Re-Take Oakland, Re-Present Media

RE-TAKE OAKLAND

Re-Take Oakland was a two-year public education and filmmaker mentoring program (2019-2021).

Documentary filmmakers of color created short personal films featuring stories of individuals, families, and communities in Oakland. They presented these films in collaboration with community partners in post-film dialogues.

Filmmaker Updates

For Us, By Us fellow Deepa Nair was awarded a 2025 Community Engagement Artists and Creatives Grant. This grant provides financial support to independent creatives making or presenting creative work relating to or encouraging community engagement. Deepa’s current project is Claire’s Crunch Cake, a documentary short film featuring Claire Mack, a beloved 88-year-old local baker, […]

Sep

25

Finding Má, directed by For Us, By Us fellow, Thanh Tran, was awarded a 2025 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grant. The Documentary Fund supports global nonfiction storytelling on timely subjects that drive cultural and social impact. Finding Má is a documentary about an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black family shattered by the foster care and prison […]

Sep

11

Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jennifer Huang, was selected as a Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellow. Fellows each receive an unrestricted grant of $40,000 to support their creative practice. The Eureka Fellowship is among the largest fellowship awards for visual artists in Northern California. Jennifer is currently in post production on her first feature-length documentary, The Long Rescue, […]