Drive
an experimental film that whisks the viewer over the bridges and hills of San Francisco with dizzying speed. directed by Olafur Helgason. 5 minutes 27 seconds.
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A Salesforce Story
A short video about BAVC's experience with the Salesforce program. Created by Jazmin Jones, Digital Pathways graduate.
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
Slip Of The Tongue
Careful what you ask a stranger at the bus stop- you might just get an answer! A look at perceptions of beauty, ethnicity, and body image. Created by Karen Lum. 4 min 5 sec
I Heart San Francisco
Directed by Angelisa Candler. Commissioned by The San Francisco Foundation and Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund through support from The Wallace Foundation.
Dear SF - PS I Love You
Directed by Rosie Byers. Commissioned by The San Francisco Foundation and Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund through support from The Wallace Foundation
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.
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.
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 ]
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
