FILMMAKER SUPPORT

 

Our professional development activities include public and cohort-based programs, including mentoring, masterclasses, and workshops.

For Us By Us Filmmaker Incubator. Application Open Feb 3. Deadline Feb 24. Filmmakers Collaborative SF. Re-Present Media. National Endowment for the Arts.

For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator

The For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator nurtures a cohort of Bay Area documentary filmmakers from different backgrounds who are telling personal stories from communities in the Bay Area not often seen in media.

This six-month intensive offers workshops, mentoring, and filmmaker stipends.

 

Applications are now closed.

 

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About the 2023-2024 Incubator

In 2023, Re-Present Media and Filmmakers Collaborative SF launched the For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator with an inaugural cohort of seven filmmakers.

Following the six month program, we collaborated with the filmmakers to present community screenings and discussions in our event series, For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities.

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For Us By Us Program Report

 

Filmmaker Updates

Home Court – Independent Lens Premiere

Re-Take Oakland filmmaker Jenn Lee Smith, is a producer on the film Home Court, which premieres on Independent Lens on March 24, 2025. Home Court is a feature documentary that traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph throughout her high school years. Learn more on […]

ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton wins Realscreen Award

ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton, directed by Re-Take Oakland filmmaker A.K. Sandhu, won the Realscreen Award for Short-Form Content and was nominated for the Dialog Award. In ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton, sculptor Dana King’s hands and activist Fredrika Newton’s memories come together to build a new monument that honors the Black Panther […]

Jessica Jones selected for Wexner Center for the Arts Residency

Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jessica Jones, for being selected for the Wexner Center for the Arts Studio Film Residency at the University of Ohio. The residencies support projects in the post-production process and offer artists time and space to focus on their work without distraction. Jessica Jones is currently in post-production on her film, […]

 

headshot of Angie Morales, Afro-Latinx woman with curly hair

Angie Morales, editor

 

Editor Development Program

Our Editor Development Program supports an emerging BIPOC editor in editing a feature length documentary film through weekly mentorship meetings, technical editing advice, and a participant stipend.

Doc Watchers

projector showing a film

We gather documentary film professionals to watch and discuss recent and past documentary films, including works-in-progress. We meet in downtown Oakland.

If you are interested in joining, please fill out our contact form and mention “Doc Watchers.”

Current Activities

For Us By Us Filmmaker Incubator – Now Taking Applications!

The For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator nurtures a diverse cohort of Bay Area documentary filmmakers who are telling personal stories from underrepresented communities in the Bay Area. Filmmakers participate in workshops, receive mentoring, and use program stipends to strategically advance their films. Applications are now open for the 2025 program. Deadline: Feb 24, 2025.

For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities – Harbor – June 5

For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities is a multicultural film screening and discussion series highlighting documentary films made by a diverse group of local filmmakers who are telling personal stories of Bay Area community heroes. Presented by Re-Present Media and Filmmakers Collaborative SF For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities – Harbor Wed, June […]

For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities – Sammy’s Final Arrangement – May 29

For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities is a multicultural film screening and discussion series highlighting documentary films made by a diverse group of local filmmakers who are telling personal stories of Bay Area community heroes. Presented by Re-Present Media and Filmmakers Collaborative SF For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities – Sammy’s Final Arrangement […]

Past Activities

Re-Take Oakland (2019-2021)

Re-Take Oakland was a two-year public education and filmmaker mentoring program. 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.

We focused on emerging filmmakers of color living in the San Francisco Bay Area, with priority given to Oaklanders identifying as Asian American (including South, East, and Southeast Asian), mixed race, and LGBTQ+ people of color.

Throughout the program, we offered master classes, film screenings with private filmmaker talks, and mentoring with award-winning documentary filmmakers. Modest stipends were available to filmmakers for production costs.

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Oaktown Stories Saturday June 5th 7-9pm

Re-Take Oakland filmmakers presented their films at Oaktown Stories, a film screening and community dialogue series.