Washington, DC, USA
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Matt Rhodes is an award-winning freelance cinematographer and photographer who has collaborated with a wide range of NGOs & News Agencies and production houses including The New York Times, Apple, The Washington Post, AJ+, TIME, Change.org, McClatchy, CQ Roll Call, Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Wayamo Foundation, Engangered Species Coalition, WOLA and SideXSide Studios. Matt has covered a wide range of subjects, from live music showcases at SXSW to international criminal justice and environmental issues in East and West Africa. In 2013, his three-person team received an Emmy for their short documentary filmed on the West Side of Chicago, Flipping the Script. In 2014, the film was awarded First Place by the Illinois Press Photographer's Association in the Student Best of Multimedia category. In 2015, Matt's team at SideXSide Studios produced one of the most successful Op-Docs in The New York Times' history, Transgender: At War and in Love. The film was nominated for a nation Emmy and awarded First Place for Best Documentary by the White House News Photographer's Association. The Op-Doc has since been made into a feature-length film, “TransMilitary,” and won the 2018 Audience Award at SXSW! Before receiving his MS from Medill, Matt received his BA and MA in philosophy, focusing on ethics, political philosophy & global justice.
Produced for Medill School of Journalism
A short documentary on an ex-Gang Chief of the Vice Lords, his after-school boxing program and "changing the norm" in the Chicago West Side community of North Lawndale.
Produced for Eric Kruszewski Company
Saint Matthew Catholic Church, located in Baltimore, Maryland, has begun a ministry designed to affirm the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) members of its parish family and the broader community. This ministry, known as LEAD (LGBT Educating and Affirming Diversity), strives to offer a sense of home and familiarity to LGBT individuals.
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From Nuremberg in 1945 through Tokyo, Rome, The Hague and Kampala, this film tracks the legal and moral debate more than seven decades in the making. History can be made in New York in 2017 when the States Parties of the International Criminal Court have the opportunity to activate the court’s jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression.
The New York Times: This short documentary shares the challenges of a transgender military couple, who are banned from serving openly.
From the USO: As the USO celebrates 75 years of keeping our nation’s service members connected to the things they love and work to defend – family, home and country – we paused February 4, our 75th anniversary, to honor these individuals and listen to their stories.
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