Director: Jeanne Marie Hallacy Producer: Gregg Butensky
Description:
He Had Wings presents a portrait of the prolific artist, Ronnie Goodman, and the impact of his creative activism to stand for social justice. He Had Wings provides insight into the trauma and resilience of Ronnie's journey as one of the thousands experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. The film shows how people like him, and his friend, Alton “Coach" McSween can have a positive impact on those who battle the crisis currently affecting the wealthy City by the Bay.
Biography:
Jeanne Hallacy’s films are used for human rights education and advocacy. Hallacy develops relationships with her subjects to open their worlds through her lens; she can interview government ministers and slum dwellers and get a story. Her cross-cultural communications skills are an asset to covering issues from refugees to labor rights to people living with HIV. Based in Southeast Asia for decades, she worked with AsiaWorks Television, a regional production company to produce feature news for global broadcasters and advocacy videos for United Nations agencies and international NGOs.
Gregg Butensky is an avid traveler and longtime Burma activist. He established a public lending library in the Philippines and is a co-founder of the non-profit Ethical Traveler. Gregg co-founded Kirana Productions with Jeanne in 2018 and serves as Kirana's Operations Director. In addition to being an Associate Producer and second cameraman for Mother, Daughter, Sister, Gregg worked with Jeanne on Better Homes, Better Lives, Tackling TB in Yangon, Sittwe, This Kind of Love, and Into The Current: Burma's Political Prisoners.
