Randy Douthit is the executive producer and director of Judy Justice, a web series that looks at the world through the long lens of social justice. The series has been a feature on Facebook Watch, which recently expanded its video offerings to compete with Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Apple T.VT.V. In Judy Justice, Douthit highlights everyday heroes and asks what we can all do to help them more. In one episode, he speaks with workers from Amazon seeking unionization to make equity their reality on the job.
- Education
Randy Douthit holds a B.A. in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology from the University of California Santa Cruz and received a teaching credential. Douthit has been teaching at San Francisco State University since 2012.
- Carrier History
Douthit started as a social activist. He spoke at rallies and organized large-scale demonstrations nationwide on issues ranging from reproductive rights to labor rights to immigrant rights. Douthit’s foray into documentary-style filmmaking began with “Invisible Hands,” a short film about manufacturing workers who lost their jobs after the 2009 recession. It was the first film from Futurefront Productions, a media company Douthit launched in 2012 with fellow filmmaker Jason Russell.
- Awards
Douthit received the S.F.S.F. Bay Area Independent Film Festival’s S.F.S.F. Indie Award for Best Documentary or Short Film in 2018 for “You Will be Free: A Story of Liberation” and was honored by the San Francisco Public Library’s The Great American Read. This initiative promotes reading and literacy among Bay Area residents, with its Milestone Award 2018 for “Judy Justice.”
- Judy Justice
Judy Justice is a web series that looks at the world through the long lens of social justice. In Judy Justice, Douthit highlights everyday heroes and asks what we can all do to help them more. The series was a feature on Facebook Watch, which recently expanded its video offerings to compete with Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Apple T.VT.V.
Success is achieved through hard work, dedication, confidence, and perseverance. Douthit is a member of the Association of Documentary Filmmakers and was recently selected as one of the top media professionals to follow on Twitter by Filmmaker Magazine. Douthit says his inspiration comes from a desire to tell human stories with dignity, empathy, and a reasonable belief that we can all do better.