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St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Community Screening presents "FERGUSON RISES" directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu on Monday, September 26, 2022 @ 7pm PST

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Join us for our October 6, 2022 presentation: "Impact Producing".&n...

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Before the explosive global uprising condemning the murder of George Floyd, there was a small tow...

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The BADWest 2022/23 season begins. Join us for our September 8, 2022 p...

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Happy Summer 2022! The 2022/23 BADWest season is coming up soon. Below is a look ahead at the Mon...

R. Dianne Bartlow, BADWest Member Passes Away

BADWest sends prayers and condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of former BADWest member, R. Dianne Bartlow. R. Dianne Bartlow was a Professor at California State University, Northridge. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego (2000) in Communication with an emphasis on critical cultural/media studies, gender, race, and discourse, cognition and human interaction. Her research focused on representations of African-American women in popular music, culture, and film, 19th century Black Feminism, pedagogy and diversity, mothering and violence against women. Bartlow has also worked extensively in television production and is a multiple Emmy Award-winning director/writer/producer. She taught courses on Women and Violence, Men and Masculinity, and Women and Entertainment as well as general GWS classes including online classes. May she in Rest in all her glorious Power. Her Celebration of Life ceremony is September 25, 2022 at 10am.

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Black Public Media's Annual Open Call - Deadline Sept. 26, 2022

This year we will support projects in two key ways: (1) production funding and (2) 360 Incubator+, a workshop opportunity with peers in the field. We are calling for broadcast-length documentary (1-2 hours) and short (30 mins or less) nonfiction or scripted projects that are currently in pre-production, production, or post-production and intended for public media distribution. We accept proposals for pilot episodes of a broadcast-length or shorts limited series. The limited series must be 3 to 5 episodes.

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Dj name Gregory Scott Williams, Jr.
Dj description Gregory directed and produced several short films. He is currently in production on his first feature documentary, Miki, an intimate portrait of legendary R&B singer Miki Howard.
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Dj name Amber Espinosa-Jones
Dj description Amber also serves as Senior Manager of Artist and Audience Impact at Sundance Institute where she oversees strategy, granting, and community partnerships.
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Dj name Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
Dj description Olambiwonnu is the recipient of the prestigious Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Directors Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award.
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Day of Black Docs Trailers


THE 13TH AMENDMENT

640 Views

STAND

581 Views

Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth

979 Views

MUSIC BY PRUDENCE

1058 Views

BADDDDD: SONIA SANCHEZ

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100 Years From Mississippi

10894 Views

SAMMY DAVIS JR: I’VE GOTTA ME

1281 Views

THUNDER SOUL

986 Views

BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES

1255 Views

Haiti Is A Nation of Artists

1042 Views

15th Annual Day of Black Docs
Filmmaker Q&A


Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, director/producer, had grown up hearing stories of John Hartfield but didn’t know if his mother’s stories were fact or folklore until one day in 2015.

US/60min

Two families become ardent activists in the maternal health space, seeking justice through legislation, medical accountability, community, and the power of art.

US/89min

A tribute to filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. As heirs, they talk about how this film opened the way for them and proved that outside of Hollywood, there is salvation.

FR/52min

In this documentary, the director Scott Calonico brings to life a time when the actress Eartha Kitt was retaliated against by President Lyndon B. Johnson—but persisted in spite of it.

US/12min

New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove monuments is halted by death threats, CJ sets out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America.

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   Screening Portfolio


"Ferguson Rises" 4th Monday Community Screening September 26, 2022

"Spirits of Rebellion" 4th Monday Community Screening June 27, 2022

Mississippi River Road (Episode 2) 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening February 28, 2022

Project Chick 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening February 28, 2022

ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening March 28, 2022

(T) ERROR 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening February 28, 2022

IN FULL BLOOM...Transcending Gender" St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening 1.24.22 @7PM PST

APOLOGETIC 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening November 22, 2021

THE KILLING OF THE FIFTH ELEMENT St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening 10.25.21 @7PM PST

MAMA GLORIA 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening September 27, 2021

Culture Clash 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening June 28, 2021

