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  • Free Day 2

    This cut, unlike the first one, is made out of only 5 shots, and could've been done in only 4 shots. I was aiming at simplicity here, and decided to stay on two shots of both actors as long as I could so that the audience could observe the actors' interaction uninterrupted by cuts. I started with a tighter shot, which focused our attention more on the female lead's emotions, and I cut to a wider shot when we had to see the geography of the blocking, e.g., where the actors go in the space, then came in tight again on both. This is an intimate scene, and in general, these types of scenes require closer shots to maintain that intimacy.

    Published 1 month ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Free Day 1

    In this edit version, I use the majority of shots that we filmed during the Free Day, and you can see a pretty conventional coverage of the scene: we start with a wide angle shot, which establishes the space and the room where the two characters are having the discussion, then we move into a tighter shot when the female lead announces the big news. Then we jump cut to her reaction shot again for emphasis on her reaction, then we cut to the husband's over-the-shoulder shot with a repetition of his line, again for yet another emphasis on the fact that he's having a hard time being thrilled by what she has just told him. This way the conflict in the scene between the two characters is crystallized and brought to the audience's attention, plain and simple. Then we go to another reaction shot on her which is also a two-shot. If you notice, I wanted every shot t o contain movement and be taken from the dolly, which was a challenge as it's difficult to always maintain the right speed, framing and rhythm, but it definitely works to add some unsettlement to the scene. Then we cut between a shot-reverse-shot of them at their second position, and we end on a longer pan between their faces. Again, I was looking for a lot of movement and motion throughout the scene. On to the next cut, which is much more minimalistic than this one...

    Published 1 month ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Frameline34 Trailer: 34ish Part 4

    Join the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival for its landmark showcase of queer cinema, this June 17-27, 2010. More information and tickets: http://www.frameline.org/festival. Meet up with film lovers, rub shoulders with the hottest directors, and discover new film favorites, including international imports and local gems. Thanks to drag sensastion Chico's Angels, Shiney Kumquat Productions, and Dotfilmz for creating our 34ish trailer!

    Published 3 months ago

    By Frameline

  • Frameline34 Trailer: 34ish Part 3

    Join the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival for its landmark showcase of queer cinema, this June 17-27, 2010. More information and tickets: http://www.frameline.org/festival. Meet up with film lovers, rub shoulders with the hottest directors, and discover new film favorites, including international imports and local gems. Thanks to drag sensastion Chico's Angels, Shiney Kumquat Productions, and Dotfilmz for creating our 34ish trailer!

    Published 3 months ago

    By Frameline

  • Stonewall Uprising -- Trailer

    USA, 2010, 82 min. Using rarely seen archival footage and eyewitness accounts (some from surprising sources), this must-see documentary offers a fresh look at that pivotal 1969 event in the gay rights movement when homosexuals "discovered a power we didn't even know we had." Visit http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=2089&FID;=47 for more information.

    Published 3 months ago

    By Frameline

  • Frameline34 Trailer: 34ish Part 1

    Join the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival for its landmark showcase of queer cinema, this June 17-27, 2010. More information and tickets: http://www.frameline.org/festival. Meet up with film lovers, rub shoulders with the hottest directors, and discover new film favorites, including international imports and local gems. Thanks to drag sensastion Chico's Angels and Dotfilmz for creating our 34ish trailer!

    Published 3 months ago

    By Frameline

  • The Stranger in Us -- Trailer

    USA, 2010, 106 min. This local, debut feature is a sympathetic portrait of losing and regaining oneself in the concrete jungle. When a struggling poet leaves his abusive boyfriend, he befriends a hustler, and they forge a new path together through SF's gritty streets. For more information, visit http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1940&FID;=47.

    Published 3 months ago

    By Frameline

  • :30 Second Spot

    Edited by Staci DeGagne

    Published 3 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Friday May 7

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Pedro Gonzales-Rubio, Stephin Merritt and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, SFIFF53 volunteers and Joan Rivers, star of Joan Rivers—A Piece of Work and codirectors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. Hosted by Erin Coker; visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 3 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Thursday May 6

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features youth filmmakers, the always-buzzing SFIFF53 Hospitality Lounge and the Golden Gate Awards. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 3 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Wednesday May 5

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Northless director Rigoberto Perezcano, You Think You're the Prettiest, but You Are the Sluttiest director Che Sandoval and Presumed Guilty director Roberto Hernandez. Hosted by Erin Coker; visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 3 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Tuesday May 4

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Roger Ebert and friends on the red carpet, Josh Radnor and drag queen superstar Peaches Christ. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Unshaken by Peter Lee

    This is a San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking student documentary done by Peter Lee.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Monday May 3

