Private Project

One Voice

A conversation about the American voting system: if the contemporary vote counts, what is the responsibility of the voter?

In 2012, educator Talora Michal took a sabbatical from the classroom and teamed up with executive producer Georgia Van Cuylenburg (Baby Let Your Hair Hang Down) to collect win-win solutions to America's most polarized problems.

100 speakers from diverse backgrounds were interviewed in six states. Each expressed a passionate desire for change, but many are confused if voting is still a viable means to achieve the desired end-goal.

One Voice is a round table discussion designed to encourage every citizen to consider the power of an educated vote.

  • Talora Michal
    Director
  • Talora Michal
    Writer
  • Talora Michal
    Producer
  • Georgia Van Cuylenburg
    Producer
    Baby Let Your Hair Hang Down,
  • Allison Weber
    Key Cast
    Epic
  • Maryam Henein
    Key Cast
    Vanishing of the Bees
  • Rio Brown
    Key Cast
  • Rebecca "Rivky" Farber
    Key Cast
  • Alexis Bercy
    Key Cast
  • Angela Mcardle
    Key Cast
  • Barbara Weinstein
    Key Cast
  • Maya Jordon
    Key Cast
  • Michael Black
    Key Cast
  • Mike Dunn
    Key Cast
  • Miles McKee
    Key Cast
  • Monsignor George Puthusseril
    Key Cast
  • Nata Cornelio
    Key Cast
  • Nicholas M. Goroff
    Key Cast
    Change
  • Nikita Komarov
    Key Cast
  • Noah Diamond
    Key Cast
  • Patricio E. Coicou
    Key Cast
  • Rebecca Billerio
    Key Cast
  • Ricardo Diaz
    Key Cast
  • Robert Lee Taylor
    Key Cast
  • Robin Vidal
    Key Cast
  • Sam Humied
    Key Cast
  • Sarah Johnson
    Key Cast
  • Sheila Clark
    Key Cast
  • Stephanie Wong
    Key Cast
  • Tony Gomes
    Key Cast
  • Victorious DeCosta
    Key Cast
    Can't Wear a Wig Forever
  • Aimee Zannoni
    Key Cast
    Conspiracy, Some Kind of Hate
  • Allison Feldman
    Key Cast
  • Amanda Lee Sisk
    Key Cast
  • Brooke Siffrin
    Key Cast
    Web of Denial
  • Christian Riveron
    Key Cast
  • Colton Beu
    Key Cast
  • Darryl Marksberry
    Key Cast
  • Georgia Van Cuylenburg
    Key Cast
    Baby Let Your Hair Hang Down
  • Jay Silverstein
    Key Cast
  • Jennifer Sirottsin
    Key Cast
  • Jesse Payne
    Key Cast
  • Justin D'Alfonso
    Key Cast
  • Katherine McCall
    Key Cast
  • Rev. Keith Walbolt
    Key Cast
  • Laurie Buckley
    Key Cast
  • Lee Chatman
    Key Cast
  • Mariella Fischer
    Key Cast
  • Rachel Fishman
    Key Cast
  • Ricardo Riveron
    Key Cast
  • Eric Santiestevan
    Music and Sound
    Spike
  • David Arnold
    Music and Sound
  • Tamara Johnson, CAS
    Music and Sound
    Girl Meets World, Don’t Trust the B—in Apartment 23, Modern Family, One Day at a Time
  • Mylo Ranger
    Music and Sound
  • Lia Flax
    Editors
  • Ashley Love
    Editors
  • Rebecca Matalia Billerio
    Editors
  • Michael Washington
    Additional Editing
  • Michael Brako
    Additional Editing
    Titanic, The Avengers
  • Luis Artigas
    Additional Editing
  • Ali Riggs
    Graphics
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 23, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    6,633 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Short Film Awards
    New York
    December 10, 2016
    Best Documentary Short
  • Awareness Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    September 6, 2016
    North American Premiere
    Official Seletion
Director Biography - Talora Michal

Talora Michal is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, and ELA educator with two degrees in writing--a BA from The University of Central Florida and an MFA from Antioch University--and continued her studies in film at Broward College. Talora has twelve years of experience teaching students in grades 7-12 and college, along with an additional year of instructional experience developing and presenting suicide prevention classes to students and Gatekeepers in the Greater New Orleans area.
Talora's debut film is a lesson she has framed in a new way, one she dedicates to every student she has had the honor to know in her professional career as a teacher.

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Director Statement

According to The United States Election project, in 2012 only 92% of the voting-age population (VAP) was eligible to vote (VEP) and only 58.6% of ballots were counted. In class, this would be an A- (not too shabby!); but, when we talk about the process by which we elect people into office to run a world superpower, the -8 is a massive ding. In some of the largest states in the union, over 15% of VAP's are not registered to cast a ballot on election day if they wanted to.

My ambition is to welcome as many people as possible to join the One Voice conversation by screening it as often as is possible, especially in the states with the highest VAP/VEP disparity. I hope festivals will screen this short film, partnering with me to activate and engage Americans in the voting process.