Fannie Lou Hamer by Robert Shetterly

From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series

was known as the queen of the Leica

ABOUT THE DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Our gallery features art in the theme of heroism. All artworks in our commercial free, age-appropriate Gallery are contributed by professional and student artists as well as curated from art institutions around the world.

MY HERO Project seeks unique works of art by professional and student artists that celebrate the lives and courageous acts of heroes who work to promote change by positively affecting others and their communities. Completed artwork should reflect thoughtful ideas to show how the selected hero demonstrates heroic action and creates positive social change.

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Picture of Michael Ben-Eli on Creating a Sustainable World

Michael Ben-Eli on Creating a Sustainable World
Michael Ben-Eli and his Sustainability Laboratory are creating some new ideas and experiments to change the way that we take care of our planet and ourselves.

Picture of American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
In this short doc, 95-year-old activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs reflects on her life of activism and her connection to Detroit. She has participated in over 70 years of social justice movements and has no plans of slowing down.

Picture of Coral Reef Restoration

Coral Reef Restoration
Coral reef restoration techniques to help recover populations of threatened species in the Caribbean.

Esther Wojcicki

WOJ!
Esther Wojcicki shares her vision for a Moonshot Movement in Education.

Picture of An Inconvenient Youth - 2012

An Inconvenient Youth - 2012
This important documentary film by MY HERO alum Slater Jewell-Kemker gives a voice to young people living and working on the front lines of climate change.

Picture of 86,402 Seconds in Mexico

86,402 Seconds in Mexico

One day to educate a community in Mexico. Every second counts.

Picture of A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me
Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves.

Picture of Adarsha and Apoorva

Adarsha and Apoorva
Adarsha and Apoorva are two siblings on a mission to help with farming projects in India and garden projects in the US.

Picture of Detective Nancy: The Private Eye

Detective Nancy: The Private Eye
Honoring hero Nancy Poss-Hatchl for her exciting work as a private investigator.

Picture of UNLADYLIKE2020 SERIES | Director’s Statement | Women’s History “Continues to Resonate and Shape American Lives Today.”

UNLADYLIKE2020 SERIES | Director’s Statement | Women’s History “Continues to Resonate and Shape American Lives Today.”
UNLADYLIKE2020 series was selected as the winner of the 2020 Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award, offered each year as part of the MY HERO International Film Festival to recognize outstanding documentary shorts featuring women.

Holly Carter (BYkids)

Holly Carter
Holly Carter gives kids and others the tools to tell their stories.

Eric & Peety

Mutual Rescue: Eric & Peety
Eric weighed 340 pounds and was diagnosed with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and Type II Diabetes. His doctor told him he had 5 years to live. Then he met Peety...

Picture of Community Activist - Stu Saffer

Community Activist - Stu Saffer
Stu Saffer: community hero and a true Lagunatic

Picture of A Marriage to Remember

A Marriage to Remember

In this documentary short filmmaker Banker White explores how Alzheimer's disease has revealed the strength of his parents' marriage.

Picture of Mother of All Rivers

Mother of All Rivers
Berta Cáceres rallied her indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest that successfully pressured the government of Honduras and the world's largest dam builder to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam.

Picture of Blues Planet: Sounds [Excerpt]

Blues Planet: Sounds [Excerpt]
"There is music to our planet."

Picture of Right To Play [Excerpt]

Right To Play [Excerpt]
Olympian Johann Olav Koss embarked on a remarkable journey to use sports to improve the lives of African children.

Picture of Better than Baghdad

Better than Baghdad
A Palestinian teenage refugee named Majed recalls the day that a terrible yet inspiring event occurred in the refugee camp in the Iraqi desert where he lived with his family for five years.

Picture of Blocus 138

Blocus 138
This documentary shows the events of March 9th, 2012, during the road block of the 138, and describes, with exactitude, the action and emotion of the moment.

Film

A Woman's Place is in the Lab
A historical look at the long road for women in science. Following the outstanding career of Dr. Gail Brown, PhD. Renowned Scientist.

Picture of Ride A Wave

Ride A Wave
Ride a Wave creates special days for kids with special needs.

Picture of Jigueen's Best

Jigueen's Best
A Senegalese activist fights for the rights of women in Africa.

Picture of UNLADYLIKE2020: Bessie Coleman

UNLADYLIKE2020: Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman wanted to become an aviator. Rejected from every U.S. aviation school for being a woman and black, she refused to take no for an answer.

Picture of Nature Propelled [Trailer]

Nature Propelled [Trailer]
Seth Warren takes us on a wild ride through the world of natural energy.

Picture of A Good American: The Times of Ron Kovic [excerpt]

A Good American: The Times of Ron Kovic [excerpt]
Loretta Smith documents the amazing journey of Ron Kovic, a Vietnam war veteran and a world renowned activist. In this excerpt, Ron recalls how he got his start as a peace activist.

Picture of Pedal=Sight

Pedal=Sight
An Indian girl gains a bicycle, and the will to achieve.