Straightlaced
Teenagers open up about how they are limited by gender role expectations and their process of finding ways to really be themselves. Part of The Respect for All Project.
Learn more >Celebrating the Life of Del Martin
NEW RELEASE!
Shares the moving memorial service for this lifelong civil rights pioneer.
Learn more >It's STILL Elementary
This moving story and political drama revisits the students and teachers from the original groundbreaking film, It's Elementary, and discovers the profound impact of using film as a tool for social change.
Learn more >Let's Get Real
Examines issues that lead to taunting and bullying, including racial differences, perceived sexual orientation, learning disabilities, religious differences, sexual harassment and others. Part of the Respect for All Project.
Learn more >It's Elementary
The groundbreaking film that addresses anti-gay prejudice by providing adults with practical lessons on how to talk with children about gay people. Part of The Respect For All Project.
Learn more >That's a Family!
Breaks new ground in helping children in grades K-8 understand the different shapes families take today. Part of The Respect for All Project.
Learn more >Homes & Hands
An inspiring documentary about three communities where low-income residents have found an empowering way to realize the American dream... owning a home.
Learn more >One Wedding and a Revolution
Reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the first government-sanctioned same-sex marriage.
Learn more >Deadly Deception
This 1991 Academy Award-winning documentary uncovers the disastrous health and environmental side effects caused by the production of nuclear materials by the General Electric Corporation.
Learn more >Choosing Children
Emotionally powerful documentary that challenges society's definitions of family by exploring the ways lesbians are becoming parents and how they are raising their children.
Learn more >Our Mission
GroundSpark creates visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world.
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GroundSpark's Respect For All Project facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers.
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Latest News
Idaho Agenda Highlights Chasnoff's Defense of "It's Elementary"
The Idaho Agenda published GroundSpark President Debra Chasnoff's public response to Frank VanderSloot, funder of a 1999 billboard campaign mischaracterizing the GroundSpark film It's Elementary. Recent debate was stirred after a Salon.com article describing VanderSloot's political activities.
Hear Debra Chasnoff on KCRW Discussing LGBT History in California Schools
Listen to GroundSpark President and Senior Producer Debra Chasnoff on a recent KCRW radio program, discussing the new law making California the first state in the nation to require lessons about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in public schools.
Applause From the Bay Times
The Bay Times singled out GroundSpark's Debra Chasnoff as one of "three extraordinary directors" whose films shone at Frameline 2011, where our newest film, Celebrating the Life of Del Martin, received its debut. Read more . . .
National Partners Sign On To Straightlaced Outreach Campaign
Over 15 national education, advocacy, and youth welfare organizations are working with GroundSpark to ensure that Straightlaced—How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up is screened all over the country.
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Clashes Pit Parents vs. Gay-Friendly Curriculums in Schools
GroundSpark was featured in a New York Times article.