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01/30/2026

10/11/2023

INFANCY EDITS (2023) will be premiering at the festival this Sunday at 8pm. We’re so proud of this film and the team that made it. If you’re in the city this weekend, come check it out! Tickets are on sale now.

01/27/2023

Great time last night celebrating the premiere of “Infancy Edits” with cast, crew, family and friends.

A huge shoutout to everyone who made this project possible!

10/14/2022

New Film Coming Soon! Infancy Edits (2023).

In this comedy set in the not-too-distant future, a couple's disagreement over how to construct their child with genetic editing puts their relationship in jeopardy.

We're really excited about this new indie! Check out the trailer: https://vimeo.com/753912196

Writer/Director/Producer
J. Steven Madura

Starring
J. Steven Madura
Britt Miggs
Michel Vidal
Caroline Yates

Executive Producers
J. Steven Madura
Zac Nealy
Brendan Nardozzi
Human Factor Media
Zack Slingsby

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06/21/2021

Check out HFM founder Zack Slingsby discussing our latest documentary Dante Barksdale's Last Act on the Baltimore Lifestyle show last week:

(WBFF) - A Baltimore man who worked for more than a decade to bring down the violence in the city falls victim to that very same violence. Now a new documentary is working to keep Dante Barksdale's legacy going. BMore Lifestyle host, Brandi Proctor, spoke with the founder of Panacea Media along with...

06/08/2021

Human Factor Media is proud to have directed and produced “Dante Barksdale’s Last Act” for the nonprofit organization Panacea.

This story is almost hard to believe.

Dante “Tater” Barksdale was a Baltimore legend. His family was the inspiration for the character of Avon Barksdale on the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Wire.” Dante grew up in the projects, spent time in prison, and then completely turned his life around, dedicating it to stopping murders and bringing peace to Baltimore.

In January of this year, he was murdered. This documentary tells the story of the last two weeks of his life -- and an improbable event that set off a chain-reaction of healing and forgiveness across the city.

It is an honor for us to play even a small role in perpetuating his legacy.

If you connect with this story at all, we invite you to help share it online and in your own communities. As Dante said, you have to see for yourself "the power of this forgiveness."

Dante “Tater” Barksdale was a Baltimore legend. His family name was the inspiration for the character of Avon Barksdale on the critically-acclaimed HBO serie...

03/25/2021

"It's through witnessing other experiences and backgrounds that we can understand ourselves better and understand human experience." Check out our new series Creators' Universe to see what drives working artists. Full video here:
https://youtu.be/99zVgr_Hg6I

03/24/2021

"It takes courage to do what one loves." Our new series "Creators' Universe" goes behind the scenes with some of today's best working artists. We learn about their creative process, what inspires them, and the importance of being bold.

Episode 1 features Ghanaian American Kwesi Kwarteng, a contemporary fabric artist based in Newark, New Jersey. His work champions multiculturalism by combining fabrics that represent rites of passage from different cultures, showing the interconnectivity of ethnic groups in American society.

02/03/2021

4 ways to see the future...

Peter Thiel, who many like and some disdain, has to be given credit for at least one insight in his seminal book on startups, Zero to One. He argues that the way most people see the world, and behave in it, can fit inside one of four categories: 1) Definite Pessimism 2) Indefinite Pessimism 3)

09/18/2020

Awesome event - where Art & Business colide!

Art and Commerce: Stories from People Making Art and a Living at the Same Time...