Adventures

Our partners at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation have led Project HEART (Help Expand Antiretroviral Therapy to children and families) on an eight-year initiative alongside the support of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

During this time, more than 1 million men, women, and children received HIV care and support. And in 2010, 1 out of 10 PEPFAR-supported antiretroviral treatment patients in sub-Saharan Africa received their treatment through Project HEART.

More than 2.5 million pregnant women received HIV counseling and testing, and more than 66,500 pediatric HIV infections were prevented.

Long Story Short Media and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation debuted this latest video today in celebration of the achievements of Project HEART.

In recognition of the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation remembered the three-decade fight against pediatric AIDS... And Long Story Short helped illustrate the "Countdown to an AIDS-Free Generation" detailing the 30-year timeline of AIDS.

Here are a few links with our new video:

World AIDS Day 2011- Make A Mother's Fight Your Fight: http://pedaids.org/worldaidsday2011

A mother’s fight to end pediatric AIDS comes to Capitol Hill - http://one.org/blog/2011/12/01/a-mothers-fight-to-end-pediatric-aids-comes-to-capitol-hill/

Last week in Los Angeles, Russel Brand, Ellen Degeneres and David Lynch hosted the third Annual "Change Begins Within" event.

Jessica Stuart was at the helm as Executive Producer, transforming LACMA inside and out.

Want even more details? The Wall Street Journal blogged about the evening.

The event would not have been possible without the teams of professionals who came together and did what they do best. Lighting, writing, editing, organizing, directing, decorating... and so much more! To all of you, we say, Thank You!

Keep reading for beautiful photos of the event on December 3, 2011:

Yes! It's true! The wait is over and Long Story Short Media is having our much anticipated company party.

Please RSVP (RSVP@jessica-stuart.com) if you are able to join us on Nov. 16th between 7PM and 10PM at Blackbyrd in Washington, D.C.

Looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!

Fall at LSS is absolutely flying by. It's hard to believe the leaves have changed, the weather is getting colder, and we STILL haven't had our launch party!!! That, however, is about to change...save the date for November 17,2011. Long Story Short..Jessica Stuart Media Inc is finally having a throw down!  More to come on that later!

Production Assistant Cristina is already family here. Although she just started in September, she is already running the place! Not to mention, she won a student Emmy for her documentary, "Stateless in the Dominican Republic"! She is a rockstar!

Fall is definitely "back to school" for  us as well. We delivered a video for the Harlem Education Activities Fund, began our production for the Lab School of Washington, and went to Austin to shoot for The Gates Foundation Education Team. Kimi and the West Coast team just wrapped at Arizona State University for The Gates Foundation as well! We also helped the One Campaign launch the 6th season of the One Campus Challenge by producing the launch video!.

Jessica attended the "Wakeup Call For Women and Newborns of the World", hosted by Arianna Huffington, Donna Karan, and Sarah Brown.

We continued post production from our Shoots in Brazil, Burundi, and India- all to be debuted very soon with the launch of The Global Network's End7 Campaign.

Most recently, Jessica traveled to Tanzania and Mozambique to capture stories for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. Videos will launch toward the end of the year and beginning of 2012. 

We are currently getting ready for a big week in November for Mars Candy, and gearing up for an amazing event in Los Angeles for the David Lynch Foundation.

Melissa Schmitt continues to do amazing producing work for us, and we say hello to our new freelance editor, Mat Taylor. Jen Duck is representing the West Coast along with Kimi and we are so thrilled to have her working with us!

This Fall, we said goodbye to our Brazilian intern, Bruna, and hello to our new intern Rebecca Einstein. We managed to paint a chalkboard wall (kick -ass, I might add), add a Bonzai plant and Halloween Decorations around the office.  We are working our butts off, but find time to laugh and have a good time as well.  Aaron still schools us on rap beats before he heads off to become a daddy any day now. And Richard still arrives on time... if we were living in a time zone somewhere around the Galapagos Islands. 

Keep your eyes out for many "deliverables" in the coming weeks and definitely stay tuned for our long awaited PARTY announcement!

We are shooting Quest Atlantis geniuses at Arizona State University for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

We are holding down the fort-- and painting!

Cristina, Joe, and Bruna have been creating a magnetic chalkboard over the past week.

Day 1: "We are going to need a bigger brush."

Today: Several coats of paint later...

It will be ready for elaborate brainstorming sessions by the time The Boss returns from her latest adventures.

Stories continue as the team travels to Tanzania and Mozambique with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Another project done!

Long Story Short produced the new ONE Campus Challenge video, which helped launch Season 5 Wednesday.

The video, featuring the latest track from the band NeedToBreathe, can be seen here or at www.one.org/campus.

Our adventures in India continue... 

After many bumps in the road, the crew has finally arrived in Bihar, Patna! Thus far Jessica's age old secret remedy for foreign aliments, a healthy dose of gin and tonic, has done little to protect the crew. It seems everyone is feeling the effects of India in their own "personal" ways. 

Nonetheless, the Long Story Short brigade carries on! Shooting has begun for Deworm the World in mainly school houses and small villages that are scattered across the poorest state in India. 

An excerpt from Jessica's travel log describes the first three days eloquently:

"When people tell you India is an overwhelming of the senses- something  that cannot be described- I didn't exactly believe it.  After arriving in Delhi for a day, I still thought this was much like any third world country I've been to. But now..by day 3, I get it.  Sights, smells, sounds, voices, eyes, colors, are just beyond all description once combined. Bihar is the "rice bowl" of India so rice farms are everywhere and flourescent green. The clothes the women wear are striking colors with sequins that hit the sun and reflect a million times over.  Children run naked, and men with walking sticks and sheets around them line the streets.  It's filthy, yet beautiful. Cows and children are swimming in the same water as women wash their clothes." -JStuart

Be sure to check out the snaps - click on "keep reading"!