Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Pallavi Somusetty, for being selected as a 2024 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow, with her film, Coach Emily. Participants in the 2024 BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship receive $10,000 in unrestricted funding, mentorship, industry access, feedback sessions, and workshops during an immersive 9-month experience.
Coach Emily is a feature documentary that follows Emily Taylor, an Oakland-based Black and queer rock climbing coach, as she battles systemic racism in her professional and personal life. Through her Brown Girls Climbing program, Emily trains young girls of color, including her own daughter, as they resist discrimination in the climbing world and work to define themselves in the outdoors.