai & the West Side Community Collaborative
• A Deck of Cards by Seth Wochensky & Circle of Friends
• Prisoners Are People Too by Doug Ruffin & Prisoners Are People Too