Independent Lens
Ratified
Ratified brings to life the push to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution through the legal battle in Virginia—the final state needed to ratify the amendment.
Dreams on Fire
A youth intervention program at the Los Angeles Fire Department is influencing hundreds of lives.
- Series
- APT Presentation
- Premiere Date
- June 27, 1999
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Open Call
Producer
Marlo Bendau
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The Film
Los Angeles firefighter Kwame Cooper thought he could make a difference by befriending 13-year-old Germaine Winston, a fatherless boy from a poor neighborhood. The result is a firefighter-youth intervention program that is influencing hundreds of lives.
