Documentaries

Randy has written and directed three full-length documentaries Freedom’s Song, Across the Waves and Second to None. Randy also wrote and directed Liberty’s Apprentice, a 15-minute documentary created with the American Association of School Administrators. Randy was executive producer for Enter Stage Right featuring Jack Black. These documentaries are not for purchase but are available free for use in the classroom.

Freedom’s Song

100 years of African American struggle and triumph

Written and directed by Randy Rice

Produced and edited by Dan Winter

Freedom’s Song relates ten chapters of African American history, one for each decade of the 20th Century. Created in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founders of Black History Month, the 2 ½ hour documentary features all original interviews with some of the foremost Black History scholars of the day. With an introduction by Myrlie Evers Williams, the documentary includes conversations with Black History legends Dorothy Height and John Hope Franklin. Freedom’s Song won the Grand Festival Award at the 2006 Berkeley Video and Film Festival and the Silver Remi Award at the 2006 Worldfest International Film Festival.

Across The Waves

Voices from the Asian-Pacific American Community

Written and directed by Randy Rice

Produced and edited by Dan Winter

Across the waves brings together members from eight Asian Pacific American communities who share their struggles and triumphs in their own words. With all original interviews never before seen that relates stories that are fundamental to understanding the Asian Pacific American community, across the waves provides insights and information not found in middle and high school history books. Narrated by Sandra Oh and Ming Na, Across the Waves was done in partnership with the UCLA Center for Asian Studies. _Across the Waves_won the Grand Festival Award at the 2008 Berkeley Video and Film Festival, a Platinum Remi Award at the 2008 Worldfest International Film Festival. and Randy won Best Director at the 2009 Chashama International Film Festival in New York City.

Second To None

Inspiring stories of extraordinary women

Written and directed by Randy Rice

Produced and edited by Dan Winter

Second to none is a series celebrating the achievements of American women. The documentary consists of six episodes that inspire, educate and promote understanding of the issues and obstacles that have confronted women throughout America’s history. The extraordinary stories related in the documentary are often told by the women themselves who overcame the odds to do great things. Second to None is narrated by Academy Award Winner Holly Hunter and won the Grand Festival Award at the 2010 Berkeley Video and Film Festival and a Platinum Remi Award at the 2010 Worldfest International Film Festival.

Liberty’s Apprentice

Public schools: the bedrock of democracy

Written and directed by Randy Rice

Produced and edited by Dan Winter

Liberties apprentice is a powerful documentary that celebrates public schools in America. The DVD highlights the role of public schools play in securing our nation’s future by teaching democracy to our youth and creating informed citizens. Liberty’s Apprentice is narrated by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek Next Generation) and features Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Enter Stage Right

Created by Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams

Executive producers: Randy Rice, Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams

Directed by Richard Alger

Written by Jay McAdams

Featuring Jack Black, Enter Stage Right is a video version of the award-winning educational program created by Debbie and Jay at the 24th street theater in Los Angeles. Thousands of copies have been distributed to elementary school arts programs throughout the country.

Outlaws in Paradise art

Outlaws in Paradise is work of fiction based on my time spent in Fortune 500 companies in Chicago and Los Angeles as a writer and creative director. The book is a dark, satirical take down of the business world that follows three recent college grads navigating the hypocrisy and moral ambiguities of the corporate culture as they struggle to find their place. Set in a Fortune 100 company during the 1980s, the story follows the professional lives of Catherine, John and Zeke who are hired on the same day as copywriters at the in-house creative services department of Seagal and Company, a fictional Chicago-based retailing behemoth. The novel explores the casual cruelty of institutionalized practices that allowed the unchecked sexism and homophobia of the day. Outlaws in Paradise will be available for purchase in 2024.

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Randy has written and directed three full-length documentaries Freedom’s Song, Across the Waves and Second to None. He also was executive producer for Enter Stage Right featuring Jack Black. These documentaries are not for purchase but are available free for use in the classroom. ‌

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