Skip Day 4th Monday Free Screening March 25, 2019

RABBIT HUNT 4th Monday Free Screening March 25, 2019

THE SEND OFF 4th Monday Free Screening March 25, 2019

WHILE I YET LIVE 4th Monday Free Screening March 25, 2019

ALONE 4th Monday Free Screening March 25, 2019

Black History Month - 4th Monday Free Screening February 25, 2019

Allensworth 4th Monday Free Screening January 28, 2019

You A Nomad - 4th Monday Free Screening January 28, 2019

UPROOTED - 4th Monday Free Screening January 28, 2019

"Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story" 4th Monday Free Screening November 26, 2018

1804: The Hidden History of Haiti - 4th Monday Free Screening October 22, 2018

Raising Bertie - 4th Monday Free Screening September 24, 2018

Six Exceptional Women - 4th Monday Free Screening June 25, 2018

Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream - BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening April 23, 2018

PacoimaStories: Land of Dreams - BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening March 26, 2018

Liberty in a Soup - 4th Monday Free Screening January 29, 2018

L.A. REBELLION - BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening November 27, 2017

Olympic Pride, American Justice - BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening October 23, 2017

"Let Them Eat Cake" BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening September 25, 2017

"Party Girls" - BADWest 4th Monday Free Screening June 26, 2017

"Deeper Than Black" 4th Monday Documentary April 24, 2017 @ 7 PM

"Side by Side" - 4th Monday Screening - April 24, 2017 @ 7 PM

Guangzhou Dream Factory - 4th Monday Screening - March 27, 2017 @ 7 PM

Amen - The Life and Music of Jester Hairston - 4th Monday Screening - February 27, 2017 @ 7 PM

Imagining Mina - 4th Monday Screening - January 23, 2017 @ 7 PM

The Kusini Concept - 4th Monday Screening - November 28, 2016 @ 7 PM

The Central Park Five - 4th Monday Screening - October 24, 2016 @ 7 PM

In A Perfect World - 4th Monday Screening - September 26, 2016 @ 7 PM

What of the Day: The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Story - 4th Monday Screening - April 25, 2016 @ 7 PM

Tales of the Grim Sleeper - 4th Monday Screening - March 28, 2016 @ 7 PM

"Red, White, Black & Blue" 4th Monday Free Screening - February 29, 2016

Yurumein Homeland: Caribs of St. Vincent - 4th Monday Free Screening - November 23, 2015

When Justice Isn't Just - 4th Monday Free Screening - January 25, 2016

You Belong To Me: Sex, Race and Murder - 4th Monday Free Screening - October 26, 2015

I Build the Tower - 4th Monday Free Screening - September 28, 2015

In Full Bloom - transcending gender - 4th Monday Free Screening - June 22, 2015

AFRAID OF DARK: 4th Monday Free Screening, April 27, 2015

City of Gold - 4th Monday Free Screening - March 30, 2015

The Men of Montford Point Camp - 4th Monday Free Screening - February 23, 2015

Haunted Jamaica - 4th Monday Free Screening - January 26, 2015

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners 4th Monday Free Screening November 24, 2014

Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake - 4th Monday Free Screening - September 22, 2014

Contract - 4th Monday Free Screening June 23, 2014

My Thiero Boys 4th Monday Free Screening April 28, 2014

The Black Line - 8th Annual Day of Black Docs 2014

Be Known - 8th Annual Day of Black Docs 2014

Right On! 1970 4th Monday Free Screening March 24, 2014

Venus & Serena Williams - 4th Monday Free Screening October 28, 2013

Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win - 4th Monday Free Screenings September 23, 2013

Voices of Love: Whitney Houston and Her Family - 7th Annual Day of Black Docs 2013

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp - 7th Annual Day of Black Docs 2013

MUGABE: VILLAIN OR HERO - 7th Annual Day of Black Docs 2013

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A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE

Coming soon events

Scheduled Presenters

Day of Black Docs Trailers

15th Annual Day of Black Docs Filmmaker Q&A

Screening Portfolio

Event Calendar

Featured events

Recent St. Clair Bourne’s 4th Monday Free Screening Trailers

JOYCE LEE

BADWest Officer

TIFFANY JUDKINS

BADWest Officer

JOYCE GUY

BADWest Officer

Our contacts

Write Us:

Membership Meeting:

Documentary Community

INTERIM ADDRESS - Until further notice, all meetings are on Zoom

Donations to The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West are tax deductible to the full extent of the law under Federal ID 95-2540759.

CONTACT

15th Annual Day of Black Docs
Filmmaker Q&A

Recent
St. Clair Bourne’s
4th Monday Free Screening Trailers