BAVC Exhibitions and Events

BAVC-Sponsored Screenings, Broadcasts, Installations,Events and more...

ITVS COMMUNITY CINEMA - 5/7 and 5/13

NEW YEAR BABY By Socheata Poeuv- Winner of the Amnesty International "Movies That Matter" Award.

Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family's history had been buried in secrecy for so long.

San Francisco Screening
Wednesday, May 7 at 6:00 PM
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street

San Francisco Screening Panel Discussion featuring Professor Howard De Nike, Instructor of "Prosecuting the Khmer Rouge" at The University of San Francisco School of Law.

Presented by: ITVS Community Cinema and Center for Asian American Media

Community Partner: Amnesty International

Oakland Screening
Tuesday, May 13
Reception 6:00 PM; Screening 6:30 PM
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290

Oakland Screening Q&A featuring Socheata Poeuv, Director/Producer of “NEW YEAR BABY”

Presented by: ITVS Community Cinema, Center for Asian American Media and The Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Community Partners: Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership, East Bay Asian Youth Center, Streetside Productions, Cambodian Community Development Inc., Berkeley Cambodian Student Association, Serve The People, APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA

Series Sponsors: KQED Education Network, The Oakland Museum of California, The Oakland Film Office, The San Francisco Public Library, Access SF, Bay Area Video Coalition and Hands On Bay Area

These events are free and open to the public, please rsvp to roseli_ilano@itvs.org

For more information visit:
www.pbs.org/independentlens/newyearbaby

BAVC began more than 30 years ago, fueled by a spirit of experimentation, innovation and community building. Over the years, that spirit has helped us cultivate a multi-generational mix of experimental video artists, media professionals, community activists, educators and others working together to create a dynamic community of media artists.

In February 2008, BAVC introduced a new exhibition series -- ROHSTOFF [raw material] -- that expands our long-standing commitment to the “ART” in mediaArt.

OPENING RECEPTION
ROHSTOFF [raw material] - Site Specific Video

Thursday, May 15, 2008,
6-8PM at BAVC,
2727 Mariposa 2nd FL

Opening night of the next exhibition in BAVC's ROHSTOFF [raw material] series, featuring site specific video by Rebeca Bollinger, Nate Boyce, Anthony Discenza, Brook Hinton, Sade Huron and Laura Splan.

Come and rub shoulders with the Bay Area mediaARTs community!

Opening Panel of Producers Institute 5/31

Please join us Saturday, May 31st at the Plenary Panel discussion of the 2008 Producers Institute of New Media Technologies presented by BAVC.

SOURCING THE FUTURE: MARKETING AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE MEDIA ONLINE

This panel discussion will unpack how documentary, advocacy, art, and entertainment fit together, how producers can catalyze and scale participation in dynamic, interactive sites that integrate with and support their long-form public media projects, and the kind of partnerships and collaborations that must be made to support this work. What is the lifespan of public media online? How do we help funders seed and sustain these projects? What should we be doing now to insure the legacy and impact of digital media and video art for the public good? In a time when audiences are supporting documentaries more than ever before, can Darfur is Dying capture the market share of Grand Theft Auto?

Moderated by B. Ruby Rich.

And featuring panelists: Megan Cunningham, CEO Magnet Media; Jim Sommers, VP Broadcast & Communications ITVS; Jackie Glover, VP Documentary Programming, HBO; Mark Taylor, President, New American Vision; Steve Beckman, Cinetic Media; Rahdi Taylor, Sundance Documentary Institute; Evan Messinger, former VP Business Development CNN.

Space is limited. Please RSVP HERE.

The Producers Institute for New Media Technologies connects independent producers and their socially relevant content to emerging models of storytelling and distribution. Through the Institute, documentary production teams from across the US and South America spend ten days at BAVC working with technologists, designers, and programmers to develop new models of participatory media. Mentors from leading technology companies, including Apple, Adobe, Google, MobiTV, Current TV, and others, work with teams to design and develop working prototypes, which are then presented to funding and review panels at the end of the Institute.

More info > www.bavc.org/producersinstitute.

Questions? Email wendy[at]bavc.org.