Meridian Hill Pictures' independent documentary films like CITY OF TREES have been broadcast nationally on PBS and played at renowned festivals including Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival and the Yale, Princeton and DC Environmental Film Festivals. MHP has produced award-winning commissioned short-form documentaries and facilitated video storytelling trainings with dozens of non-profit, educational and public partners. MHP produces work that demonstrates excellence in storytelling craft, establishes trust with participants and partners, strategic thinking, and a deep embrace of documentary ethics. MHP’s work raises awareness of pressing social issues, democratizes the medium, builds people’s storytelling capacity, and strategically shares under-represented community perspectives with broad audiences. In 2014, MHP received the DC Mayor's Arts Award, the highest honor given to working artists in the District of Columbia. Awards: Indie Capitol Awards, Winner (City of Trees - 2016) Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection (City of Trees - 2016) Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Official Selection (City of Trees - 2016) Annapolis Film Festival, Official Selection (City of Trees - 2016) St. Louis International Film Festival, Official Selection (City of Trees - 2015) DC Mayor's Arts Award (MHP - 2014) Bethesda Film Festival, Official Selection (Porchfest - 2013; Doing it for Me - 2014) West Chester Film Festival, Official Selection (Life as Collage - 2012; Doing it for Me - 2014) Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Official Selection (Community Harvest - 2011; Doing it for Me - 2014) DC Shorts, Official Selection (The Donor - 2013) Our City Film Festival, Best Short Documentary (Community Harvest - 2011; Porchfest - 2012) San Francisco International Film Festival, Official Selection (Life as Collage - 2012) Our City Film Festival, Best Student Film (Life as Collage - 2012)