UNNATURAL CAUSES airs on KQED this Thursday
A four-hour documentary series exploring our socio-economic and racial inequities in health. Airing four consecutive Thursdays at 10:00pm, March 27 to April 17, 2008.
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LITTLE MANILA on PBS May 2008
LITTLE MANILA: Filipinos in California’s Heartland tells the immigrant story as Filipinos experienced it.
SIKHS IN AMERICA on PBS in May 2008
SIKHS IN AMERICA is a half hour documentary profiling the Sikh community in the United States. The program takes an in-depth look inside the Sikh community with its religious and cultural practices, social and family traditions, and economic and work life.
WHATEVER IT TAKES: We Are a Family
Everyone tells you that you can’t make a film by yourself. So true. But while it’s absolutely crucial to have a wonderful camera crew and editing team, it also really helps to have an awesome film organization (or two) backing you up. For this project, we have had amazing support from CAAM, and I want to spend some time bragging about them… (FYI, CAAM did not put me up to this; this is completely my own doing.)
WHATEVER IT TAKES: The Man and the Mission
For those of you who have been keeping track of this blog about my film “Whatever It Takes”, let me first apologize for being a bad, bad blogger these past four weeks. I do have a decent excuse, though, because I was incredibly busy planning some fundraising events in three different cities. As someone who has never done this before, let’s just say that it was (and continues to be) a mighty difficult undertaking.
AMONG B-BOYS: Building Community
With documentary or even anthropological research, sometimes you hear about being an “objective”, fly on the wall… or I guess it also reaches into…
IFP Independent Film Labs: Call for Entries
Open to first time feature directors in the later stage of narrative and documentary post-production, the Labs identify high quality, independent features that can benefit from the support and expertise of experienced film professionals. Led by seasoned independent producers, the Labs help independent filmmakers achieve the full potential of their material prior by providing feedback and advice.
AMONG B-BOYS: Return of the B-Boy Episode III
B-Boy Sukie gets a follow up interview It seems that the beginnings of my filmmaking/multimedia production career are thus based on gut feelings. And…
AMONG B-BOYS: Bringin' in the New Year part 1
At Among B-Boys 2, April 2007. Let’s hope this New Year jam is this good… 12/28/2007, Part 1 – 99 Problems but a Shoot…
WHATEVER IT TAKES: Breaking Stereotypes
Started editing today on our Final Cut Pro system. Definitely feels good to finally be at this stage, when all the footage gradually morphs into comprehensive scenes. I’m looking forward to developing our main characters into the fullest and most meaningful realization of who they truly are.
WHATEVER IT TAKES: Shaking dat money tree
I used to think that the hardest part of producing a documentary was the shooting and editing. Now I know better. Raising money is far more difficult… Why? Because ultimately, one has absolutely no control over how the funding decisions are made.
WHATEVER IT TAKES: Finding the Story
Shooting 140 hours of footage is one thing. Logging, organizing, capturing, and digitizing it is quite another… We are now just over halfway done with the review, and it’s obvious that the discussions we are having now will save us a tremendous amount of time and effort later.