August First Friday Shorts with Bay Area Youth Media Network

Friday August 1, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St
Oakland

FREE!

On Friday August, 1, 2014, from 6-8pm, BAYMN partners with First Friday Shorts at The New Parkway in Oakland for an event by, for, and about youth media makers where the audience isn’t just an audience; they are also contributors and creators. This one-of-a-kind evening will include a funny costume photo booth, an opportunity to contribute to a large-scale transmedia art project investigating, “Where do you belong?”, and showcase films whose central theme is belonging. This is all leading up to BAYMN FEST 2014, which is October 17 and 18 at the San Francisco Main Library.   

The Bay Area Youth Media Network taps into the richness of our collective resources and our experiences as educators and artists to amplify opportunities for conscious youth media creation and exhibition. BAYMN FEST is a two-day interactive showcase of media produced by emerging media makers ages 12-24. It is the celebration of the power of media to engage communities, amplify voices, and transform narratives. BAYMN’s Steering Committee includes representatives from BAVC, CA Academy of Sciences, KQED, San Francisco Film Society, San Francisco Public Library, TILT, Youth UpRising, and 14 Black Poppies. 

June First Friday Shorts with Youth Radio

Friday June 6, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St
Oakland

FREE!

Youth Radio is an award-winning media production company that trains diverse young people in digital media and technology.  Founded in Berkeley, CA in 1992, during a period of heightened youth violence and homicide, Youth Radio was established as an outlet for Bay Area youth to process their experiences and provide an alternative perspective to the prevailing media dialogue.  In 2007, Youth Radio moved its headquarters to downtown Oakland, helping transform an under-invested part of the city into a world-class center of art, commerce, and culture: youthradio.org

May 2014 First Friday Shorts with Queer Rebels!  

"Exploding Lineage II: Afro-Asian Visions"
Queer experimental films



Friday May 2, 2014 
6-8pm 
The New Parkway 
474 24th St, Oakland 
Free!  

“Afro-Asian Visions links past with present and the future imaginary,” says Queer Rebels co-founder Celeste Chan. Queer Rebels co-founder KB Boyce adds: “We curate queer of color art that embraces the margins.” Afro-Asian Visions traverses the Civil Rights era to Transatlantic memories; Japanese anarchists to K-pop dreamscapes; and genderqueer fantasia to sexperimental video. “From jazz to punk to poetry, people of color have roots in experimentation,” says Boyce. “We have always been creating out of necessity.” Chansays, “Paying homage to innovative people of color, these films question – what histories do we inherit, and what do we need to create?”

 

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Queer Rebels co-founders KB Boyce and Celeste Chan.  Come support queer experimental films!

Queer Rebels was founded in 2008 by artists K.B. Boyce and Celeste Chan to connect generations, honor our histories with art for the future, and highlight radical, experimental, and intergenerational art by queer and trans people of color: www.queerrebels.com

April 2014 - First Friday Shorts!

Media Enterprise Alliance - Oakland high school filmmaker showcase!

Friday April 4, 2014
6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
Free!  

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers.  Come support local youth filmmakers!

Films include short profiles of Oakland businesses, community organizations, and non-profits, as well as longer reports on local stories -- all developed and produced by Oakland high school students!

Media Enterprise Alliance at KDOL-TV provides inner-city high school students in the Oakland Unified School District the opportunity to acquire artistic and technical skills that give them a voice to make social change within their community.  For more information contact Jeff Key at meaoakland.org or Jake Schoneker at musevideo.net

March 2014 - First Friday Shorts!

Local Filmmaker Showcase, part of the Ninth San Francisco International Women's Film Festival!
Friday March 7, 2014
6-8pm, The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
Followed by Q&A with filmmakers!
FREE!

The Ninth annual San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival (SFIWFF) returns this March with a compelling lineup of short films crafted by local San Francisco Bay Area female filmmakers. Join us and discover local filmmaker talent and learn something new about your Bay Area community. Filmmakers in attendance for Q&A. More info: http://www.sfiwff.com/

 

February 2014 First Friday Shorts!

Creative Growth Art Center
Friday February 7, 2014, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
FREE!

In February, First Friday Shorts is excited to partner with Creative Growth Art Center, 

who will showcase some terrific short films, all created on site during the Oakland Center’s video production class.  Spanning over five years of media projects, the showcase includes the premiere of new works and will be followed by a question and answer with the artists!

 

Creative Growth Art Center serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a professional studio environment for artistic development, gallery exhibition and representation and a social atmosphere among peers.  The video production workshop includes cell animation, motion graphic animation, puppet video, and live action multimedia projects.

Detail from a music video for the song 'Salt' by the band WOOM (artist, Merritt Wallace)

January 2014 First Friday Shorts

Camp Reel Stories: A Media Camp for Girls
Friday January 3, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
Free!

First Friday Shorts starts the new year with a showcase of short films from Camp Reel Stories first summer camp, screening films made from script to final edit by young women aged 13-18.

Camp Reel Stories believes that when women are better represented behind the scenes in the media, they are better reflected on the screen. Camp Reel Stories is a summer and after school program designed to give 13-18 year old women the skills to empower them to create their own media, to view current media critically and thoughtfully, and to aspire to leadership in their field. Taught by leaders in the media industry, this one-week camp gives them the opportunity to make and broadcast their own short films: campreelstories.com 

Some of the filmmakers will be present for a Q&A so come support Camp Reel Stories and bring aspiring young filmmakers with you!