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Kanbar Award recipient James Schamus and a host of luminaries at Film Society Awards Night. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Sunday May 2

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features director Ruba Nadda and actress Patricia Clarkson of Cairo Time, director of Yellow Sheep River Liu Soung and short film director John Herschend. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Saturday May 1

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Walter Salles, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and The Oath director Laura Poitras. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Friday April 30

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Frontier Blues director Babak Jalali, Constantin and Elena director Andrei Dascalescu and Sam Green, the cocreator of Utopia in Four Movements. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Critter's Tale by Joshua Smith

    San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking student short. This was Joshua Smith's second project in the year long program.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Thursday April 29

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Features Aaron Katz, the director of Cold Weather, and Derek Waters and Brent Hoff, the two cutups behind A Drunken Evening. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Tuesday April 28

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. Features writer/director/actor Leland Orser and his wife and collaborator actor Jeanne Tripplehorn, as well as the women behind Porchlight: True Stories from the Frontiers of International Filmmaking. Hosted by Erin Coker. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Monday April 27

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the 53rd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival. Hosted by Erin Coker. Features Walter Murch and Empire of Silver director Christina Yao. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Saturday April 24

    SFIFF SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of Festival highlights. The first video Scoop features Director of Programming Rachel Rosen, Micmacs director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the sumptuous Opening Night celebration. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop: Sunday April 25

    SFIFF SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from the Festival. Features Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient Don Hertzfeldt and Whang Cheol-mean, the director of the South Korean drama Moscow. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Monday April 26

    SCOOP DU JOUR: Daily dose of highlights from SFIFF. Features T Bone Burnett, a young director from the Talkin bout My Generation program, director Mike Ott and the cast of Littlerock, and writer/director Callie Khouri. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org/news/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Sunday April 25

    Features Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award recipient Don Hertzfeldt, the women behind Porchlight: True Stories from the Frontiers of International Filmmaking and Whang Cheol-mean, the director of the South Korean drama Moscow. http://fest10.sffs.org Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFIFF53 Video Scoop Saturday April 24

    Like lightning racing towards Earth, SFIFF53 is off to an electrifying start. Film lovers filled the beautiful Castro Theatre nearly to capacity for Opening Night, featuring Jean-Pierre Jeunet's MICMACS with a rollicking afterparty at The Regency. Visit http://fest10.sffs.org Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 4 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Kiva Promo for $1 Million Contest

    This video was produced for Kiva, a Web site where anyone can give loans to help small businesses around the world. They were chosen to compete against four other entrepreneurship nonprofits to win $1 million as part of Sam's Club's 'Giving Made Simple' Contest – with this video as the main source of information for Sam's Club members to base their voting decisions.www2.samsclub.com/Giving/About/Kiva

    Published 4 months ago

    By The Quotidian

  • We are The Quotidian

    Once in awhile, a non-commercial project like ourselves have to go all NPR on you and bring out the charity pledge drive pitch. After all, The Quotidian accepts no payments for the work we do and we have no advertising whatsoever in any of our content – which leaves much of our costs up to viewers like you. We're looking to raise at least $5,000 in the next 60 days so we can continue to do our good deeds and help nonprofits help themselves – nobody ever said lookin' good was a cheap exercise. Can you support us with even a small donation? To show our gratitude, we'll be giving away DVDs, T-shirts, stickers, posters and even Flip cameras (yes, those) as well as crediting you on either our Web site or in an upcoming film! kickstarter.com/projects/hsingyihkai/the-quotidian-tells-the-stories-of-people-finding About us: The Quotidian is an ongoing video documentary series that focuses on people doing good for their communities as well as those who are affected by their work. Stories range from an individual taking personal initiative to improve the well-being of homeless people in his neighborhood to a local business that donates a percentage of sales to charity, for example. We aim to tell stories in the developmental stage – whether it's someone starting an innovative social program or a nonprofit pushing for widespread community action. The individuals and organizations we highlight are able to use our produced pieces for their own publicity and fundraising purposes since everything is produced under Creative Commons Share-Alike license and organizations have been successful in using our films effectively for publicity and fundraising purposes.

