At Optimist, we’re creating films with impact. We’ve made short and feature documentaries (Living on One Dollar, Salam Neighbor) that are designed to change lives. In 2020, we released a feature film (Five Years North) at Full Frame Film Festival (now on PBS) and a short film (The Undocumented Lawyer) at Tribeca Film Festival (now on HBO). We have two feature films in production in 2021. One of them, Ethereum: The Infinite Garden, executed the largest documentary crowdfund in history — raising $1.97 million in 48 hours via NFT sale.
We’re committed to making a long-term positive change and run education and engagement campaigns around each film that have raised $91M for causes including refugee education, microfinance, undocumented youth legal resources, and financial literacy.