The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Misan Harriman earns The Catalyst by converting emotional witness into collective activation. He picked up a camera at a BLM protest with no training, went viral, and spent the resulting platform dissolving apathy rather than consolidating influence. His instruments, raw unplanned videos, protest documentation, an Oscar-nominated film, all share one design principle: move audiences from feeling to acting.
“No, I mean, you know, I'm thankful that it was on Netflix because obviously I think there's 230 million subscribers on Netflix. So to do a film that is this raw. That can reach this many people, I think, is a real win. And I'm being as frank as I can be.”
“Words and ideas that were coming. He was putting it on paper, and then we were, you know, we were just finessing it and building that out, working with Aguilar, our editor, and just finding the emotion that we needed in the 18 minutes that we had with this extraordinary talented woman was amazing working with our sound design guy who was…”
“Yeah, I mean, Instagram's probably the best, which is just my name, Miss Ann Harriman on Instagram. And I think, to be honest, the next thing is to try and just get my head around Oscar season.”
“Well, between the highlights and the shadows is the human story, you know. Robert Frank said, you know, the must. Must learn to listen before it looks right. When an image is right, it stops you in your tracks and the way few things on this earth can. It's my sword and my shield and how I move through life.”
Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy: “Misan Harriman on Meghan Markle, Gaza and shooting for Vogue”
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