Filmmaker Spreads Awareness To Worldwide Nonprofits Through Free Documentary Storytelling

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Filmmaker and Rad Human Jake Viramontez is giving back to nonprofits and organizations around the world by creating free documentaries that spread awareness and help raise funds for important causes. Jake shares how his nonprofit Storytelling For Social Good has helped build a school for orphaned girls in Tanzania, and raise funds for families living on the edge of a trash dump in India. Jake's latest documentary on the LA mentorship program Our Own inspired Sony to start its Create Action initiative. Watch till the end for a huge surprise for Our Own from Sony.

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