Mother Mary
Produced by Cheikh Darou Seck from Senegal, AFRICA
6.29 Minutes
Mother Mary works to help children affected by AIDS in Senegal.


Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and also the first environmentalist to win. This film has part 1 and part 2.
Rowena Gerber and the Solar Oven Project

My Hero student reporter Andy visits the YouthCan Conference in New York City with his hero Rowena Gerber to present Paul Munsen's Solar Oven Project.

Thanks to the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
for their support of this short film.

Cookie Girl in the Hot Zone

A post-9/11 portrait of a young girl who baked and served cookies to the workers coming and going to the World Trade Center site.
First aired on WGBH and Zoom's program America's Kids Respond

Make waves and tell Stories with digital media tools and internet technology. MY HERO is a not for profit on-line media journal that celebrates the best of humanity. This project inspires people of all ages with hero stories from around the world promoting literacy and cross cultural communication, peace, human rights and environmental awareness. MY HERO invites YOU to create and submit short films about those who have inspired and touched your life. Awards will be given to selected filmmakers who share their vision of heroism effectively with digital media.