Who Cares?

This film is probably the best visual introduction to social entrepreneurship ever.

-Bill Drayton

Who Cares? tells the story of 18 social entrepreneurs from around the world and tries to inspire others to follow the same path. Among those interviewed are Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize for starting the Grameen Bank) and Bill Drayton (founder of Ashoka). Filming for this documentary took place in 7 countries on 6 continents.

The film WHO CARES had its commercial debut in theaters in April 2012 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, but did not come to the United States until 2014.It was screened in 27 international film festivals and received six awards for Best Documentary. Among the most important are:

Washington DC International Film Festival – Washington DC
DocMiami International Film Festival – Florida
International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture 2013 – Indonesia

It was also displayed at the Presidential Palace in Brazil and received a UNESCO letter of recommendation.

The film has been shown at countless universities including:

Harvard University – Business School and Kennedy School – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
Columbia University – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
Duke University – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
Brown University – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
USC University – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
San Francisco State University – screening of the film followed by discussion with director
RISD University – screening of the film
Hamilton College – screening of Sunway University, Jaya, Selangor – screening of the film
University of New Hampshire
Ryerson – Canada – screening of the film
Sunway University, Jaya, Selangor – screening of the film

Furthermore, the film was shown in several corporations as:

World Bank, in Washington DC – screening of the film followed by discussion with director Mara Mourao, Bill Drayton and Aleem Walkii
Google headquarters in San Francisco – screening of the film followed by discussion with director Mara Mourao
Indiegogo headquarters in San Francisco – screening of the film followed by discussion with director Mara Mourao
Coca-Cola showed the film in some Latin American units
Delloitte and Inspiring Capital – screening of the film
French Embassy in Washington DC – screening of the film followed by discussion with Beverly Schwartz / Ashoka

Also at conferences such as:

RIO + 20 in Rio de Janeiro
WWF International Conference in Foz do Iguaçu
Social Enterprise World Forum in Calgary, Canada
Conference Intel in China
Festival for the Future – New Zealand
ETHOS conference in São Paulo
Green Fest Conference sponsored by EDP in Cascais, Portugal.
Harvard’s SEED on Citizenship and Social Innovation Conference

This is only a small sampling of the work Who Cares? has done to inspire people to become socially active.

To learn more please visit the website of Who Cares? Media.