by Frances Phillips | Jan 16, 2015 | 2012, Media Arts, News
On January 14, 2015, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation of Atlanta, is screening Green Streets, a work-in-progress film that follows the story of 29-year-old entrepreneur Tyrone Mullins and his friends as they develop a business enterprise that manages recycling...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 21, 2014 | 2012, Media Arts
Collaborating with animated filmmaker Dionisio Ceballos, Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center (specifically visual artist Marie-Astrid Do-Rodriguez, youth taking courses at the center, and musician/writer Eugene Rodriguez) have released the seven-minute animated film...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 19, 2014 | 2012, Media Arts, News
To Be Takei, a documentary film about Star Trek helmsman and marriage rights activist George Takei, is premiering across the United States and parts of Canada on Friday, August 22, 2014 in theaters, VOD, and on iTunes. For a full schedule of screenings, visit...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 30, 2014 | 2009, Media Arts, News
On Friday, June 27, at 7 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is hosting the conversation “Standing in Their Truth: a presentation/conversation with Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, and Rhodessa Jones,” moderated by Patricia Maloney of Art...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 20, 2014 | 2012, Media Arts, News
Filmmaker Jennifer Kroot’s collaboration with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose has led to creation of To Be Takai, a documentary about actor and activist George Takai, who is known to many fans as the Star Trek helmsman. Kroot’s film explores...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 2, 2014 | 2012, Media Arts, News
Filmmaker Sophie Constantinou of Citizen Film, who is collaborating with Urban Strategies, Inc. to create Green Streets: Turning Trash into Cash in an Inner American City announces two work-in-progress screenings of the film at the Western Addition branch of the San...