Karen Hayes Reveals the Revolutionary Power of Storytelling

Producer/Director Karen Hayes holds an M.F.A. in Film and Television Production from UCLA. She was selected for the Tribeca All Access and American Film Institute’s (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) fellowships. Hayes' production company, Ubuntu Motion Pictures, is devoted to telling stories that educate, create dialog about, and promote justice and healing. She has produced many documentary shorts for educational and non-profit organizations, including PSAs on HIV/AIDS Education featuring Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu. Hayes was also granted unique access to follow and film Desmond Tutu internationally over a 15-year period and is completing the resulting documentary feature, The Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond Tutu. Hayes also produced the authorized documentary film about Rev. James Lawson, one of the key strategists of the Rosa Parks-Martin Luther King Movement.

In This Episode:
You can read through the James Lawson and L.A. Times timeline TRISHES mentioned
Watch Karen's short film An Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond Tutu


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Music: 
Make it to Tomorrow by Andre Henry
It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry

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