Peter Jordan is an award winning filmmaker and the founder of Localfilms, a grassroots production company that partners with international
humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film. His films explore pressing human rights concerns from the perspectives of
children around the world. He also teaches children how to make their own films, using plastic video cameras and a solar powered computer.
He has directed film projects in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines,
Singapore and Mexico. His partners have included international relief organizations like Save the Children as well as many local grassroots efforts.
To learn more about his work, please visit www.localfilms.org SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:
The First Kid to Learn English From Mexico
HD video
23 min.
9-year-old Pedro's reluctant journey through elementary school in pursuit of the American Dream, which he describes as a "nightmare." Confused by the seemingly contradictory forces of love and punishment that adults impose on him, Pedro forces these same conditions upon unsuspecting animals he encounters along his way.
The Champ
16mm color film
6 min
After getting into one too many fights at school, 17-year-old Fatima finds the one place where she can punch people as hard as she wants and nobody will complain -- the boxing ring. This is the story of Fatima and her coach Johnnie, who shows her that being a fighter is not just about boxing, it's about life.
FESTIVAL AND SCREENINGS:
- United Nations Association Film Festival, 2007
- Aspen Shorts Fest, 2008
Left In Baghdad
Co-directed by Peter Jordan and John Kane
Digital Video
13 min.
After being discharged from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a happy-go-lucky American
soldier returns with his wife and daughter to their home in Kentucky. "Left in Baghdad"
is an alternately tragic and comic portrait of a family man on the first day of the
rest of his life, which he must live without his left arm.
FESTIVAL AND AWARDS:
- Best Student Documentary, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, 2007
- National Finalist, Student Academy Awards, 2007
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2008
- Aspen Shorts Fest, 2008
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2008
- San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, 2007
- Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 2007
- Durango Independent Film Festival, 2008
- Mill Valley Film Festival, 2007
- Finalist, NextFrame, 2007
- Semifinalist, Angelus Student Film Festival, 2007
- Dam Short Film Festival, 2008
My Name is Khazhar
16mm black and white film
4 min.
A little girl uses make-believe to embellish life in America, after her family flees persecution in Russia.