Summary
Upstanders is an original series by Starbucks that tells the stories of ordinary people acting with immense courage and humanity to make their communities — and our country — better. The series was distributed on Amazon Prime, through Starbucks pay app, on the company’s sign-in to their store WiFi, and through partnership with Upworthy.
SideXSide produced two episodes for season 1 and five of the 11 episodes for the season 2.
Impact
The films received more than 80 million views across platforms.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz went on The Daily Show, CBS This Morning, and other television programs to promote the films.
SideXSide Studios Co-Founders were featured on Photo District News
Credits
Executive Producer
Howard Schultz
Produced & Written By
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Director & Director of Photography
Gabe Silverman
Script Writer & Coordinating Producer
Jamie Coughlin
Camera Operators
Jamie Coughlin, Lani Milton, Julia Reihs, Grant Slater, Joshua Trujillo
Edited by
Julia Reihs, Sara McKellogg Lane
Music Composed By
Jason Staczek, APM Music
