Watch + Listen Medias
Bay Area Girls Rock Camp
An intimate look at relationships and rock music in the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Part of The Factory's Summer 2013 Community Filmmaking Project.
Miles to Go
This video demonstrates the progress that still has to be made if America wants to consider itself a leader in gender equality. TRT: 3:36
Youth of Chinatown
"The Youth of Chinatown" is a film following the youth participants at the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco. Through the San Francisco Public Utility Commission the youth learn about relevant environmental issues such energy conservation and the drought in California. This summer they attended workshops and field trips and gave their knowledge back to the Chinatown community in hopes to encourage more people to be conscious about water, energy, and waste. Part of The Factory’s Summer 2014 Community Filmmaking Partnership.Screened:October 2014 - First Friday Shorts at The New Parkway, Oakland, CA
History in these Streets
A short documentary about the Black Panther Legacy tours of West Oakland and the sites of historical significance that the City of Oakland has chosen to ignore. 7 minutes.
Garden for the Future
During California’s severe drought there are different efforts for water conservation. Garden for the Environment is teaching people that water conscious gardening and awareness of urban agriculture can help preserve our water one drop at a time.Â
Momo
An observational documentary about two Tibetan refugees living in North India and their daily routine of making steamed dumplings to sell at a town market. For a delicious momo recipe and all things Tibetan visit, YoWangdu Tibetan and World Gift Shop http://www.yowangdu.com/tibet/tibetan-food-recipes/tibetan-dumplings.html
Pressure
An exploration in the daily stress of a teenage girl.
Guillermo Gomez-Pena at The Exploratorium
The Preservation department, at bavc.org, has started cleaning and digitizing the Exploratorium's video collection. http://www.exploratorium.edu/ This is 'La Poocha Nostra' Archival footage, from 1988. Guillermo Gomez-Pena is a bay area artist whose work in performance, video, installation, poetry, journalism, photography, cultural theory and radical pedagogy explores cross-cultural issues, immigration, the politics of language, the politics of the body, "extreme language" and new technologies. For BAVC Media Promo use Only
David Byrne at The Exploratorium 1991
The Preservation department, at bavc.org, has started cleaning and digitizing the Exploratorium's video collection. http://www.exploratorium.edu/Â David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician and artist. He is perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo projects on record, and worked in a variety of media, including film, photography, opera, and Internet-based projects. Â
Love Diamond by Miranda July
"Love Diamond" is the first full-length performance work by contemporary artist Miranda July. It was commissioned by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, and performed at The Kitchen in 2000. BAVC Media preserved and digitized the work. Written, directed, and performed by Miranda July http://mirandajuly.com Live score: Zac Love Painting: Jamie IsensteinFor BAVC Media Preservation Promo OnlyÂ
