previous projects

What do
we do?

We want to bridge the gap between social justice advocates and the media. 54:17 is a place where the two worlds collide to make tangible change.

  • We help you tell your loved ones story through media.

  • We assist on social media campaigns that represent your loved one.

  • Researching the relationship between media and capital punishment and how it can be improved.

  • Encouraging young storytellers and activists to use the skills they have for the issues they care about.

Fighting to live, while waiting to die

Billie Allen has been on federal death row for over 25 years with a case of innocence. Now, as we approach the 2024 election, his case grows more urgent each day with the real threat of another Trump-led government. In Fighting to Live, While Waiting to Die, we paint an intimate portrait of the man whose chance to live was stolen from him, through the people who know him best.

Dustin higgs memorial video

Viewed by over 11.8K people on Instagram this video was made at the request of the friends and family of Dustin Higgs after he became the last man executed by the Trump Administration.

#Freekrismaharaj fOR 3D cENTER

For 3D Centre, led by Clive Stafford Smith, we made a crowdfunding video that featured Stephen Fry in the effort to bring home Kris Maharaj.