Philanthropist Sheila Johnson, a women's advocate, has produced A Powerful Noise, which tells the stories of three women in three corners of the world struggling for survival amid poverty, illness, and discrimination.

Globalization is giving prevalence to human rights issues as never before, says John Biaggi, the director of the Human Rights Watch International Film festival in Manhattan. CONTRIBUTE ONLINE spoke to Biaggi about the festival's 19-year history and its efforts to raise the visibility of social problems around the world.

Global Networking

The great granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., talks about her Global Philanthropists Circle, an effort she founded with her father, David, to make international giving easy. The first steps? Disseminating information and creating a safe space for international philanthropists to discuss their work.

Film-anthropy

Filmmaker Sybil Robson-Orr's new documentary, Blindsight, tells the story of a journey by six blind teens to the peak of the tallest mountain in the world—to shed light on the plight of the sightless children of Tibet, social outcasts in their own region. Twenty percent of ticket sales go to Braille Without Borders, a nonprofit that works to help build the confidence and dignity of the blind in Tibet.