Fannie Lou Hamer by Robert Shetterly

From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series

was known as the queen of the Leica

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The Toyota Effect - Saving Sight

Produced by: Dir. Kief Davidson | Documentary | 2016 |

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Oscar-nominated director Kief Davidson visits the busy eye clinic at Harbor-UCLA hospital, where patients were going blind waiting for medical services. He takes a look at the results of the hospital's partnership with Toyota, quite literally through the failing eyes of Liseth, a diabetic patient hoping for a positive outcome.

See more at thetoyotaeffect.com.

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