Happy birthday to our Scorpio sister @alexjbledsoe who is not only our director-producer extraordinaire but also a multidisciplinary creator that always thinks with/out/side the boxes. A huge congratulations as you screen your work-in-progress documentary OAKLEAD today in Baltimore City at the (Anti)Blackness in the American Metropolis Symposium. We’re so excited for what the year ahead holds for you. It’s such an honor to be your partners in breaking tides and creating waves. Love, Reaa & Jalena
One of our original films, directed by co-founder @reaapuri, is playing at San Francisco IndieFest @sfindiefest 🎬 Catch it November 11, 9:15PM @drafthouse Alamo Cinema. Follow the link in bio to purchase tickets!
Co-Founders @jalena.kl and @reaapuri talk to @stellarcollective about starting @breaktide, portraying women of color as the powerful women everyone knows them to be, and their cinematic vision for progressive change. Read about it @ stellarcollective.com ✨🎬
Had to wait for the moon to come out to give our cosmically aligned Libra sister the birthday love she deserves! Happy birthday to @reaapuri who seamlessly blends her gentle, calming and supportive spirit with her powerful work ethic. She is the driving force behind our cinematography but she does it all — writes, produces, directs, edits, and still makes time for other people’s projects! We are so thankful to be your partners. Love Alex & Jalena
This #wcw is dedicated to @junstinson and women teaching women, sharing genuine advice and mentoring the people around them. Moments like this are the reason projects succeed. ••• Jun is an Emmy award-winning producer at @ajplus and the director of @futbolistas4lifefilm which was an official selection of @sffilm. ••• In this photo, we’re at Brown Girls Doc Mafia’s Santa Cruz retreat, and Jun is encouraging @alexjbledsoe to pursue funding for OAKLEAD. Much love to @cohearts for founding BGDM (and shoutout to phenom cinematographer @soraya_selene and multidisciplinary powerhouse @oneworldjournalist in the background!)
I’m crew, I’m talent. I get behind the camera, in front of the camera. I’m a writer, producer, director, organizer, model, strategist, singer, entrepreneur, advisor, designer—and that’s just this month. For every multidisciplinary creator whose work doesn’t fit in an IG bio. Never choose 🖤
I was born a storyteller. I grew up traveling with my mom to different schools, helping her tell stories about our people and culture. Stories about Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy, about how Lion Dance scares away the evil spirits, about the woman who was so sad she drank a potion and ended up in the moon. I relate a lot to Nadya. We are both young Asian American women, survivors of domestic violence, raised by hardworking, inspiring single moms who pushed us to be the best at whatever we wanted to do. I have passion, drive, and determination to tell stories and give characters agency in the filmmaking process to make up for the generations when we were relegated to being invisible or subservient. That’s why this project is so revolutionary. How rare and vital it us for us to get to tell our own story. . @jalena.kl artist statement for her new short PERIOD GIRL