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
Hope you all had a beautiful Indigenous Peoples Day! Co-founder @jalena.kl got to film the Randall’s Island Indigenous celebration and shared space with @officialpatriciaokoumou the fearless woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest children being held in cages at the border. Grateful for a life surrounded by our heroes.
It’s been a tough week and a tough year. We’re building Breaktide from the ground up and creating a world where #timesup for abusers in all institutions and industries. We are so honored to be creating media that reflects the world we want to live in. Tomorrow, we’re dropping a powerful national campaign to advocate for womxns health & empowerment. Stay tuned.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month! 💗 Thank you @bebrightpink for sharing @alexjbledsoe’s story about PCOS, her grandmother’s fight with ovarian cancer—and how she passed down more than just her love of sports 🙏🏽 ・・・ From @bebrightpink: "I fight for my health and #ListenUp to my body because I love life, just like she did. Because I want to spread warmth and empower people like she did. Because my health matters to my family--and the family I have yet to build--just like she meant the world to us." -- @alexjbledsoe shares how her grandmother's energy inspired her to listen to her body. 🔗 in bio. -- #ovariancancerawarenessmonth #ovariancancerawareness #ovaries #womenshealth
A special Labor Day reminder that this day was brought to you by the organized labor movement which also brought us the two-day weekend 🙏🏽 a testament to our collective power. Today and everyday we work for liberation from all forms of exploitation . “I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism” - Angela Davis . Art by the extremely talented @ashlukadraws
Wow. Last night was an extremely candid, passionate discussion with the amazing @goodby_silverstein team. We got to keep it 100% real alongside @tonl ’s incredible founders — @joshuakissi + @karenokonkwo, and discuss our mission to revolutionize media, how the world is trending toward authenticity and how public pressure changes the world. Many thanks to @goodby_silverstein and @crystalgurl1908 for an unforgettable conversation #CreatingWaves
Happy #femalefilmmakerfriday 🎉✊🏽 Thank you @kapzphotography for these gorgeous shots of co-founders @jalena.kl and @reaapuri in production for @standingabovetheclouds keeping Hawaii in our thoughts as Hurricane Lane touches down 💗
#tbt to Black Star Film Festival and the best Black August ever. @alexjbledsoe was fresh off producing a feature with a powerful collective of black filmmakers, and continuing the conversation about how we make space and time to create, own and distribute our work. Shoutout to @nijla1, @jheaneeeeeelle, Bradford Young, Terence Nance (watch @randomactshbo ASAP if you haven’t) and all the other creators who inspired us to be more imaginative and thoughtful about what we add to the world 🖤
Cinematographer @reaapuri setting up the shot! We are on location in Hawaii for our upcoming documentary @standingabovetheclouds ••• learn more about the project at the link in our bio 🎬❤️
I just wrapped up my first feature film as a producer (and soundie)! RESIDUE is a narrative film by Merawi Gerima, tackling the realities of race, class and gentrification in DC. And the experience was just as powerful as the story. At Breaktide, half of our mission is HOW we do the work. So I loved collaborating with Merawi, who created a radically creative and supportive environment for cast and crew. Editing time! 🖤 -Alex
We are appalled by this act of white supremacist terrorism. Check out our story for actions happening in the Bay today. #justicefornia
Check out the latest Breaktide project - Standing Above the Clouds, a story of inter-generational women activists who call themselves Aloha ʻĀina, or warriors of the land, who are fighting to protect their sacred mountain, Mauna A Wakea from the impending and controversial "world's largest telescope." The film explores the relationships between native Hawaiian mothers and daughters as they go from standing in ceremony on the mountain and in the courtroom. . Support our campaign, link in bio! This campaign will cover operating expenses of our all women of color production team as we travel to the Big Island of Hawaii next month! @standingabovetheclouds