Events

Learn directly from the insights of the Crip Camp Impact campaign! About this event Do you want your film to spark real change after the credits roll? On May 13th, meet the team behind the much buzzed about, Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, who not only crafted a vibrant and nuanced film, but are using it as a tool for catalyzing conversation and creating meaningful social impact. BAVC Media is honored to co-host this virtual event with Crip Camp and People’s Video Theater, providing a unique opportunity to learn directly from the insights of the Crip Camp Impact campaign to ignite inspiration about how [...]

Town Talks: Expanded Cinema About this event BAVC Media and CiNEOLA are thrilled to co-present another Town Talk exploring expanded cinema, participatory storytelling, interactivity and questions of memory and belonging with filmmakers Rodrigo Reyes and Miguel Novelo. Town Talks is a virtual community conversation, convening mediamakers to break bread and exchange ideas. Miguel Novelo is an experimental media artist, filmmaker, and cultural event creator from Yucatan, Mexico. He uses new media, interactivity, and expanded cinema to create immersive sound and expanded image experiences that generate platforms for participatory storytelling. His latest project, an interactive documentary called La Marea, is now showing on CiNEOLA. Mexican director Rodrigo Reyes makes films deeply grounded in his identity as an [...]

Watch the evolution of video art and activism in the archives of early video pioneers, The People’s Video Theater and Survival Arts Media About this event Join us as we follow the story of early video collectives The People’s Video Theatre and Survival Arts Media through their archive of preserved analog video. From their roots as video activists to their mind-expanding experiments with video art and early immersive media performances, the story of PVT and SAM is the story of early video’s growth into its own distinct form of expression and storytelling. This event includes a screening and a Q&A [...]

Learn the ins and outs of developing and producing a series with Chris Martin (Production Manager, Sorry to Bother You). About this event Creating a great series not only needs a sparkling script but a showrunner who can make it come to life. From Game of Thrones to Insecure, it is up to the showrunner to craft the story then bring it into production and post. Thanks to their unique position in the writer’s room and the producer’s chair, the showrunner is a critical role in any episodic project. This three-part class will cover the basic steps to bring your script from page [...]

Join us for the first ever "Town Talks" - a monthly kick-back hosted by BAVC Media, convening Bay Area mediamakers to connect & share. About this event Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC Media) is thrilled to announce Town Talks - a new virtual kickback, convening Bay Area mediamakers to mingle, connect, talk shop and tell stories of creative struggle and triumph. We will explore themes with guest artists like episodic storytelling, building your crew, recruiting on-screen talent, telling authentic stories and the nitty gritty of fundraising and distribution. In an intimate series of community conversations, we hope to host an intentional [...]

An intimate screening and discussion in the East Bay About this event For those who cannot attend the San Francisco premiere at SF DocFest, BAVC Media is hosting a second screening in Oakland in partnership with local advocacy groups in hopes that more people can have an early chance to see this timely and powerful film. Co-presented by StudioToBe and UC Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Program along with local education and advocacy groups to be announced. Doors open at 7 for a reception and discussion before the film. Across Texas, an unstoppable construction boom drives urban sprawl and luxury high-rises. Its dirty secret: abuse of [...]