Living UNDONE
In “Living UN DONE,” a powerful short film that transcends political divides, the stories of individuals and their families reveals the harsh realities of a criminal justice system that stigmatizes rather than rehabilitates, urging society to confront its complicity and advocate for a future where healing, understanding, and second chances are possible for all.
‘Living UN DONE’ is Cryer’s directorial debut. She has been producing for a number of years.
She is a filmmaker, social Impact entrepreneur, and influencer on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. She is committed to elevating voices through film, traditional media, and social media, and is passionate about projects that bring awareness to important issues. Having lived and worked in both developed and developing countries, she has been active in co-creating opportunities to solve problems, shift systems, and activate the inner capacity of leaders to create lasting change.
As a social impact ambassador and advisor, Amanda has worked with hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds including leading change makers, media professionals, celebrities, community activists, leaders at the United Nations, scientists, philosophers, thought leaders, TV and Film personalities, Nobel Peace Prize recipients, CEOs, individuals working in politics and policy, actors, and founders of nonprofits and NGOs.
As a highly regarded impact influencer and top voice, Amanda has shifted hundreds of “us vs them” conflicts into co-creative conversations. She sees systems shift language and transformative dialogue as essential to creating peace on our planet.
Featured in LA Weekly as a Top Social Impact Influencer, she is also a recognized voice in Leadership, Film Production, Mentorship, and Social Impact on LinkedIn. For the past two years, she has been listed in the Top 250 Influencers & Voices of LinkedIn, a Top Thought Leader by Excellence Talks, and nominated by IAOTP (International Association of Top Professionals) as the Top Social Impact Influencer of 2024. Additionally, she is a lifetime member of WIFTA (Women in Film and Television Atlanta), and a Champion member of WIF (Women In Film).
Amanda is committed to uniting humanity and creating an ecocentric world. Her messages of unity, dignity, and equity for all, have been featured in Yahoo Finance, Women In Business Mag, Voyage Magazine Group, Inc. Magazine, The Guardian Nigeria, and Forbes magazine.
I am a new director and while this story is not entirely unique, I’m obsessed with storytelling that informs and provokes beyond the veil of what simply feels good in the moment and what might sell well for a day or two. Good storytelling is effective and powerful – It can change the human experience and the course of time itself.
While I am the Director on this film, I consider this project to be a co-creation with everyone involved. Collectively, we are a group of award-winning filmmakers, citizens, change makers, formerly incarcerated individuals, as well as currently incarcerated individuals, committed to telling stories of individuals and families who have been directly impacted by the criminal justice system and the lifelong digital punishment that follows incarceration.
As effective and powerful storytellers, we are courageous. We are willing to rock the boat and challenge the status quo. We worked with, and consulted with, both Democrats and Republicans who are committed to criminal justice reform. Proof that unity is possible.
We follow facts and do not languish or slowdown in fear of repercussions. We are resolute in our pursuit of truth and uncovering this for all to see. We have been examining these systems for some time now and are marching bravely into the eye of the problem. We hope to eliminate it and the prospect of it reappearing later in history. The bigger and darker the problem, the more appealing it is to us.
This project engages the lives and deeply sensitive stories of humans who could otherwise be well resigned that society
has given up on them and on people – irrespective of color or class – who can be relegated to the pile of “them”. This is the beginning of a bold experiment whose time has come, fleeting albeit as the urgency of now dissipates into the reactionist horizon. It is
the hope of the entire Living UN DONE family, that viewers will embrace the intent and carefully gathered substance of
this work, and promote it with zest-driven support and resources.
These stories are screaming to be told and the time
to do that is now.