OUR IMPACT | Film screenings
Film screening is a powerful tool to create community and foster discussion on social issues. It brings advocacy and awareness to a variety of issues, specifically to expose corrupt systems. With post-film Q+As, we can form a narrative from the audience in which we turn to campaigns.
I aM Evidence
In May of 2018, Deeds Not Words organized a screening of the groundbreaking documentary, I AM EVIDENCE, to a packed house in Austin, TX.
Produced by a partnership between Mariska Hargitay’s non-profit, Joyful Heart, and HBO, the film exposes the alarming number of untested rape kits in the United States through a character–driven narrative, bringing much-needed attention to the disturbing pattern of how the criminal justice system has historically ignored sexual assault survivors.
After the film, our founder Wendy Davis led a panel discussion on Texas’ Rape Kit backlog, featuring Texas State Representatives Victoria Neave and Donna Howard as well as experts from the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, SAFE Alliance, Survivor Justice Project, and Not On My Campus.
Lone Star Three
We teamed up with Bastuver Foundation, Democrasexy, and Mighty Force Productions in August of 2025 to present The Lonestar Three by Karen Stirgwolt.
It gives a glimpse of what abortion access looked like in the 1960s with accounts from three University of Texas at Austin alumni telling their stories. The story of Victoria Foe, Judy Smith, and Barbara Hines sparks student empowerment during a time they didn’t know would make history.
After the film screening, we invited Democrasexy’s Becky Bullard, Alice Embree, Nakeenya Wilson from the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative, Joslynn Sanchez, Kristen Ylana from the Women’s Health Caucus, and Barbara Hines.
