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Mike Reiner


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The art of protest 


I wrote and co-directed this short documentary exploring the stories behind protest signs, without ever seeing the sign holders’ faces.








PRESS
Vice i-D 
Fast Company 
Working Not Working 
Art Directors Club 
The Atlantic Editor’s Pick 
Creativity Editor’s Pick

CREDITS
Co-Director: Ivan Cash
Co-Director: Mike Reiner
Producer: Janice Echevarria

Concerts in the time of Covid


Some people took up marathon running in the pandemic. I took up documenting cello symphonist, Saul Richmond-Rakerd, as he played solo shows from his front stoop.






PRESS
Boooom TV 
Shots 
Adweek 
SF Indie Film Festival 
The Side Show Best Film 

CREDITS
Starring: Saul-Richmond Rakerd
Director: Mike Reiner 
Cinematographer: Max Clause
DP: Rory Brennan

If these letters could talk 


Against all odds, Kamika Hebert broke the cycle of incarceration that trapped her family for generations. Then she transformed a lifetime of letters from jail she had collected into community healing art.

Kamika’s Letters was distributed on NowThis and seen by hundreds of thousands of people.




The film screened at the first presidential forum held in a former penitentiary, Justic Votes Townhall, where Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and an audience of formerly incarcerated people discussed how to fix our broken criminal justice system.





PRESS
Reel 360 
SF Egotist 
LBB 
SF Black Film Festival 2020
‘Social Good’ Silver The Side Show

CREDITS
Starring: Kamika Hebbert
Director: Mike Reiner
Producer: Amy Krause 
Producer: Noah Reiner



Free Wi-Fi Experiment 


Wi-Fi connects people across the globe, but at the same time distances people in the same room. So we decided to do something about it, in a guerrilla style experiment that got people talking.
 

Homeless in Super Bowl City


I interviewed people living on the streets just days before the city government swept them away to prepare for the Super Bowl. The story was picked up by press, and shared on platforms like Reddit and Digg – allowing more people to witness the cover up and hear a perspective from those on the streets. 
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