BIG VOICE PICTURES produces documentaries that give voice to emerging and cutting-edge social issues, with the intention of motivating discussion, effecting change, and offering new insights and hope for individuals, families, and communities.
Kathy Barbini
Kathy Barbini, founder of Big Voice Pictures, and producer/director, is an award-winning independent documentary and television producer focusing on social issues. She has worked with Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, ABC and NBC network news, HBO, MTV Networks and on national political media campaigns. Her independent films have been funded by leading foundations and distributed internationally. She is producer/director of Big Voice Pictures’ new film,Boys and Men Healing, produced in association with The International Documentary Association. She is also currently continuing production for Big Voice Pictures’ new projects.
Ms. Barbini's independent documentary, The Healing Years, become an acclaimed film in the field of women’s issues and child sexual abuse prevention, and has been utilized for training and education in thousands of organizations internationally. The film has been broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, screened in international film festivals and leading conferences and endorsed by leaders in the field. Lifetime Television and The Times Square Project awarded her with recognition for helping end violence against women. Her films illustrate her commitment to bringing hope to challenging issues.
Additional projects produced by Ms. Barbini include: The Discovery Channel's multi-award winning educational documentary series Assignment Discovery, an ACE-Award nominated special for MTV Networks about celebrities who donate their time to social causes, and co-producer on a prime-time Presidential election-eve special broadcast on ABC, NBC and CBS. Additionally, she was Project Director for HBO's national for screening tour of the Emmy Award-winning documentary Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam, organizing national screenings and fundraising to benefit the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Simon Weinberg
Simon Weinberg is co-owner of Big Voice Pictures, and Co-producer and Outreach and Distribution director for Boys and Men Healing and The Healing Years. Mr. Weinberg was formally marketing and fundraising director for leading environmental organizations, and is dedicated to social justice film making.
His extensive marketing efforts for The HealingYears was instrumental in broadcasting the documentary on PBS stations nationwide, and for organizing hundreds of international screenings and reviews. He distributes Big Voice Pictures’ films internationally to thousands of organizations worldwide for training, education and prevention. Additionally, Mr. Weinberg manages publicity, broadcasts, and international screenings and film festivals for Boys and Men Healing. He also works collaboratively with leading organizations such as 1in6.org, MaleSurvivor, PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment), End Violence Against Women, and leading prevention and state coalitions internationally to utilize the film as a training and advocacy tool to motivate positive and lasting change. He's currently developing Big Voice Pictures' new projects and outreach initiatives.