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.
- Impact screening with the San Mateo Human Trafficking Program on March 10th, 2022
- Public screening and discussion with the Alameda County DA’s office, the team participated in a private screening with the Alameda County DA’s human trafficking task force in January.
- Screening at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.
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.
- Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival / March 25th at 7pm and March 26th at 4:15pm
- Ashland Film Festival / April 1st – 10th [Virtual]
- Sarasota Film Festival / April 1st- 10th [Virtual]
- Seattle International Film Festival / April 15th at 3pm
- San Francisco International Film Festival / April 22nd at 6pm and May 2nd at 12:30pm
- Pan African Film Festival / April 22nd at 4:10pm and April 23rd at 9:30pm
Here are some resources that we recommend to our attendees at our session “Beyond Trauma Informed: Understanding Reciprocal Impact” at Video Consortium’s REST Summit.
Our panelists:
Sherizaan Minwalla-Human Rights Lawyer
- Sherizaan’s Re-Present Media blog post about Sabaya
- Voices of Yazidi women: Perceptions of journalistic practices in the reporting on ISIS sexual violence
Joann Depetro-Licensed Therapist
Reporting Guidelines
- Silence and Omissions: A Media Guide for Covering Gender-Based Violence by The Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University
- Reporting on Sexual Violence in Conflict Guidelines by the Dart Centre
- Murad Code: A Global Code of Conduct for Documenting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Re-Present Media is excited to present a session at The Video Consortium’s R.E.S.T. Summit at 12pm ET on Friday, March 25th, 2022 that will introduce filmmakers and journalists to a new model of filmmaking that centers participants and their agency in storytelling, and is informed by our previous campaign work on “Sabaya”
Re-Present Media founder, Jennifer Crystal Chien, will be moderating a workshop titled “Beyond Trauma Informed: Understanding Reciprocal Impact” alongside human rights lawyer, Sherizaan Minwalla, and licensed therapist, JoAnn DePetro. The workshop will discuss how filmmakers and participants have a reciprocal relationship of impact, even though they may have significant power, resource and status differences. JoAnn DePetro will share how narrative therapy can help filmmakers gain insight on those involved in filmmaking on both sides of the camera. Sherizaan Minwalla, a human rights lawyer involved in the Sabaya film campaign advocating for the rights of Yazidi women will present best practices for working with traumatized participants ethically. Participants will leave with a new model that centers reciprocal impact and how participants can be empowered in the process of engaging with media in situations that involve issues related to trauma and mental health.
To attend this session, filmmakers and journalists must register for the free REST Summit.
Launched by the Video Consortium and supported by the Google News Initiative, the REST Summit (Resilience, Emotional and Digital Security, Trauma) is a collaborative week-long virtual symposium that explores the nature of resilience, safety, and trauma for those working in video journalism and documentary film.
The REST Summit will provide a safe, inclusive, and inspiring virtual space for nonfiction film and video storytellers to collectively lower their protective shields, be vulnerable, and find more balance while reporting on real-world events. Using a community-driven and grassroots approach, this summit is made by creators for creators—to dive into sensitive, often overlooked topics around mental health and safety.
Taking place Monday, March 21 to Friday, March 25, 2022, the Summit is open to members of the nonfiction film and video industry who seek to have a better understanding of these most pressing issues.
To attend, please email us at: [email protected]
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.