    Published 4 months ago

    By The Quotidian

  • One Party at a Time

    How do you throw amazing parties and create awareness at the same time? That's the challenge being taken on by Party Corps, an organization dedicated to throwing parties for the benefit of startup nonprofits. Check out this documentary that follows Party Corps through all their trials and tribulations as they take us through the early planning stages to the night of the big show. To read more about Party Corps and the documentary, check out:thequotidian.org/2010/04/06/saving-the-world-one-party-at-a-time/

    Published 5 months ago

    By The Quotidian

  • A few words from the band VILE EVILS

    The British dance-noise outfit VILE EVILS has a few words for SFSDF students and alumni taking part in their music video contest. An exclusive arrangement with dPulse Recordings, SFSDF has been given the opportunity to produce the band's first new music videos. Besides the $1,000 prize, three of the videos will be used as the band’s primary marketing and promotion piece as they roll out their new release and subsequent world tour. More info here -> bit.ly/aHPddx

    Published 6 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • SFSDF FREE Day of Film School - Larger Edit

    Final edited version of the scene shot for the March 19th SFSDF FREE Day of Film School. This version is of higher quality and incorporates footage from the Canon 5D.

    Published 6 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • One Party at a Time teaser

    Here's the teaser trailer for our next documentary about Party Corps, an organization throwing some huge parties in the San Francisco Bay Area to help spread awareness and raise money for local startup nonprofits. Stay tuned for info about the online debut of the documentary, expected to happen later this month in conjunction with the relaunch of Party Corps' new Web site.thequotidian.org/connectpartycorps.org

    Published 6 months ago

    By The Quotidian

  • SFFS Video Scoop: Cinema by the Bay

    Cinema by the Bay celebrated the passion, innovation & diversity of Bay Area filmmaking, the intelligence & probing spirit of local directors and the incredible depth & breadth of America’s film & media frontier. http://tinyurl.com/y983xwb Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 9 months ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Business Plan by Susan O'Leary

    Published 10 months ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • PI09 Machinima Episode #5: The Way We Get By and Gita Pullapilly

    The movie "The Way We Get By" deals with a lot of large issues, aging in America, military service, but manages to succeed as an intimate portrait of a group of senior citizens in Bangor Maine, who dedicate their lives to greet homecoming troops. Second Life reporter Draxtor Despres welcomes producer Gita Pullapilly to the virtual BAVC studio.Every year, SF based Bay Area Video Coalition brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects at the annual Producer's Institute. [more about BAVC PI 2009 at http://www.bavc.org/producersinstitute ]

    Published 11 months ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09 Machinima Episode #2: Chelo Alvarez-Stehle

    Every year, SF based Bay Area Video Coalition brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects at the annual Producer's Institute. Draxtor Despres had the chance to talk to Spanish-American documentarian Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about her project on sex-trafficking, called "Sands Of Silence", which will be accompanied by a flash-based game.

    Published 12 months ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09 Machinima Episode #3: Lynette Wallworth

    Austrialian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and also entered Second Life for the first time. Certainly Draxtor Despres had to sit down with Lynette's avatar alter-ego Rasaa Mistwalker and chat a little about physical versus simulated reality.

    Published 12 months ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09 Machinima Episode #1: Producers Institute

    Wendy Levy from SF based Bay Area Video Coalition is at the helm of the annual Producer's Institute, which brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects. Centered around social and human rights issues, the film projects touch on subjects from healthcare crises to sex trafficking. Draxtor Despres worked around the clock on bringing SL as a possible place to engage to this diverse crowd. A series of interviews starts off with this chat with BAVC's own Wendy Levy.

    Published 12 months ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: The Way We Get By

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Gita Pullapilly http://www.thewaywegetbymovie.com The Way We Get By is an intimate story of three senior citizens in America as they struggle with growing old and rediscovering their reasons for living. Dedicating their lives to greeting almost 800,000 troops at a tiny airport in Maine, Bill Knight, Joan Gaudet, and Jerry Mundy find the strength to overcome their personal battles and demonstrate the meaning of community during a time of need. At the Institute, Gita and her team developed a dynamic and engaging multi-generational website, e-commerce and social networking tool to enable troops and the military families, veterans, and a broad community of visitors to participate in giving back to soldiers on their return stateside. Returning Home incorporates three key features –a breathtaking community-created digital quilt of stories of American soldiers, a collective virtual memorial to the fallen, and an e-commerce Care Package for soldiers returning home. The film will receive a national broadcast on Veterans Day 2009, and it is our hope that the Returning Home site will be live in time for the broadcast. Producer Gita Pullapilly is an award-winning television journalist and Fulbright Scholar whose stories have aired on CBS, CNN, and ABC.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: Have You Heard From Johannesburg?

