Film
Follow the Light
In 1969, 8th grader Adam Haas got his hands on some used video equipment and shot a film about his classmates. Forty-eight years later Haas is returning to his filmmaker roots to track down his original subjects, to find out where they are now and what happened to them along the way. In discussing what has brought meaning to their lives – along with the disasters, the regrets, and the joys— they reveal the impact of the shared educational experience that brought them together in the first place.
Growing up in America: Life After the Taliban
After narrowly escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in August 2021, 9 year old Masoma and her family begin a new life in Sacramento, California. Growing up in America: Life After the Taliban, is an intimate documentary following her family’s journey of building home after war.
Henrietta The Dragon Slayer
In a desolate high desert battlefield, Franc, a knight far from home, vanishes after being plagued by nightmares. His friend and a valiant, decorated war veteran, Henrietta discovers clues that lead her to a treacherous cliffside cave and a menacing chimera. Henrietta confronts the creature to rescue Franc, but can’t succeed with force alone. She must trust in her magical necklace if she wants to have a fighting chance. If you’d like to show your support for the Henrietta Film through other means reach out to Beth Barany here at bethbarany@gmail.com
BSU: AN INSIDE LOOK
In 1968, two young men bring the Civil Rights Movement to San Francisco State University, sparking national news and launching a student-led revolution that transforms the face of the American educational system. "BSU: An Inside Look" blends historical retelling, personal perspectives and contemporary resonance through archival photographs, strike footage and first-person interviews with James Garrett and Mayor Willie Brown, etc. Our intention is to show how B.S.U. organized a coalition that ultimately forced the administration to create the First Ever College of Ethnic Studies in the nation and its everlasting impact on academic curriculum in the US.
Home is a Hotel
Across America, cities are struggling with homelessness and housing affordability. How does one decades old solution – cramped Single Room Occupancy units – impact the lives of those who live in them? Home Is a Hotel takes you inside San Francisco’s SRO housing through intimate portraits of their residents filmed over six years. This character-driven, verité documentary immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room home in the heart of one of America’s richest cities. It’s the story of an immigrant single mom in Chinatown, a blind songwriter fighting harassment and eviction, an ex-couple in recovery co-parenting [...]
Painting the Black Hill
Founded in 1974, Boston’s African American Master Artist in Residency Program made history, becoming an artistic and community hub and smoothing relations between Northeastern University and its Black neighbors. In 2018, Northeastern locked the artists out of their building and AAMARP’s battle for survival began. What will Boston lose if AAMARP is gone?
Kizuna
Kizuna is an animist film & intergenerational prayer journey following the spirit of an unborn aborted child into the heart of a taiko drum and into the dusty fertility shrines of a mountain village facing depopulation and cultural loss.
The Birth of a Poet: The Life of Bill Everson
A feature documentary about the California eco-poet, conscientious objector, master printer, and professor, William Everson, A.K.A. Brother Antoninus (1912-94).
Expectations
When Jane wakes up during involuntary sex, she's forced to confront not only her husband's violation but the invisible expectations that have shaped their relationship. Expectations is a ten minute exploration of one of the most common, yet most hidden, forms of intimate partner violence. It allows the audience to feel and experience the quiet sorrow, self-doubt, and confusion of a woman whose partner doesn't truly see her humanity, and it fills in the missing middle of the social conversation about rape by showing the little compromises and ingrained assumptions that build the power dynamics behind sexual assault.
The Jerome Project
The Jerome Project preserves, protects, and perpetuates the artistic legacy of Jerome Caja (1958 — 1995). The mission is to bring greater visibility and accessibility to Caja’s paintings and performances. The project includes several moving parts: a digital catalogue raisonné, a repository of art and ephemera available for academic research, and a feature-length documentary film about Caja, with an accompanying exhibition of his art.
