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"To me, Jesus has always been about justice"
-- Sister Simone Campbell
Sister Simone Campbell and her band of feisty nuns fight for the poor and marginalized, challenge the Catholic church and US government, and wrestle with their own power and voice as they journey across an increasingly divided America.
Share their journey. Inspire courage. Help heal our nation.
WHY NOW?
At a time of national political upheaval, this film is a salve, beacon and energizer for those motivated to become politically engaged, those feeling pain because of divides in their families or communities, and those personally threatened by recent events.
Supporters
There is already a strong base of support and growing hunger for this film.
2018 Sundance Film Festival panel featuring Sister Simone and filmmaker Melissa Regan.
> 3,000 funders
Our deep, heartfelt thanks to the many individuals and organizations whose enthusiastic support is making this project possible.
FILMMAKER
When I jumped on the bus and started filming, I had no idea we'd be given an opportunity to chronicle one of the most politically tumultuous periods in American history.
This journey has changed my life. I hope that by sharing it with you we can all travel with the Nuns on the Bus, learn their lessons along the way, and be fortified for the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Thank you for all you do,
-- Melissa
Melissa Regan - Director / Producer / Cinematographer
Melissa is a Sundance award-winning filmmaker, tech entrepreneur, educator and mechanical engineer. Her 24-minute documentary No Dumb Questions -- about 3 young sisters whose Uncle Bill becomes a woman -- received an award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and appeared on HBO, PBS and Oprah. The film and related educational campaigns are changing hearts, minds, and policies in schools, colleges, and communities around the world.
Melissa has produced award-winning social change films for nonprofit and corporate clients, designed award-winning educational software, co-founded an early Internet software company, taught math, science and engineering, and published research on innovative uses of technology for learning. Client projects include an award-winning short documentary series for The Coca-Cola Company and an e-learning Executive Education product line for the Stanford and Harvard Business Schools. She has a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Granted exclusive, behind-the-scenes access, Filmmaker Melissa Regan captured the intimacy, joy, struggles and truth of the nuns' incredible 10 year journey. She has filmed Sister Simone and the Nuns on the Bus since the very first day of the first bus trip in 2012 — to the Democratic National Convention, the Colbert Report, the Women’s March on Washington, at home, in hotel rooms, at motherhouses, in Rome and everywhere in between.
