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It all started in 2006 with a Wrestling TV show.<\/h4>\n

Hit Media, Greg Hemmings\u2019 first film company that he started with two friends, had recently folded. After working for a season on a TV show with his friend\u2019s new company, Hemmings decided to go out on his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started my own company in that same year because I got a wrestling show called Wrestling Reality and it\u2019s awesome. It\u2019s such an awesome show,\u201d says Hemmings. \u201cI thought I might as well start my new thing. No partners, just me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Greg Hemmings, celebrating Hemmings House\u2019s first birthday 10 years ago.
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That\u2019s when he incorporated\u00a0Hemmings House Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year the company is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, though it\u2019s technically been 11 years. That\u2019s forgivable since Hemmings House Pictures has undergone a huge evolution since it\u2019s wrestling show days.<\/p>\n

Today, it\u2019s an award-winning media production company that\u2019s shot projects all around the world. A certified\u00a0B-Corporation<\/a>, Hemmings House now has a specialized focus on projects, both commercial and not, that instigate and lead positive social change all over the world.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0Inside New Brunswick\u2019s Growing B Corp Movement<\/a><\/p>\n

The switch to the focus on social change came in 2009 when Hemmings House worked on its film,\u00a0Sistema Revolution<\/a>. Hemming\u2019s says it was on that project that he first saw the immense power of positive social change.<\/p>\n

For the project, the film crew accompanied the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra leadership to Venezuela. The orchestra was looking at a free education program in the country called El Sistema, which taught orchestral music to all kids, regardless of family income.<\/p>\n

At the time, the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra was looking to see if the program could work in New Brunswick too.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we brought that footage back, it just started happening,\u201d says Hemmings. \u201cWe started filming the movement as it was happening. So when a politician came and announced [funding for the program] we got that on camera. We honoured them as being part of the story. The CBC saw what we were doing and they said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you follow this for two years?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n