
Across the Guardian, Upworthy, HuffPost and 3BL, Charlie Wilkie has built a career around a stubborn question: how can worthy ideas earn attention without losing their worth? His latest answer treats AI not as a writing trick, but as a new arena for trust.
Level Forward is a Los Angeles-based public benefit entertainment company co-founded in 2018 by philanthropist and filmmaker Abigail Disney and producer Adrienne Becker. It develops, produces, and finances films, documentaries, and stage productions that pair commercial ambition with social progress, backing work such as the film The Assistant and the Tony-nominated Broadway shows Jagged Little Pill, Slave Play, and What the Constitution Means to Me. Legally bound to weigh profit against public benefit, the company routes a share of proceeds and cultural attention toward nonprofit partners working on gender and racial equity, youth empowerment, and gun-violence prevention.