Happy Summer 2022! The 2022/23 BADWest season is coming up soon. Below is a look ahead at the Monthly Meeting schedule, along with the 2022 films to be screened during our St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Community Screening series.
We look forward to another incredible year of good programming, networking, screenings and special events. We hope to see you at BADWest events.
Let's continue to support Black filmmakers to tell our stories.
The BADWest monthly meetings are held the first Thursday of each month via Zoom.
September 8, 2022
The Art of Documentary Filmmaking
Gregory Scott Williams, Director/Producer
PLEASE NOTE: The September monthly meeting is being held the second week of the month only due to the Labor Day holiday weekend.
October 6, 2022
Impact Producing
TBA
November 3, 2022
The Film Festival Experience
Cricket Rumley, Film Festival Department, New York Film Academy
December 1, 2022
Show 10/Talk 10
January 5, 2023
Spotlight Filmmaker
TBA
February 2, 2023
Black Public Media
March 2, 2023
Case Study
Frank Dawson, Director, Agents of Change
April 6, 2023
Working with a Grant Writer
TBA
May 4, 2023
I Need Help!
June 1, 2023
The Docu-Series
TBA
The St. Clair Bourne 4th Monday Free Documentary Screening series is our community outreach program named after the BADWest founder. It is a monthly gathering for arts enthusiasts and artists actively working in film, television and theater to stimulate discussion on culture, political principles, and creative techniques via Zoom.
September 26, 2022
FERGUSON RISING – Ferguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.
Director, Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
October 24, 2022
WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE - Through the experiences of South Carolina Politician Bakari Sellers, WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE explores what it means to be young, Black, and Democrat in the American South.
Director, Emily L. Harrold
November 28, 2022
TBD
December 2022
No film due to the holiday season.
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The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West is a project of Fulcrum Arts' Emerge fiscal sponsorship program. www.fulcrumarts.org
The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West (BAD West) is a professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media the opportunity to network professionally, share resources, exchange ideas and meet socially in order to enhance the development, production, promotion and exhibition of documentaries. The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West also advocates the recognition and professional advancement of Black documentary filmmakers.