Pink
Ghetto Productions, Inc.
A documentary production company
Pink Ghetto Productions, Inc. is a non-profit documentary production company
founded in 2003 by our executive director, Lee Harvey. The company is dedicated
to telling compelling human stories through top quality, in-depth journalism
that illuminates the lives of the disenfranchised, the invisible, even the
most hated people in American society. Racism, violence, AIDS, drug abuse
and other public health issues have been at the foundation of all of Ms. Harvey’s
work and the programs produced by PGP, Inc. will continue this commitment,
with particular focus on how these issues impact children and young adults.
The company is named in recognition of youth who spoke out bravely in Ms.
Harvey’s award-winning film on white racism, Culture of Hate-Who Are
We? The teenagers, who referred to themselves as “white power,”
shared their experiences of violence and neglect in a low-income housing project
they nicknamed
“The Pink Ghetto.”
Like the Culture of Hate film, programs produced at PGP, Inc. will challenge
stereotypes and other one-dimensional images so often perpetuated in media
today and encourage viewers to examine their own biases and fears, without
judgment or sensation.
It is Ms. Harvey’s hope that by providing non-judgmental, honest investigations
into some of our most difficult and controversial issues, programs produced
by PGP, Inc. will dispel fears, build empathy and deeper understandings, and
ultimately inspire meaningful, informed action.
Current Project:
The War Within: Soul of a Gangster (working title)
A 90-Minute Documentary for PBS Broadcast
Presenting a Fundamental Shift in How We Think of Gangs
In December 2003, Ms. Harvey received a grant from the Stensrud Family Foundation
to develop a film examining the epidemic of gang violence. The War
Within is the proposal resulting from that research. Pink Ghetto
Productions is currently seeking funds to produce the film for national PBS
broadcast.
Pink Ghetto Productions, Inc.
PO Box 704
Del Mar, CA 92014
lee@leeharvey.net
619-846-6955
