We are Just Like You Films

At Just Like You Films, we deploy the social utility of storytelling to help us understand one another and face today’s hardest challenges.

Our films are available for personal viewing at home with your family, or licensed—along with workshops, curriculum, and activities—for use in schools, workplaces, healthcare systems, and community organizations.

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Featured Film Collection

Just Like You- Anxiety & Depression

10 brave kids, 2 Emmy award winning journalists, 1 clinical psychologist at Columbia University and 1 determined mother take on the fear and stigma plaguing the mental health community.
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Just Like You - Diabetes

Just Like You – Diabetes is an award-winning short documentary that offers an intimate look into the daily lives of four children living with Type 1 diabetes, alongside their closest friends and supporters.
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Just Like You- Facial Anomalies

Just Like You – Facial Anomalies is a Mid-American Emmy Nominated and Oscar qualified documentary that follows four children living with facial anomalies as they share what it’s really like to navigate the world—socially, emotionally, and physically—when you look different.
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Just Like You- Cleft Lip + Palate

Just Like You Films is thrilled to partner with Operation Smile! For 35 years, Operation Smile has been healing cleft lip and palates all over the world.
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Just Like You - You're Invited

Just Like You – You’re Invited is a short film that explores what it truly means to belong.
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Just Like You- Down Syndrome

Just Like You – Down Syndrome is an award-winning short documentary that follows three young people—Elyssa, Rachel, and Sam—as they share what everyday life looks like while living with Down syndrome—not just in how they are perceived, but in how they experience the world.
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Just Like You- Cancer

In "Just Like You - Cancer", Hope, Bryndon and Carrie look straight into the camera and tell what it feels like to battle cancer.
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COMING SOON - May Contain Collection

Announcing Food Allergies, a compelling docudrama and a captivating short film on the crucial topic of Food Allergies. Our project delves deep into the lives of individuals and families affected by food allergies, shedding light on the challenges they face daily.
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Just Like You- Burns

The Just Like You Films story begins here. In 2006, 3 10-year-old girls, came together to raise funds for their local children’s hospital’s burn unit.
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Just Like You - Autism

The Mid America Emmy award winning, “Just Like You - Autism” launches an exciting campaign that calls our communities, our kids and the world to learn, understand and accept those living with autism.
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COMING SOON - Rise and Shine

Exciting News! We are thrilled to announce that a groundbreaking new film is currently in production, shedding light on the inspiring and often overlooked world of individuals living with Cerebral Palsy.
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IN PRODUCTION - Grief

We are thrilled to announce that production has officially begun on our latest cinematic endeavor, a poignant and thought-provoking film centered around the universal theme of grief.
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Just Like You - I Care for a Burn Survivor

Just Like You – I Care for a Child Burn Survivor is a short documentary that centers the voices of caregivers navigating life after a child’s burn injury.
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The Walk Beside You Promise

Just Like You – The Walk Beside You Promise is a powerful short film that invites viewers to take a stand against bullying and exclusion by choosing empathy, understanding, and human connection.
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Meet Our Cast & Crew

Emmy Award winning filmmaker and founder, Jen Greenstreet, and acclaimed photographer, Isaac, and Emmy Award winning director of photography, Isaac, have collaborated to develop films and materials that educate the local and global community on communicating about difficult subjects. These films are a source for teachers, community leaders, therapists, law enforcement, and parents, just to name a few.

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