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Connie Fieldhttp://www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story4.html Have You Heard From Johannesburg (HYHJ) is a new a six-part documentary series that tells the story of the global movement that took on South Africa's apartheid regime and reveals how everyday people helped bring one of the most brutally repressive political systems in the world to its knees. Pulling together the many threads of this global story for the first time in any medium, Have You Heard From Johannesburg is an inspiring example for citizens and activist movements across the world. At the Institute, Academy-Award winning director Connie Field and her team built a prototype for an interactive, educational platform where edited media modules created from the thousands of hours of footage from Have You Heardare curated, archived and searchable thematically. The short-form media will also connect to blogs, live mentorship, online videos, maps, news and digital photo feeds to create a dynamic, participatory activist toolkit, lesson planner and civic engagement tool.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: The Elders

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Marc Boothe The Elders Project is a major cross-media project from B3Media in the UK that will engage inter-generational participants using a combination of photography, oral history, video, spoken word, text and interactive digital platforms to document and preserve the untold stories of the first generation of African-Caribbean settlers who came to Britain in the early 50's. The Elders Project will provide a voice to under-represented young people and elders both in the UK and the US, engaging new, transitional audiences with innovative ways to tell their stories. At the Institute, the B3 team designed a three-tiered model of both live physical and virtual spaces where participants experience and create content through a remix interface in the tradition of ‘call and response.' In this unique cultural mashup, the project manages to incorporate a major photographic museum exhibition, an online/virtual gallery, and an inter-generational social networking/storytelling platform with robust content management tools. Marc Boothe is the Executive Director of B3 Media, one of the UK's leading creative hubs for emerging black and minority ethnic artists and producers.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: Deep Down

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Jennifer Gilomen & Sally Rubin http://deepdownfilm.org To keep up with our increasing demand for energy, humankind is mining the earth for natural resources and putting communities worldwide at risk. Through an intimate, human story, the documentary Deep Down tells the story of a town deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. Through an integrated media campaign that includes a podcast series disseminated through Appalachian Voices' "Most Endangered Mountains" Google Earth collection, educational curriculum and community action kits, Deep Down will have a deep impact with a diverse audience. At the Producers Institute, co-directors Jennifer Gilomen and Sally Rubin designed and built a3D Virtual Mine game in Second Life in order to bring the experience of mountaintop removal mining to a new level. Playing this game in the metaverse is intended to empower disenfranchised communities that now live in the shadows of extractive industries.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: The Waiting Room

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Peter Nicks http://www.documentfilms.net/Hope_and_High_Water.html More than one third of all Americans have no health insurance. And as more Americans lose their jobs, public hospitals are experiencing an increase in people seeking care. The Waiting Room is a documentary about a young band of public health executives at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, persevering despite daunting systemic and financial obstacles. At the Institute, Emmy Award winner Peter Nicks and his team developed a hybrid, multiplatform public media experience that will bring the film directly into the conversations at center of the public health crisis. At the center of the experience are interactive micro-storytelling kiosks in hospital waiting rooms that will include the live-blogged reports from people living without health insurance, and a unique online portal that will distribute these stories and become an archive for the testimonials that will highlight the urgency of the national dialogue around health care.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • PI09: American Meat

    A 2009 BAVC Producers Institute ProjectProject Director: Alejandro de Onis In the documentary American Meat, producer (Alejandro de Onis) and director (Graham Meriwether) explore the impact of the recent economic downturn on industrial agriculture, and how one farmer in Virginia, Joel Salatin, is leading a small but growing group of farmers who are looking to expand the influence of local small-scale farms. The film explores how the agricultural industry has brutalized the food production process, and become America’s #1 polluter. At the Producers Institute, De Onis and his team architected a plan to bring farmers and communities to a “digital dinner table” by integrating the film within an e-commerce and social networking context. Through an innovative, web-based regional food network and market place (an EBAYfor the local food movement) called Harvest Cloud, consumers will be able to easily source and purchase local organic food, connect with food producers, and help local food movements proliferate and thrive. Connected to Harvest Cloud is Leave It Better, a youtube-style portal for the green movement where participants are encouraged to post and share videos documenting what they have done to leave their communities better. This site is “seeded” by a collection of flip cameras that will be given to participants around the country, and then “flipped” to others to document their own inspirational green activities.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • consCious cHaos

    A short documentary on life, meditation, and the differences in approach between eastern and western cultures.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Level II: Completing the Journey, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    This class focuses on creating a dynamic structure, developing characters and theme and making thoughtful, innovative dramatic choices. Students will complete a first draft of a screenplay. http://www.sffs.org/classes-and-workshops/schedule.aspx Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Level I: Launch Your Screenplay, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    Introduces students to storytelling for the screen through lectures, discussions, writing exercises, film clips, workshopping and peer critique. Students will draft a first act of a screenplay. http://www.sffs.org/classes-and-workshops/schedule.aspx Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Find Your Story, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    A well-crafted film tells a memorable story in pictures, words and movement. This workshop will help you shape a raw idea into a fleshed-out story to develop in screenplay form. http://www.sffs.org/classes-and-workshops/schedule.aspx Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • The Interruption

