Kat Kramer’s Films That Change The World
Founded April 2009
For more than fifteen years, Kat Kramer’s Films That Change The World has served as a cultural platform for socially conscious cinema, presenting landmark films, urgent documentaries, and historically resonant works that challenge audiences to engage, reflect, and act.
Produced by KNK Productions, Inc., the series has hosted premieres, anniversary celebrations, inclusion screenings, and thought-provoking panels at leading cultural venues throughout Los Angeles. These events bring filmmakers, advocates, scholars, and audiences together in shared dialogue around justice, human rights, environmental responsibility, and the power of film.
Curated by Kat Kramer, these screenings reflect a long-standing commitment to film as a force for empathy, awareness, and change.
2009
Yentl
25th Anniversary DVD & Blu-ray Launch
Stanley Kramer Theatre, Sunset-Gower Studios
2010
The Cove
West Coast DVD & Blu-ray Release
Soundstage, Sunset-Bronson Studios
Presented to amplify urgent voices and foster meaningful dialogue beyond the screen.
Lily Tomlin with Kat Kramer, Tippi Hedren, and Cher — Elephants & Man: A Litany of Tragedy — Sunset Gower Studio, 2011
2011
Elephants and Man: A Litany of Tragedy
World Premiere
Sunset-Gower Studios
Teach Your Children Well
World Premiere
Sunset-Gower Studios
Lily Tomlin with Helen Caldicott, Kat Kramer, and Karen Sharpe-Kramer — Fallout — Canon Screening Room, Sunset Gower, 2013
2013
Fallout
U.S. Premiere
Canon Center, Sunset-Gower Studios
2014
The Decent One
Presented with the LA Jewish Film Festival
Laemmle Town Center 5
2015
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
DVD & Blu-ray Release
Canon Center, Sunset-Gower Studios
Grandma
Inclusion Screening, presented with SignMation
Sony Pictures Studios Lot
Martin Sheen and Kat Kramer — Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain — Canon Screening Room, Sunset Gower, 2015
2017
The Hunting Ground & Court of Conscience
Special Double Feature
James Bridges Theatre, UCLA
Presented to amplify urgent voices and foster meaningful dialogue beyond the screen.
2018
Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
Special Inclusion Screening
RealD Screening Room / Crescent Theatre
2022
The New Abolitionists
Digital Screening Release
Laemmle Monica Film Center
2024
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
Hollywood Premiere
Landmark NuArt Theatre
2025
Far Out: Life On and After the Commune
Hollywood Premiere
Laemmle Monica Film Center
Walking Thunder: Ode to the African Elephant
Hollywood Premiere
Laemmle Royal Theatre
2025
Stanley Kramer Double Feature
Judgment at Nuremberg & On the Beach
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Presented with the Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills
Above all, the series exists to create space for filmmakers and stories that matter, and for conversations that continue long after the lights come up.