Defend the sacred. . On this harvest moon festival Friday the 13th full moon we ask you - How do you stand for what is sacred? How do you honor, care-for, and replenish yourself as a sacred being? . It’s been my honor to film @standingabovetheclouds for the past few years and to be so close to releasing a film that honors the sacred lineage of mana wahine or warrior women. The mana wahine have taught me that being a warrior, being a protector, standing for what is sacred is as much about forgiving, nourishing, and honoring yourself and your community as it is about facing off against law enforcement. Take some time to look at the moon tonight and honor yourself and those that lift you up. . - Jalena, co-founder of Breaktide Productions
Congratualtions to our co-founder @reaapuri for being awarded a visiting residency at San Francisco Filmhouse! Reaa is a part of an initiative to champion female filmmakers through financial, creative, and career support. Thank you @sffilm for opening your doors to us! Reaa is currently in development for her first feature documentary and heads-down in the grant writing process. It’s been a grueling few months of ups and downs, but we’re so excited for what’s ahead!
We are so thrilled to announce that @Breaktide is a YBCA 100 honoree. This list recognizes the artists, activists, and leaders who are using their creative and political power to ensure the well-being of individuals, communities, cities, and our planet. When the three of us sat down together in August 2017, we understood that the film and media industry in its current form was never built for voices like ours to be centered and to be fully realized in all of our iterations. We were certain that we could build something better, something that we were proud of and could find joy in. Not just for us, but for so many more in our communities who need this. As we complete our second year around the sun, this honor is such a meaningful reminder that our efforts to build toward a new world are being seen and being felt. We have so much more work to do and so many folks to bring up with us — but we just wanted to pause and say: thank you for believing in us as we realize this dream.
Ms. Morrison, You have always had the words to remind us of our power in a world that systematically devalues us. You mean so much to so many people, especially to BIWOC artists like us who stand on your shoulders and that of our ancestors of color. The fights you fought and the words you wrote — it has quite literally made it possible for spaces like Breaktide to exist. Rest in power 🖤
A throwback Thursday to this fantastic panel on the responsibility of representation in media at @the.wing SF! A special thank you to @andrea.x.campos for bringing us together. Moderated by our very own @reaapuri with these boss panelists @angiruk from @changedotorg and @crystalgurl1908 from @goodby_silverstein It brings us so much joy at Breaktide to be invited to have these crucial conversations with our community around how we can continue to center underrepresented folks in media and decolonize the film industry. The work continues...🖤
New York! @jalena.kl‘s PERIOD GIRL featuring @nadyaokamoto is playing this Wednesday, 6PM at Asian American International Film Festival. See you there? DM us for a link to purchase tickets ❤️
That’s a wrap on another great Breaktide production! We’re so excited for this collaboration with @studiopathways and @crtandthebrain ❤️ Thankful for our beautiful crew and the opportunity to work with and grow our Bay Area film family.
Aaand that’s a wrap on 5 shoots in 5 cities! Thank you to our amazing crews in DC, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, and Baton Rouge 💥 special shoutout to @britfry our wonderful production coordinator for bringing all these beautiful people together across numerous time zones and state lines. Congrats to @jalena.kl for representing Breaktide so well and bringing new crew into the Breaktide family across the country.
The deadline for Represent Film Festival has been extended to July 21st! Jalena is representing Breaktide as a judge of the film festival, which is dedicated to highlighting poc voices around the theme • shifting the narrative • apply apply apply
This time last year, Alex, repping Breaktide, was selected as one of six media entrepreneurs for the inaugural Maynard 200 cohort--a joint initiative between Maynard Institute, Google, and USC to train 200 journalists and diversify the media landscape. Congratulations to the second cohort beginning their journey now! . @google @uscannenberg #Maynard200
We found our light ✨ and refreshed our imagination. . As the brilliant @adriennemareebrown writes- Imagination is one of the spoils of colonization, which in many ways is claiming who gets to imagine the future for a given geography. Losing our imagination is a symptom of trauma. Reclaiming the right to dream the future, strengthening the muscle to imagine together, is a revolutionary decolonizing activity
It’s official! @jalena.kl short documentary @standingabovetheclouds is a recipient of @picpacific Digital Short Fund 🌋 Thank you PIC for believing in stories told by women, highlighting the leadership of native Hawaiian women. Eo! Art by the amazing @ashlukadraws
Earlier this month, co-founder @reaapuri premiered the @theescapistswebseries Pilot episode that she co-directed alongside creator @rujutherebelsheep at the #ArtistTelevisionAccess to a full house. The series follows three brown girls who chase their dreams, and disappoint their families in the process. It’s a story about becoming & belonging in the age of borders and visas. It’s a story about daring to dream and giving yourself permission to get out of your own way. This year-long project has been a labor of love, and with your support they’ll be able to produce a fully funded first season. Watch the episode on their YouTube page and show them some love! Link In Bio
Today is the last day of #caamfest37 and we wanted to express our gratitude to the largest Asian American Film Festival in the US. It was a perfect place to premier @jalena.kl short film PERIOD GIRL that follows @nadyaokamoto a badass period activist. It was so powerful getting to see a Breaktide Production on the big screen and we’re looking forward to a summer and fall full of more Breaktide screenings 🎬
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the powerful mothers raising powerful children. We are all so grateful to our moms for raising us to be who we are today. And a special thank you to the mothers who let us into their lives for hours, days, weeks and sometimes years to document their stories. Pictured here: mothers and daughters from @standingabovetheclouds a short documentary about the mother, daughter, grandmother relationships fueling the Ku Kia’i Mauna movement on the Big Island of Hawaii and around the world.
#Throwback to our live #KPFA interview with Women’s Magazine. If @breaktide were to do a radio show or podcast, what would you want to hear about?
Happy birthday, J ❤️ Thank you for being 1/3 of what brings this Breaktide dream team to life. Your bright energy, commitment to justice, and love for all things purple are just a few of the many things we admire about you. Thank you for everything you do to grow Breaktide and each of us individually with encouragement and a listening ear. In love, solidarity, and breaking tides — A&R
This #WCW we’re shouting out co-founder @reaapuri for co-directing and DP’ing @theescapistswebseries 📣 It’s a show about three best friends who chase their dreams and disappoint their families in the process. The creative team sees this series as a way for immigrant women to stop waiting for permission. “It’s time we boldly give ourselves permission to embrace our dreams, whatever those may be,” says writer-creator Saprina @rujutherebelsheep ⚡️ Their premiere sold out in less than 12 hours, which is HUGE! So on May 1st, they’re dropping the pilot on YouTube, and thousands are expected to watch. You tuning in for these brown girls? Head over to their link in bio & subscribe to their youtube page! ✊🏾❤️
#Behindthescenes co-founder @alexjbledsoe is out in Milwaukee, WI producing, directing and shooting the upcoming documentary, Heart Race @theheartrace
This #Femalefilmmakerfriday goes out to our brilliant co-founder @Jalena.kl Jalena just premiered a work in progress cut of her latest film, STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS 🌋 a story of native Hawaiian mothers and daughters standing for their sacred mountain, Mauna A Wakea. . Featuring @puacase @hawanemusic @kapuleifloress @leina_alawho @mehanaokala @ft.ulaula . Produced by @ambiespino • Consulting producer @seanmweiner • Additional photography @reaapuri • Assistant Editor @guccidavy