    Racial discrimination happens all the time and everywhere. Layered with intelligence, honesty and visual poetics, The Interruption tells the story of Bay Area youth Mario, his experiences of racial discrimination and how he choses to interrupt the cycle of racism. Directed by Binjie Huang and Luis Pachas. Six minutes thirty five seconds. 2009

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Peanut Butter Plan

    Can a single individual make a dent into the problem of homelessness in America? Here's how a growing movement is tackling the problem – with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in hand. Check out the original story this video came from:thequotidian.org/2009/08/13/the-peanut-butter-and-jelly-solution This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

    Published 1 year ago

    By The Quotidian

  • Make a Music Video in 24 Hours

    This lab will immerse students in the challenging and exciting process of making a music video. Key concepts related to producing, budgeting, shooting and editing styles will be explored. http://www.sffs.org/classes-and-workshops/schedule.aspx Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Ethics in Documentary Film, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    Are there foundational ethical principles in documentary filmmaking? What is the filmmaker’s responsibility to his or her subjects? Join documentary theoretician Bill Nichols as he investigates these questions. http://tinyurl.com/pwvml5 Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Level II: Completing the Journey, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    This class focuses on creating a dynamic structure, developing characters and theme and making thoughtful, innovative dramatic choices. Students will complete a first draft of a screenplay. http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=11&pageid=1173 Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Level I: Launch Your Screenplay, Fall 09 SFFS Filmmaker Edu

    This class introduces students to the art of storytelling for the screen through lectures, discussions, writing exercises, film clips, workshopping and peer critique. Students will draft a first act of a three-act screenplay. http://tinyurl.com/knkwm8 Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Finding Your Story, Fall 09 SFFS Film Edu

    A well-crafted film tells a memorable story in pictures, words and movement. This workshop will help you shape a raw idea into a fleshed-out story to develop in screenplay form. Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Graffiti is Beauty

    A trio of Bay Area graffiti writers talk about what inspires them to do what they do and how they strive to get their work recognized as an art form with social value. Directed by Alberto Azurdia. Produced in BAVC's Factory Program. 6 minutes 20 seconds.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • vs.

    A skeptical sneakerhead learns about a socially-conscious sneaker boutique in Oakland. Directed by Patrick Manning. Produced in BAVC's Factory program. 5 minutes 1 second.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Fields of Gold

    A documentary by Natalie Hull on sustainable, organic agriculture and Farmland LP, an investment fund that acquires conventional farmland and converts it to organic, sustainable farmland.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • All of Me: Sex Over Seventy by Gina Margillo

    All of Me: Sex Over Seventy by Gina Margillo Produced at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking July 2009 Documentary Workshop

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • SFFS Filmmaker Education: Herzog in Focus

    Werner Herzog belongs among that rare group of filmmakers for whom documentary and fiction filmmaking blur into a single quest—which in Herzog’s case, involves a search for “ecstatic truth.” From Fitzcarraldo and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser to Grizzly Man and Rescue Dawn, Herzog pursues life lived at the brink of insanity, and challenges us to think about personal and social limits. Join Bill Nichols for an exploration of Herzog’s stylistic and thematic distinctiveness. Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFFS Filmmaker Education: The Aesthetics of Editing

    This class investigates the many competing issues that editors must keep in mind when cutting a film. Students will analyze early versions of scenes from documentary and narrative works, comparing them to the finished scene. Instructor Richard Levien Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFFS Filmmaker Education: Shooting Digital Video

    This crash course will cover the basic operations of DV cameras as well as aesthetic considerations through in-class shooting assignments, audio recording techniques and practical tips. Instructor Jason Wolos Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • PI09: Lynette Wallworth Presentation

    Producers Institute 2009 mentor gives presentation on Sunday during the institute.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) Introduction Video

    A behind the scenes look at the Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) program. Both groups, adult and youth, describe the learning and healing experiences that have come out of the program, and make suggestions for improving the program if it is run again. This video was made as a "video evaluation" of testimony from participants, and is useful for nonprofits, teachers, and program managers in illustrating participant experiences with this type of program and its challenges. Este es un video de “como se hizo” Abriendo Las Cajas. Ambos grupos, jóvenes y adultos, describen sus experiencias de aprendizaje y sanación a través del programa y hacen sugerencias acerca de cómo mejorarlo cuando se vuelva a hacer. Este video se hizo como “video de evaluación” con testimonios de los participantes y es una herramienta útil para las organizaciones, maestros y coordinadores de programas porque muestra las experiencias de los participantes en este tipo de programas y sus retos. Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • A New Flight - Un Nuevo Vuelo - Olga (Abriendo las Cajas)

