Our Mission
Education through documentary storytelling.
Who We Are & What We Do
Wail of a Tale Productions, (WOAT) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational documentary organization. We engage viewers with stories that amplify the voices of women and marginalized communities. We view documentary filmmaking as a tool to educate students, organizations, the public, and lawmakers on social justice issues. Through academic and investigative research, we project the message of women and marginalized communities to effect change. We provide hope and inspire concrete actions to improve lives. We produce waves for social change. Join us.
Who We Are
WOAT TEAM
Board Member
Founder
Marty Pack
Grant Manager
Cindy Throop
Board Member
Pertunia Mokoena
Board Member
Public Administration
Ashley Carollo
Board Member
IT
John O'Malley
Board Member
Marketing & Advertising
Steve Jones
Intern
Andreas Shi
Intern
IT
Nicholas Pope
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Cynthia Adinig
Advisory Board
Andrew Wylam
Advisory Board
Kristen Stevens Hobbs
Advisory Board
Puneet Singh
Advisory Board
Beth Pardo
Advisory Board
Andrea Tomasek
What We're Working On
Health Disparities through the Lens of Long COVID
When COVID hit the U.S., we knew it would be catastrophic. It was revealed just how broken Public Health and our medical institutions were. We grew to understand just how woefully underprepared our country was for such an event. This is a stain on America, and it continues to bleed across the breadth of the American fabric. COVID is a condition that disables and marginalizes communities expeditiously, and impactfully. The new condition is a perfect demonstration of what we know, the rich get help, and minorities and disadvantaged socioeconomic groups die. This is not hyperbole.
Read more...Our docuseries confirms, BIPOC, LGBTQI+, working poor, Indigenous Americans, and undocumented communities lack resources for their survival. It demonstrates a new way in which the death of dismissed communities is being perpetrated. We establish the need for radical investment in Public Health, education, disparaged communities, insurance coverage, and health care systems, NOW.
This worldwide pandemic has proven to be a mass disabling event, but it is also a mass marginalizing event for these underserved communities. Our goal, with this film, is to change the narrative around healthcare. To push equity forward we must recognize, understand, and claim our failings as they are, and in doing so, commit to reconstructing an equitable system.
We can raise awareness with Wail of a Tale’s documentary, conceptualized by Marty while working as a COVID investigator in a rural county in Colorado. Based on direct experiences she has with individuals suffering from COVID, she exposes health inequity.
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Merchandise
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All proceeds go towards the production of our current film.
Past Projects
Maria’s Story, Undocumented Violence
The Center on Domestic Violence 20th Anniversary: Many Stars – One Universe
Social
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The Takeover of Testing
This film was the first to look at the systemic problems with the testing movement. It explored the racism and subsequent siphoning of public school funds for personal gain. True to the investigation, we can look back and see the damage caused by this movement.
This piece was used to educate the Chicago Teachers Union on the testing movement and how it has been used to close public schools.