As I mentioned before, The Kite Runner was produced by a media company named Participant Productions. Its founder, Jeff Skoll, is also credited with the creation of the Skoll Foundation, an organization that supports social entrepreneurship by seeking out and facilitating individuals and programs that are already bring positive change to their communities and the world. The video below is a talk given by Jeff Skoll at a TED (technology entertainment and design) conference about his decision to create Participant Productions.
As a result of some of the efforts to make social change through film and documentary, Participant Productions has developed active, working relationships with 83 non-profit organizations reaching over 20 million people. Other accomplishments include: social action campaigns that spread information about how to reduce oil dependence, nine countries incorporating the documentary An Inconvenient Truth in their high school curriculum, four bills on climate change, and the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
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