    The personal story of Olga, who reveals her struggles in dealing with changes at home. Through workshops, Olga becomes a fighter, overcoming depression and challenges. La historia personal de Olga cuenta cómo enfrentó y superó los cambios que sucedieron dentro de su familia. A través de talleres, Olga encuentra a la mujer luchadora que hay dentro de ella superando su depresión y otros retos. Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • My Prince Charming | Mi Principe Azul - Veronica

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Where I Want to Go | A Donde Quiero Llegar - Yaneth

    When her husband tries to exert control over her life, Yaneth gains self-confidence by creating her own path.Cuando su esposo intenta ejercer control sobre la vida de Yaneth, ella gana confianza en sí misma construyendo su propio camino.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • A Blood Fee in my Family | La Cuota de Sangre en mi Familia - Tulio

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Gustavo's Story | Historia de Gustavo - Ivonne (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Ivonne helps shed light on men who have been victims of domestic violence. The narrative is rendered through the life Gustavo experienced with his abusive wife.Ivonne ayuda a alumbrar la historia de un hombre que vivió violencia domestica. Su historia se desarrolla a medida que nos cuenta la vida que vivió Gustavo con su abusiva esposa.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • A story... | Una historia... - Maricela (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Inspired by her favorite song, “A Concert for Lovers”, Maria finds self-empowerment through her escape from an abusive relationship. In her path she finds workshops with women who share similar stories, enriches her life with education, and finding a prince charming. María encuentra inspiración en su canción favorita “Concierto para Enamorados” para encontrar el valor suficiente que le ayude a salir de la relación abusiva en la que se encuentra. En su camino, María encuentra grupos en donde hay mujeres que comparten historias parecidas a las de ella, alimenta su vida con educación y encuentra a su príncipe encantado. Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • My Story | Mi Historia - Siclalix (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Tali unveils her painful experiences at home, afraid of her abusive father and worried for her mother. After Tali’s mother finds courage to stand up for herself, the family becomes stronger and learns to live life without Tali's father.Tali revela sus dolorosas experiencias vividas en casa, con miedo a su padre y preocupación por su madre. Cuando la madre de Tali encuentra la fuerza para salir adelante sola con sus hijos, la familia de Tali se fortalece y aprende a vivir sin el padre. Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Paty Also Received Flowers | Paty Tambien Recibio Flores - Elizabeth (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Elizabeth uncovers the consequences of abusive marriages, and narrates the story of Patricia, a once vibrant girl who becomes a vulnerable mother after marrying a childhood friend.Elizabeth cuenta las consecuencias de vivir en una relación abusiva y cuenta la historia de Patricia, quien una vez fue una chica con mucha vida y que termino siendo una madre vulnerable al casarse con un amigo de la infancia.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Pacific Hotel | Hotel Pacifica - Arianna (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Clemente sheds light on the Latin transsexual and prostitution community and their struggles caused by the lack of love and respect of their families.Clemente comparte la realidad de las comunidades Latinas transexuales y trabajadoras del sexo y de los obstáculos que enfrentan por la falta de amor y respeto por parte de sus familias.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Mexico City, 1998 | Ciudad de Mexico - Edwin (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Deemed a thief in Mexico, Edwin finds a way to keep his dreams of music alive after coming to the U.S. and joining a youth program. Señalado como un ladrón en México, Edwin encuentra la forma de mantener sus sueños acerca de la música vivos después de venir a los Estados Unidos y entrar en un grupo de jóvenes.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Let's Talk | Hablemos - Mayra (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Mayra discusses the importance of communication. Growing up in a family that sometimes ignores their problems, Mayra heals with the support of her friends. Mayra habla acerca de la importancia de la comunicación. Habiendo crecido en una familia que ignoraba sus problemas, Mayra encuentra su sanación con ayuda de sus amigas. Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • My Friend | Mi Amigo - Jose (Abriendo las Cajas)

    José illustrates the harsh realities that his good friend experienced as a youth trapped in the world of drugs and gangs. Despite his friend’s troublesome background, Jose is able to see past the detriments and remain a loyal friend. José ilustra la dura realidad de la vida de su amigo, un joven atrapado en el mundo de las drogas y las pandillas. A pesar de todos los problemas que tiene su amigo, José es capaz de ver más allá y estar junto a su amigo. Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • My Cousin's Story | La Historia de mi Primo - Meme (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Seventeen-year-old Meme hopes to prevent tragedies caused by drunk driving. In her own family, she deals with the death of her cousin, Kevyon, a bright and lively young father and soon to be husband who died in a drunk driving accident. Meme de diecisiete años, espera poder prevenir las tragedias producidas por manejar tomado. En su propia familia, tuvieron la tragedia de la muerte de su primo, un joven padre a punto de casarse que perdió la vida en un accidente de carro en donde el alcohol estuvo presente.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • HerStory | La Historia de Ella - Karen (Abriendo las Cajas)

