Category: Filmmaker Support – Filmmaker Updates
RPM alumni Jennifer Huang will be participating in the Movies that Matter “Take on Impact” program in the Hague in April with her feature-length documentary The Long Rescue.
The program works with filmmaking teams to develop impact goals and strategies for their films, with the focus on improving the projects’ impact pitches which will then be presented in front of a panel of NGOs, distributors, and other changemakers related to the outreach goals of the projects.
Jennifer Huang’s This Adventure Called California will be screening at Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival virtually from April 1 – 17, 2022. More information and tickets available here.
Jennifer Huang’s “The Adventure Called California” had the following screenings in March.
RPM alumni Pallavi Somusetty has been selected as for a 2022 CAAM Fellowship, where she will be incubating a project currently titled “Welcome Home Jhaiji.”
Pallavi participated in the Athena Film Festival’s Works In Progress Pitch Forum on March 11th, 2022, where she virtually pitched a feature version of “Coach Emily” a short that Pallavi produced with Re-Take Oakland.
Pallavi also received a grant from The Studio IX Project to support childcare while she works on Coach Emily and Welcome Home Jhaiji.
Congratulations to Pallavi and her team!
Post Re-Take Oakland program, Corinne Manabat Cueva’s Synchronized, has screened at CAAMFest, Oakland International Film Festival, COVEN Film Festival, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, and the 35th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition. With the film, Corinne has presented at 2021’s Association for Asian American Studies Conference and Living Creatively Film Fest with Nicole Cruz’s Living Bravely program. Shortly after the program, Corinne had the opportunity with A-Doc Network to create a microdoc, Keeping It Creative, part of the #AsianAmResilience series. Corinne has also received an artist in residency with Kala Art Institute and 2021 Investing in Artist grant with Center for Cultural Innovation for her project, A Million Kisses from Lolo, a personal documentary hybrid piece about her grandfather — a Filipino WWII veteran who wrote a screenplay inspired by his wartime experiences– that explores the themes of creative legacy, generational trauma, loss, and resilience. Follow her on IG: @corinnemakesmedia or corinnemakesmedia.com
A.K. Sandhu’s latest short documentary, For Love and Legacy, follows the journey of two women working to honor the Black Panther Party’s vital place in American history. Dana King, an ex-News Broadcaster, reborn as a Sculptor, now casting Black bodies in bronze. Activist Fredrika Newton, widow of Dr. Huey P. Newton, former Black Panther Party member, and Co-Founder/President of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, established to preserve and share the true legacy of the Black Panther Party.
For more information about the film please head to https://www.forloveandlegacy.film/. The film is currently on the festival circuit and has been selected at the following festivals, more information about screening dates also on the film website.
Jennifer Huang‘s film This Adventure Called California about the life of Arnoldo Lopez Contreras was the featured film for the Asian Pacific Islander (API) Legal Outreach’s annual gala on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. This film was developed as part of Re-Present Media’s Re-Take Oakland mentoring program for emerging filmmakers of color.
Check out Pallavi Somusetty’s new short film about black rocking climbing coach Emily Taylor. This project started as part of Re-Present Media’s Re-Take Oakland mentoring program for emerging filmmakers of color.
Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, A.K. Sandhu, who was selected for the DOC NYC x Video Consortium Storytelling Incubator! This initiative from DOC NYC and the Video Consortium connects emerging documentary filmmakers with underrepresented perspectives to established industry figures who provide hands-on creative consultation and professional guidance through a unique annual mentorship program.
Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jay Gash, for being selected for the 2022 Oakland Surge Fellowship! The Surge Fellowship supports emerging leaders of color in education and was created with the goal of expanding diversity in the education leadership pipeline. Jay is currently the Associate Director of Youth & Emerging Media Maker Programs & Creative Director of Youth Productions at Bay Area Video Coalition.