Video/Action Inc. is a small, woman-directed, nonprofit video production company founded in 1990 by Emmy Award-winning producer Robin Smith. We provide a full spectrum of creative and technical services, from concept development through delivery of broadcast-quality dub masters and packaging artwork for VHS and DVD dissemination of completed programs.
»awards and accomplishments
Over the last 18 years, Video/Action has produced more than 200 educational television programs, training videos, and informational shorts on a wide range of topics including homelessness, women's health, community-based arts and education initiatives, crime victimization issues, and violence prevention. Our work has received an array of awards, including a CPB Gold Award For Excellence In Documentary Television Programming, four local Emmy Awards, dozens of CINE Golden Eagles, Telly Awards, Auroras, Omnis, Peer Awards, Gold Apples (from the National Education Media Network) and CINDY Awards. Segments have been broadcast on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, BET, FOX, COURT TV, and The Learning Channel.
»strategic alliances
We have worked with a diverse cross-section of accomplished organizations, including American Academy of Pediatrics, Arena Stage, BELL National (“Building Educated Leaders for Life”), Boys Club of New York, Campaign for New Community, Catholic Health Association, Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Community Alliance for Youth Action, Covenant House, Children’s Hospital Center (Cincinnati, Ohio), CTFA Foundation (“Look Good..Feel Better”), D.C. Dance Theater, Equal Justice Works, Eye Care Haiti, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Girls Inc., Good Shepherd Ministries, “I Have a Dream” Foundation, Inwood House Teen Choice Program, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Justice Solutions, Latin American Youth Center, Marshall Heights Community Development Corporation, Mary House Refugee Resettlement Program, National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, National Children’s Alliance, National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, Office for Victims of Crime (U.S. Department of Justice), Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts, Pew Center for Civic Journalism, PFLAG, Rebuilding Together, Shooting Back Education and Media Center, Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health Research, Spina Bifida Association, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, The Correctional Association of New York, The Faith & Politics Institute, The Living Stage of Arena Stage, The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, University Settlement House, Vital Voices Global Partnership, Very Special Arts, and Washington Jesuit Academy.