    Karen struggles growing up without a relationship with her father. When her mother finds independence in America and remarries, Karen gains confidence and happiness towards a brighter future. Karen lucha al tener que crecer sin hablar con su padre. Cuando su madre encuentra su independencia en los Estados Unidos y se vuelve a casar, Karen encuentra su fortaleza y felicidad enfocándose en un nuevo futuro.Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Racism and Judging | Racismo y Juzgando - Javier

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Violence | Violencia - Gabriel

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Gossip | Chisme - Deborah

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • A story... | Una Historia... - Diana

    Abriendo Las Cajas (Opening Boxes) is a partnership project between ZeroDivide, La Clinica de la Raza, and the Bay Area Video Coalition as part of New Routes to Community Health. New Routes to Community Health is a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to improving health and health care for all Americans. http://newroutes.org/projects/abriendo

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • The Basic Needs

    Food, clothing and shelter- are these basic needs or privileges? Created by Daniel Reif. TRT: 3 min 33 sec, 2009.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Splinters

    Diagnosed with clinical depression as a child, 17-year-old Arthur Pan candidly reflects on his life and shares the story of his struggles and triumphs. Created by Nancy Huang. TRT: 3 min 42 sec, 2009.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Over Time

    Two San Francisco residents reflect on childhood memories, family businesses and how things change over time. Created by Krystal Chan. TRT: 3 min 5 sec, 2009.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Youth Voices 08

    Teenagers from Oakland and the East Bay are invited to voice their opinions on Election Day, November 4, 2008, in a video confessional booth outside Oakland's City Hall building. Directed by Sydney Matterson. 7 minutes 16 seconds.

    Published 1 year ago

    By Bay Area Video Coalition

  • Film Criticism

    Film Criticism, Instructor: Sean Uyehara, This class will introduce you to some of the major rubrics of film criticism, epistemology, ideology & aesthetics and will provide a foundation for gleaning specific reasons behind critical responses to films. Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Film Festival Publicity and Marketing 101

    Instructors: Hilary Hart and Anna-Mae Chin Learn from San Francisco International Film Festival insiders on how to get the most out of your festival experience and utilize festivals as platforms to market and publicize your films. Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Launch Your Screenplay: Scriptwriting 1

    Taught by Lisa Rosenberg Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • Complete the Journey: Scriptwriting 2

    Complete the Journey: Taught by Lisa Rosenberg Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • SFSDF Reel

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • DV Camera Basics Class

    To Shoot great video you need to know the essentials. Perfect for first-time shooters and people who want to improve their shooting skills. Visit www.sffs.org to enroll and email info@sffs.org for more information. Distributed by Tubemogul.

    Published 1 year ago

    By San Francisco Film Society

  • RADIO AFRICA

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • The Disgruntled Worker

    A very interesting argument for unionizing, or quitting.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Anti-Smoking PSA

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Honor

    Boys at war.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Everything

    Trapped in a dead end job? Kiss it goodbye... with the aid of a flobie, or a shotgun.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Touching the Face of God

    A painter tells his story.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Forgiveness

    A mother and daughter struggle to understand each other.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • JIHAD FOR LOVE Trailer

    JIHAD FOR LOVE Trailer

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • EQUALITY U Trailer

    EQUALITY U Trailer

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • CHRIS AND DON Trailer

    CHRIS AND DON Trailer

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • A LOVE TO KEEP trailer

    A LOVE TO KEEP trailer

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Fun In Girls' Shorts trailer

    Available on DVD May 13th! Post-apocalyptic bunkers, hair salons, train stations, and carnivals -- Frameline's newest short film compilation proves that lesbians are everywhere! Fun in Girls' Shorts brings together six of Frameline's best lesbian shorts from recent years, including several award-winning festival favorites and marks the highly anticipated home video debut of Guinevere Turner's Hung, which has screened at more than 80 film festivals around the world. The DVD can be found on our website: http://www.frameline.org/shop/item.aspx?catid=12&id;=266 at your local video store or on Amazon.

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Making Filmmakers

    The story of the student filmmakers who worked on new independent feature Around June.

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Not | Gay Trailer

    When is a friend just a friend and when could he turn into something more? In the short film compilation Not | Gay, four films celebrate gay men and their not-so-straight friends. Sexual ambiguity blurs the lines of gay/straight friendships and turns up the drama as audiences join the characters in asking "is he or isn't he"? Featuring the short films: The Best Men, Cowboy Forever, Float and Katydid NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD: http://www.frameline.org/shop/category.aspx?catid=12

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Tongues Untied DVD trailer

    Available for the first time on home DVD on March 18th Tongues Untied shares fierce examples of homophobia and racism: the man refused entry to a gay bar because of his color; the college student left bleeding on the sidewalk after a gay-bashing; the loneliness and isolation of the drag queen. Yet they also affirm the black gay male experience: protest marches, smoky bars, "snap diva," humorous "musicology" and vogue dancers.

