Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West

ZOOM MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 6:30PM

Paid Members Only

We hope that you, your family and friends are safe during these troubled times. In order to contend with the mandatory closing of our regular meeting venue - Academy’s Mary Pickford Center - BADWest is holding a virtual Membership Meeting via Zoom on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 6:30PM for Paid Members only.

To participate in the meeting, please RSVP at by Thursday, May 28, 2020. RSVPs are mandatory, as video links and the Zoom link will only be forwarded to those paid members who are participating in the meeting.

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Manhattan Film Festival

BadWest congratulates our member Dannon Green. His documentary “The Executioners We All Had A Chance“ was selected to be screened at the Manhattan Film Festival - August 28, 2020.

Kanopy: Free to Stream Movies

Stream thousands of films for free, thanks to the generous support of your public library or university.

Fall 2020 Applications

The Logan Nonfiction Program is currently accepting applications from writers, documentary filmmakers, photojournalists, podcasters and multimedia reporters currently at work on a longform project for its Fall 2020 class of fellows.

August 15, 2020

The 5th Annual Haiti International Film Festival at the historic Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, Ca. The film festival is a day-long celebration of Haitian culture through films on August 15, 2020. The theme of the film festival this year is what does home mean for Haitians in the US or abroad?

Ava DuVernay and ARRAY Alliance Grants

Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Launches $250,000 Arts Fund for Organizations Focused on Women, Minorities. Grants of $10,000 have been given to independently owned film festivals and screening series that are dedicated to showcasing diverse stories and storytellers.

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About Us

working in documentary films

Mission

A professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media.

Membership

Presentations conducted by industry professionals in the areas of film production, marketing, financing distribution, and more.

Submit Film

We are glad to accept your film for our screening committee to review. We have a number of exhibitions throughout the year.

13th Annual Screening Event

ALI’S COMEBACK: THE UNTOLD STORY

An unusual group of people came together in the most unlikely location to end Muhammad Ali’s exile from boxing.

BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES

The history of Blue Note Records goes beyond the landmark recordings, encompassing the pursuit of musical freedom, the conflict between art and commerce and the idea of music.

HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined and finally embraced black culture, Horror Noire traces a secret history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.

BIG CITY BLUES

MAYNARD

SAMMY DAVIS JR: I’VE GOTTA ME

EVIDENCE OF THE EVIDENCE

Whose Streets?

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

By Blood

Bulldogging

HAITI IS A NATION OF ARTISTS

Agents of Change

Alice Walker Beauty in Truth

Soul on Ice: Past, Present & Future

WHEN JUSTICE ISNT JUST

Dancing Like Home

BOUND: AFRICANS VS AFRICAN-AMERICANS

BaddDDD: Sonia Sanchez

Be Known

God Loves Uganda

The Black Line Part 3

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp

The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West is a project of Fulcrum Arts' Emerge fiscal sponsorship program.

Website, www.fulcrumarts.org

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This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.

Learn more at , www.arts.ca.gov

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4th Monday Free Screening

Mayme Clayton Library and Museum in association with the BADWest St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Documentary Series

4130 Overland Avenue Culver City, CA 90230

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The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers – West

14431 Ventura Blvd PMB #115 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

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Membership Meeting

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Mary Pickford Center
1st Floor Conference Room

1313 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028

ZOOM MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 6:30PM

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Resources

industry news

Manhattan Film Festival

Kanopy: Free to Stream Movies

4th Monday Free Screenings

Previous Free Screenings

Donate to BADWest

About Us

working in documentary films

Mission

Membership

Submit Film

Day of Black Docs

13th Annual Screening Event

ALI’S COMEBACK: THE UNTOLD STORY

BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES

HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

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