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DREAMHOOD at the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival

8/3/2020

DREAMHOOD is an official selection at the 2020 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival. The festival will take place virtually between September 10th and September 18th.

Tickets available at this link: http://www.gcuff.org/schedule/

More info on GCUFF here: http://www.gcuff.org/

Breaking Bread - VR Documentary Screening

9/26/2019

Breaking Bread will be screened in a special VR event at the Galleries at CSU.

Friday, October 4th, 2019
12:00 - 2:00 PM
The Galleries at CSU
Cleveland State University
1307 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH

Breaking Bread is a virtual reality documentary exploring the multifaceted stories of refugee communities who have recently arrived in Cleveland.

Breaking Bread is supported by the SPACES Urgent Art Fund and by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

The screening is free and open to the public.

DREAMHOOD screening in Cleveland

9/26/2019

DREAMHOOD will be screened as part of the Crossing Over Symposium in Cleveland.

Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Drinko Auditorium
Music and Communication Building
Cleveland State University

The screening is free and open to the public.

DreamHood examines life in the International Village neighborhood in Cleveland, OH and captures the transformation of a community as a neighborhood is revitalized and a community continues to grow in terms of size and diversity.

DREAMHOOD premieres in Austria

8/30/2019

DREAMHOOD will be screened as part of the Suburbinale Film Festival.

The Austrian film festival SUBURBINALE takes place at the eastern outskirts of Vienna, where the suburbs connect to the national park “Lobau”.

The "SUBURBINALE" is the only filmfestival worldwide focusing on international film productions reflecting the challenges and chances of suburban life.
http://www.machbarschaft.at/suburbinale/

WCPN Story on Urgent Art Fund

5/1/2019

One of my recent projects, Breaking Bread is made possible by the Urgent Art Fund. This radio story focuses on this funding opportunity and the projects supported by it.

Click here to listen.

Sharing a traditional Burmese meal in Cleveland, OH.

Urgent Art Fund

3/12/2019

I am so excited to get to work on a new cinematic VR documentary, Breaking Bread. My project was selected for funding by the Urgent Art Fund.

Breaking Bread is a virtual reality documentary exploring the multifaceted stories of refugee communities who have recently arrived in Cleveland. The film will feature four vignettes, in which a traditional meal with different refugee families serves as the backdrop for discussions centered around food, family, community, and experiences before and after resettlement.

SPACES AWARDS 4 OUT OF 5 URGENT ART FUND GRANTS, SUPPORTED BY CUYAHOGA ARTS & CULTURE

Colorado Environmental Film Festival

1/24/2018

Fresh Start will be screened as part of the Colorado Environmental Film Festival in Golden, Colorado.
Download festival program here.

Africa World Documentary Film Festival

1/9/2018

Fresh Start is an official selection of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival, a traveling exhibition of films, promoting knowledge and culture of the people of Africa, in a Pan-African context. Multiple screenings are scheduled in the US, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean. Fresh Start will be screened in Saint Louis, MO; Stellenbosch, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

www.africaworldfilmfestival.com/

Agri Culture Film Festival

12/1/2017

Fresh Start will be screened in Rome on December 9th, 2017 as part of the Agri Culture Film Festival.

The Agri Culture Film Festival aims to raise awareness of the links between culture, agriculture, food production and biodiversity.

Screening info and program
www.agriculturefilm.eu/

Oculus Launch Pad

6/15/2017

I was selected to participate in the Oculus Launch Pad program this summer. Now in its second year, Oculus Launch Pad provides women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and people from other underrepresented backgrounds funding and resources to ensure diversity of thought in the VR ecosystem. This year, Launch Pad kicked off with a weekend boot camp at Facebook headquarters on June 10 and 11. I am developing a VR documentary series as part of this program.