Tom Callahan (B. 1989)
Community-Based Documentarian 

Education
2007-2011 Depaul University Chicago - Bachelors in International Studies

Published Works
Tasha's Kindhearted “Lullaby" Video Will Uplift You (Noisey, 2017)
Honoring Rasmea Odeh - Famous Palestinian Activist Faces Deportation (Telesur English, 2017)
Girl Behind Bars: #FreeBresha: The murder trial of a 15-year-old girl has become a movement (Vice News, 2017)
Ñ Don't Stop: 10 years after the uprisings in Oaxaca, Mexico (Telesur English, 2016)
Musicology: Chicago Sinfonietta E-Motion MLK Collaboration (WYCC PBS, 2013)

Documentary Highlights
America to Me, Drone Camera Operator, Produced by Kartemquin Films & Participant Media (Acquired by Starz), 2018 
Unapologetic, Assistant Editor, Produced by Unapologetic Film LLC, 2018
The UnGovernables Midwest Tour, Director of Photography and Editor, 2017
We Get Free Media Series, Director and Editor, 2013-2016
Do Not Resist?: 100 Years of Chicago-Police Violence Exhibition, Lead Videographer, Produced by For the People Artists Collective, 2018

Screenings
America to Me, Sundance's Indie Episodic Premier, Sundance Film Festival, 2018
The Journey to LTAB Documentary Series, Words Beats & Life Inc.'s Remixing the Art of Social Justice, The Kennedy Center, 2015
Kuumba Lynx's We Get Free Documentary Series, Hip-Hop Education Think Tank III, NYU, 2013

Teaching Experience
Head of Media and Communications, Kuumba Lynx, November 2012-2017
Photography Instructor with Howard Area Community Center, March 2012-2013
Head Photography Instructor, Connect Force Youth Hip-Hop Program, Alternatives, Inc., 2009-2013 

Community-Based Documentation Partnerships 
Kuumba Lynx 
Project NIA
Assata's Daughters
Chicago Freedom School
For the People Artists Collective
Arab American Action Network
United States Palestinian Community Network
Jewish Voice for Peace
Sirat Chicago
Survived and Punished
American Friends Service Committee
​Chi-Nations Youth Council
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression 
Connect Force
Survival Media Agency
Divided Films

Awards
2012 Neighborhood Arts Project (NAP) Grant Recipient, City of Chicago


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