UNPROTECTED

I edited, co-wrote, and supervised all aspects of post-production on the Edward R. Murrow award-winning feature documentary “Unprotected,” which aired on the BBC and premiered at the Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington D.C. “Unprotected,” ProPublica’s first full-length

feature film, explored how the American charity More Than Me pledged to save some of Liberia’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation—gaining international plaudits and millions of dollars in donations in the process. But from the beginning, girls as young as 10 were being raped by one of the NGO’s key leaders. The charity then misled donors and the public about what happened and failed to safeguard all the rapist’s possible victims, even when they knew he had he died of AIDS.

The film, distributed for free online, was key to bringing this story to the right audiences in Liberia, where literacy rates are low, and led to swift, meaningful impact on the ground. After publication, the charity apologized to the victims, for the first time, conceding it had failed them. More Than Me announced schoolwide HIV testing; several board members resigned, including the charity’s founder, Katie Meyler; and the Liberian government announced a multi-agency inquiry.