Media Impact Spotlight Ep 6 - Jon Siskel & Greg Jacobs of Louder Than a Bomb

Louder Than a Bomb is a documentary featuring some of the most brilliant youth across Chicago competing in the world's largest youth poetry slam. Watching its trailer was enough to get me inspired, give me goosebumps, and leave me wanting to see more. Winner of the Audience Choice Award and Standing Up Film Competition (for films that celebrate social justice and activism) in the Cleveland International Film Festival, Louder Than a Bomb shows you the incredible power that spoken word has to move an audience and bring community together. And now, with its television release on the Oprah Winfrey Network as part of the OWN Documentary Club set for this Fall, LTAB is poised to spark change across the nation; especially timely now, when arts education programs are being cut at an alarming rate.

As part of my learning journey of how media can be utilized as powerful tools to engage our communities, I asked to meet with Louder Than a Bomb directors Jon Siskel & Greg Jacobs. Hear what they have to say about the impact they want to create with their film and how they plan to maximize it.

Media Impact Spotlight is a web video series featuring professionals utilizing various forms of media for positive social change. Watch previous episodes and subscribe to the series at http://vimeo.com/channels/mediaimpactspotlight

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Media Impact Spotlight
• Louder Than a Bomb
• Jon Siskel
• Greg Jacobs
• Social Change
• Community Engagement
• LTAB
• OWN
• Oprah Winfrey Network
• Spoken Word
• Youth
• Poetry Slam
• Chicago

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Jon Siskel, of course, gets to keep the hair that his late uncle Gene didn't get to do, but his face (although rounder), deep voice with a Midwestern drawl, and his tall, lean build resembles that of the great film critic.