Cutting Costs
Cutting Lives
The Human Cost of Policy Decisions
Our Mission
Education through documentary storytelling.
We are Educators
Wail of a Tale is not a typical media company. We are a humanitarian-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization employing a distinctive Lens to Law methodology that transforms documentaries into permanent evidence infrastructure for policymakers rather than transient media content. With expertise in policy analysis and investigative research, we examine the social, political, and legal determinants of health affecting racialized and marginalized communities, particularly amplifying the voices of women and populations historically dismissed or disparaged.
Our documentaries are designed not merely to raise awareness, but to achieve measurable institutional adoption—becoming integrated into legislative evidence bases, workplace education programs, and professional training curricula. Grounded in academic rigor and documentary scholarship, we create films that legislators, administrators, and organizational leaders actively utilize as foundational evidence in policy formation and systemic reform. We produce waves for social change through evidence that endures. Join us.
Cutting Custs/Cutting Lives
A New Chapter in the Fight for Health Justice
What happens when a government abandons its duty to protect the public’s health? Cutting Costs / Cutting Lives takes viewers inside the human cost of the recent administration’s devastating reductions to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In this urgent new documentary, we shine a light on the lives disrupted, and in many cases, endangered, by the deliberate dismantling of public health protections. Through powerful, first-person interviews, we hear from patients, caregivers, whistleblowers, and former public servants who reveal what was lost when science was sidelined and safety net systems were stripped bare.
This is not just a story of policy failure, it’s a story of survival, resistance, and the urgent need to rebuild. Cutting Costs / Cutting Lives is a call to accountability and a tribute to those left behind by a system in retreat.
Stay tuned. These stories demand to be heard.
Rebecca Tarrant
Founder - Autistic Youth International, Global Ambassador & U.S. Coordinator - Neurodiversity Foundation
Dr. Ubaka Ogbogu
LLB, BL, LLM, SJD Professor, Faculty of Law University of Alberta; Katz Group Chair in Health Law, Research Chair, Ethics Board
Jesse Gilpatrick
Center for Independence, Disability Advocate
We are still collecting powerful first-person accounts that reveal what happens when cost-cutting replaces care, and when policy decisions have real human consequences. Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, healthcare worker, public servant, or advocate — your story matters. These interviews will be featured across our digital platforms to amplify truth, promote accountability, and inform the broader conversation on public health ethics and equity.
If your life or work has been impacted by government failures in health protection, we want to hear from you. Please reach out to us at info@wailofatale.org, or any of our social media contacts here.
