CHC Productions was founded in 1999 by filmmakers Matthew Buzzell and Elizabeth Massie as a documentary production company that would create provocative films about complex social topics, with a special focus on women’s issues.

Our first film, Who Cares About Girls?, was selected by the Council on Foundations as one of the ten best foundation-funded films of 2000. This film explores the impact of media culture on the self-esteem of pre-teen and teenage girls.

The Heinz Foundation funded our next film, What A Girl Wants, which delves more deeply into the issues raised in Who Cares About Girls? It is currently distributed by the Media Education Foundation and has been sold to high schools and universities nationwide. It screened at many film festivals including Slamdance, Docside DocFest, Dallas Film and Video Festival and the New York Guerilla Film Festival. It was also featured on Oprah! in 2002.