Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, A.K. Sandhu, who is the winner of Spotlight Your Town for her docuseries, We Beg Your Pardon, America. Spotlight Your Town is presented by SeriesFest and National Geographic Documentary Films.

We Beg Your Pardon, America tackles America’s version of history about the Black Panther Party through poetic interrogation by womxn Panthers. 

A.K. Sandhu will receive a $20,000 grant to be applied to her production, an opportunity to pitch to National Geographic Documentary Films, and unscripted teams in one-on-one curated meetings, as well as receive a six-month mentorship with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, City So Real).

This Adventure Called California, directed by Re-Take Oakland filmmaker Jennifer Huang, is screening at Cinequest, Saturday, August 20, at 9:15 am. A special extended panel conversation follows the screening of the film!

This Adventure Called California is a short documentary film about recently divorced Arnoldo, who comes to the United States from Mexico to win back his family but meets only brutality and despair, until a chance encounter at a racquetball court changes the course of his life.

For tickets, visit: https://bit.ly/3yrp0ro

Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jennifer Huang, has been awarded a Berkeley FILM Foundation 2022 Grant Award, for her film The Long Rescue.

The film is the recipient of the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Elevate Award for $25,000, in partnership with the Berkeley-based Jonathan Logan Family Foundation (JLFF).

The Long Rescue follows Filipina teen sex trafficking survivors for six years where we learn of their dark pasts through brief flashbacks that reveal the cyclical nature of exploitation that haunts women and their children for generations.

Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jennifer Huang, who won The Great Chicago Pitch for The Long Rescue. The film will receive $50,000 as part of the inaugural Shifting Voices Film Fund, sponsored by CMP and Mezcla Media Collective.

The Long Rescue follows Filipina teen sex trafficking survivors for six years where we learn of their dark pasts through brief flashbacks that reveal the cyclical nature of exploitation that haunts women and their children for generations.

Re-Take Oakland filmmaker A.K. Sandhu is screening For Love and Legacy this weekend as part of Tribeca Film Festival’s Juneteenth program.

The film tells the personal stories of sculptor Dana King and activist Fredrika Newton who come together to build a new monument that honors the Black Panther Party’s vital place in American history.

For tickets and more info:

https://tribecafilm.com/films/for-love-and-legacy-2022

Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Lucy Saephan, who received the 2022 CAAMFEST Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary, for My Name is Lai.

In My Name is Lai, a first generation Mien American elder, shares the events leading up to her arrival to the U.S. as a refugee survivor of war. Lai retraces moments of her life from memories as a young child, to being a newly arrived refugee finding her way in the U.S. Through these memories, Lai reflects on her life, passing on cultural traditions, fears of losing her independence, and hopes for the future.

When the Garden Comes, directed by Re-Take Oakland filmmaker Jay Gash, is screening at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival on Sunday, June 12th at 5pm at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco.

The Film Festival will be held in-person at the renovated Presidio Theatre, 99 Moraga Avenue inside the San Francisco Presidio.

When the Garden Comes follows how the legacy of homeownership and gardening pumps through the veins of a Black family in North Oakland.

For more information, visit: https://festival2022.qwocmap.org/

Re-Take Oakland alumni A.K. Sandhu’s short film “For Love and Legacy” will be having its San Francisco premiere on Friday, April 22nd at 6:00pm at The Roxie Theater as part of the SF International Film Festival. More info and tickets.