SEBDOCS 2023 ALUMNI NEWS

2023 ALUMNI - FILM NEWS - SOCIAL JUSTICE

The Recall: Reframed key art (abstract graphic of chart). The film's central question: how to increase justice for sexual violence survivors without contributing to a racist criminal justice system, is at the heart of a 4-part collaborative journalistic series im the Boston Globe.

Central Question of doc The Recall: Reframed Explored in Four-Part Collaborative Series

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11 months ago

The quandary at the heart of The Recall: Reframed (Rebecca Richman Cohen, 26 mins, SDFF 2023) is at the center of a four-part collaborative series...

Mimi Chakarova's new feature, The Apology, examines racist 60s Era Bay Area relocation policy & reparations. The doc has spurred the Alameda Board of Supervisors to pass an official apology, which recognizes their role in the racist destruction of this community.

New Doc on Racist Forced Relocation In Bay Area Helps Spur Action & Official Apology

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11 months ago

The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), an upcoming doc about the forced relocation of Russell City, a majority Black and Brown community in the 1960s Bay Area,...

Alumni Short Wins Cannes Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at American Pavilion Showcase

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11 months ago

Jaime Sunwoo’s short Handwritten (SDFF 2023) won the award for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes this year....

Alumni Filmmaker Screens New Doc on 60s Era Racism & Forced Relocation in Bay Area

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12 months ago

As California’s reparations task force approved a potentially groundbreaking list of recommendations earlier this month, The Apology (Mimi Chakarova), a new doc about the forced relocation of...

2023 Jury Winner El Equipo Makes Hot Docs 20

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12 months ago

After a three-year pandemic hiatus, OUTwatch Film Festival will re-emerge June 9-11 at Rialto Cinemas® Sebastopol, joining Sonoma County Pride’s celebrations for the first time....