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Tongues Untied DVD Extra - Herman Gray

    Available for the first time on home DVD on March 18th Tongues Untied shares fierce examples of homophobia and racism: the man refused entry to a gay bar because of his color; the college student left bleeding on the sidewalk after a gay-bashing; the loneliness and isolation of the drag queen. Yet they also affirm the black gay male experience: protest marches, smoky bars, "snap diva," humorous "musicology" and vogue dancers.

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Tongues Untied DVD Extra - Juba Kalamka

    Available for the first time on home DVD on March 18th Tongues Untied shares fierce examples of homophobia and racism: the man refused entry to a gay bar because of his color; the college student left bleeding on the sidewalk after a gay-bashing; the loneliness and isolation of the drag queen. Yet they also affirm the black gay male experience: protest marches, smoky bars, "snap diva," humorous "musicology" and vogue dancers.

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Tongues Untied DVD Extra - Phill Wilson

    Available for the first time on home DVD on March 18th, Tongues Untied offers fierce examples of homophobia and racism: the man refused entry to a gay bar because of his color; the college student left bleeding on the sidewalk after a gay-bashing; the loneliness and isolation of the drag queen. Yet they also affirm the black gay male experience: protest marches, smoky bars, "snap diva," humorous "musicology" and vogue dancers.

    Published 2 years ago

    By Frameline

  • THE MAN FROM HADES

    More about the filmmaker at:makemovies.tumblr.com

    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Winging It

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    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • Offbeat

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    Published 2 years ago

    By San Francisco School of Digita

  • The Apollos

    The 1981 Oakland Tech High School senior class fought to make MLK day a nationally recognized holiday. The story of the Apollos is a story of those who reach beyond the stars. Created by Jazmin Jones and Nick Parker. 6 minutes

    Published 3 years ago

    By BAVC Admin

  • Frameline31 Festival Trailer - The Gym Boy

    "The Scalper and the Gym Boy" - trailer for Frameline31, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, June 14-24, www.frameline.org

    Published 3 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Frameline31 Festival Trailer

    "The Scalper" - trailer for Frameline31, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, June 14-24, www.frameline.org

    Published 3 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Claire Trailer

    Set in a storybook 1920s rural American South and inspired by the Japanese fairytale "Kaguyahime," Milford Thomas' Claire tells the story of a child-less,elderly male couple (Mish P. DeLight and James Ferguson)who discover a princess made of moonlight (Toniet Gallego) inside an ear of corn. The enchanting young Claire bewitches onlookers with her readings of fantastic poetry in unfamiliar languages, entrances a local boy and discovers her miraculous healing powers when he jumps from a cliff in an attempt to win her heart. While exemplifying the untraditional family (two men lovingly raising a moon-child), Claire celebrates the diversity of family and poignantly treats the grief of losing a loved one. An homage to early cinema, the film was glowingly shot on a vintage hand-cranked 35mm camera and is accompanied by the Orchestra De Lune conducted by Anne Richardson. Like its silent-era camera, all set-design and special effects were achieved the old-fashioned way, using canvas backgrounds, semi-hidden wires and multiple exposures, creating a timeless atmosphere of wonderment and magic.

    Published 3 years ago

    By Frameline

  • Frameline

    www.frameline.org

    Published 3 years ago

    By Frameline

  • The Joy of Life Trailer

    "The Joy of Life" is an unconventional appreciation of the streets and stories of San Francisco, combining stunning landscape cinematography with a lyrical, well-crafted voiceover to offer a poetic reflection on the City By the Bay. Grappling with gender identity issues and the occasional episode of depression, the film's lone protagonist (the voice of Harriet "Harry" Dodge, "By Hook or By Crook," "Cecil B. Demented") pinballs from sexual conquest to neurotic despair, manic romance to pathetic solitude. The voiceover balances melancholy angst and wry humor in its Casanova account of various urban, romantic, and sexual adventures - from the frisson of flirting to the heartache of rejection. This narrative of self-discovery resonates with her discovery of the city and leads into an in-depth documentary reflection on the history of suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge (after a capsule production history of Frank Capra's 1941 melodrama, "Meet John Doe"). This section explores the original bridge design, once described as "suicide-proof," and the decades-long debate over construction of a suicide barrier on this, the number one suicide landmark in the world.

    Published 3 years ago

    By Frameline

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