Comedian Sam Seder of Air America Radio hosted the fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival Awards Ceremony on May 26th, 2005 at HBO.

Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary presents the Peter Yarrow Peace in Our Classrooms Award to the filmmakers of Homecoming

Chris "Shakademic" Johnson and Glenn Scott perform Battleground Minnesota live!

(left to right) Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine, Inc, with host Sam Seder of Air America Radio, award presenter Al Franken and Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix.

(left to right) Tim Robbins presented the Jury Award to Chris "Shakademic" Johnson and Glenn Scott of Battleground Minnesota.

(left to right) Antonio Abreu, Yana Rafailova and Joseph Lawler, filmmakers of All That I Can Be receive the Economic Justice Award from Acadamy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple.

(left to right) Emily Whitfield of the ACLU, makers of Pizza Surveillance Feature receive the Civil Liberties Award from NY State Assembly Member Deborah Glick.

(left to right) John Cooney, Director of Neglected Sky received the Environment Award from David Butterfield of Loreto Bay Company.

(left to right) Emily James, Director of The Luckiest Nut in the World received the Global Justice Award from Barbara Fiorito, Board Chair of Oxfam America.

(left to right) Dallas Brennan Rexer, Arts Engine Producer, Kirsten Johnson, Arts Engine Director, Sharan Sklar, Arts Engine Advisory Council Member with Patricia Aufderheide, Director of the Center for Social Media and Steven Goodman, Executive Director of Educational Video Center.

Angela Tucker, Arts Engine Producer, accepts the Citizen Engagement Award for World on Fire on behalf of Sarah McLachlan from Michael Dupee, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibililty of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Foundation.

Aderian Fair, Director of Bad Choices accepts the Youth Voice Award sponsored by Paola Freccero from Robert McChesney, media reform activist and author.

Kai Ling Xue, Director/Producer of A Girl Named Kai accepts the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender RIghts Award from Rodney Evans, Director of Brother to Brother.

Andrea Chia, Jerry Henry and Quin Henry-Chia of Something Other Than Other accept the Tolerance Education Award from Carol Stakenas, Program Officer, ICTE Director of the Third Millennium Foundation.

Nickey Robare, Director/Producer of The News Is What We Make It accepts the Media Reform Award from Judy Rudrud, President and Publisher of Utne magazine.

(left to right) Arts Engine staff: Shira Golding, Director of Education and Outreach, Jean Seok, Director of Technology, Wendy Cohen, Outreach Coordinator, Orion Montoya, Technology Associate and Enrico Cullen, Director of Development and External Affairs.