I am a police executive, researcher, and archivist with decades of firsthand documentation on how institutions shield the powerful. The Sunshine Project transforms that evidence into a web‑native documentary‑arts platform—a living site where court files become scrollable data‑poetry, timelines animate in real time, and “Find‑the‑Flaw” games invite visitors to click through redactions and reveal hidden patterns of collusion. Animated infographics, short motion‑graphic essays, and interactive story maps guide viewers from individual documents to the system‑wide choreography that keeps power unchecked.
A signature feature is the Hot‑Potato Trail—an interactive blame‑map where viewers watch hundreds of emails bounce from desk to desk until all accountability dissolves and collusion looks “ludicrous.” Animated infographics and story‑maps connect each primary source to the broader choreography of unchecked power.
Designed for phones and desktops, the site pairs every document with color‑coded annotations, whistle‑blower audio reflections, and shareable social graphics. Visitors can upload denial letters into an encrypted vault, watch them auto‑convert into glitch art, and trace agency stonewalling on a public ledger. Live Zoom workshops teach citizens how to file their own OPRA requests and turn responses into creative acts of resistance.
With Fractured Atlas’s fundraising tools, I can focus on building this artful civic library that turns systemic collusion into accessible, empowering narrative—helping communities everywhere document and disrupt power.
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