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The Youth Power Map
The Anti Eviction Mapping Project is a data-visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective documenting the dispossession of San Francisco Bay Area residents in the wake of the current tech boom. Â Young people have been dramatically impacted by this phenomenon- displacement has left SF with the lowest population percentage of young people of any major city in the U.S. Â Some of our students have themselves been forced to relocate, while many more have seen it happen to friends, family members and neighbors. Their project,"The Bay Area Youth Power Map,"Â showcases outdoor spaces, organizations, and institutions that students deemed as important resources for [...]
The Missing Part of Me
A personal documentary about a young woman discovering her Nicaraguan heritage.
Our Jewels
Sexuality and masturbation has been historically abused and desensitized by the male dominating view, but in this short documentary liberating diverse souls will step out of that perspective and share their personal experience.
Transmission E08 – A Local Show Celebrating the Artistic Voices of San Francisco
Learn more about us here: https://bavc.org/transmission TRANSMISSION Episode 8 Program List  - December 2015 ARTISTS INSIDE : Featuring poets, writers, musicians, movers, visual artists and storytellers who practice and engage with art within the prison industrial complex. Segment 1Here / Now (00:50)The following digital stories grew out of a 14 week collaboration between men in Resolve to Stop the Violence Project (RSVP), majors in the USF Performing Arts and Social Justice Department and the Bay Area Video Coalition. The class was an opportunity to develop and create personal artistic expressions, using one’s own voice and style in music, movement, writing, [...]
2015 SF Commons Award Winner: Reality Check TV
Winner: Arts, Culture & Entertainment Category. All winners for the SF Commons Awards were selected by viewers via online and in-house voting ballots. Congratulations to all the winners!
Transmission E07 – A Local Show Celebrating the Artistic Voices of San Francisco
A Tribute to Dia de los Muertos Featuring René Yañez, Loco Bloco, SOMArts and Gathering the Embers. Segment 1  Today is the Shadow of Tomorrow  A conversation with artist and curator René Yañez Day of the Dead is a celebration that is continually in transition, especially under the mentoring of curators Rene and Rio Yañez who have expanded the artists’ part to extend beyond the traditional altar to a loved one. The father and son team challenge artists to use their creative visions to look at personal loss, as well as local and global issues. Selected images from [...]
My BAVC Media Moment
BAVC Media inspires social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology. BAVC Media has been an advocate for artists and media makers for almost 40 years, supplying the tools, resources, and support they need to tell their stories.
Point of Pride: The People’s View of Bayview/Hunter’s Point
Point of Pride: The People's View of Bayview/Hunter's Point is a documentary film about the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. Point of Pride combines archival footage from the 1950's 60's and 70's with present-day viewpoints and reactions to these images from the past to create a compelling portrait of a community marked by struggle and fueled by hope. Point of Pride is the culmination of a year-long grant, Remembering and Restoring the Multimedia History of Bayview Hunter's Point. Community partners included the San Francisco Public Library, BAVC Media and San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive at San Francisco State University. Read [...]
Transmission E06 – A Local Show Celebrating the Artistic Voices of San Francisco
TRANSMISSION Episode 6 Program List  - October 2015 Segment 1  (00:50) BAVC Media’s The Factory presents four films on Climate Change. Garden For the Future Directed by by Marielle Boland, Reyna Colt-Lacayo, Sylvia Colt-Lacayo, and Lily Yu.During California’s severe drought there are different efforts for water conservation. Garden for the Environment is teaching people that water conscious gardening and awareness of urban agriculture can help preserve our water one drop at a time. Green / Grey Directed by by Mauricio Romero and Walden Smith. The wastewater division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission prepares to change a decade old sewage system in [...]
Transmission E05 – A Local Show Celebrating the Artistic Voices of San Francisco
TRANSMISSION Episode 5 Program List  - September 2015 Radical Thinkers, Shakers and Movers part 2Featuring a dynamic range of locals including artists, activists, young authors, musicians and poets from all around the Bay Area. Segment 1  (1:08)Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial ComplexLed by composer, bassist, and bandleader, Marcus Shelby, the series explores the prison industrial complex, restorative justice, prison abolition, the death penalty, the school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration, and more. This evening features Matt Haney from the San Francisco Board of Education and filmmaker Kevin Epps. The discussion topic is in reaction to the Bay Area’s need for [...]
