Our girl @jalena.kl has been in NY on a @jbfc_pville fellowship working on a doc with @nadyaokamoto @nadyatalks the past few months. It was so great to have her back in the Bay with us this week. We took breaks between day-long strategy meetings and reconnected on why we started @breaktide. We’re so thankful for this space that has allowed us to blossom together and individually. 🌹❤️
Reposting this image from @undocumedia We are at a loss of words to express the cruelty of separating parents from their children. For centuries, colonizers have separated families in an intentional attempt to weaken our communities and cause multigenerational terror. This government is proving itself time and again to be closer to tyranny than democracy. Please keep us in the loop on your organizing efforts and consider donating to the link in bio. Every dollar helps.
Cofounders @jalena.kl and @reaapuri were out at the @ucberkeley campus today! We had so much fun speaking at professor Mira Kopells class about why we started Breaktide Productions and sharing resources with emerging filmmakers! Next week we’ll be at @campreelstories doing the same with an even younger group. Tap us at info@breaktide.co for speaking opportunities at your next event!
@jalena.kl geeking out as she introduces herself via Skype to legendary doc filmmaker @anothergracelee who was talking to @nextdocfilm fellows about forming the @aadocnetwork which has united and organized Asian American documentary filmmakers.
Congratulations to our own @alexjbledsoe! ・・・ Mood! Today marks 1 year since I left Apple (and corporate life altogether) & transitioned to full-time art and working for myself. You have no idea how many people tried to talk me out of that. (Or the things people have tried to pull over on me since then!) I’m loving every minute of seeing the sun rise and set from my own windows, paying my bills with work that I love, daytime brainstorms with other entrepreneurs who pour into me when I’m drained (@afrodjiak & @belaurie & @leslielissaint), working from any city and fixing bad days with @redbaycoffee. Most importantly it has freed me to work on issues in my community and reconnect with real life. I’ve learned so many lessons in the past 365 days that I’m excited to share now that I got my sea legs, but I promise not to become an IG self-help guru 😆 P.S. What are the odds that today is also my half birthday?
We are so thrilled to partner with @culturestrike to produce a short doc on local artists from Napa coming together to mobilize the community around environmental justice. The project will soon be viewable on @culturestrike’s social media platforms! In the mean time here’s some behind the scenes from our weekend on location...where co founder @reaapuri was director & DP, and @mariomcgeeart did an amazing job Operating 2nd Cam & Sound! Also a big thank you to @xulioxyz @wagonways @chalkriot @350org ✊🏽🎬
📣📣Bay Area Casting + Crew Call📣📣 from @breaktide cofounder @reaapuri - Two of my narrative projects are going into production in May! Email me at reaapuri@gmail.com with your headshot if you’re interested to audition...Or if you would like to get on crew! “Let’s Connect Or Whatever follows Jazzi through her hustles and heartbreaks in a world where her connections are increasingly formed through digitized spaces.” I’m looking for a dope Jazzi to tell this story, woc preferred, as well as a range of dudes (20-45), and a woman (40 or older). Also collabing with the amazing Saprina @rujutherebelsheep and casting multiple roles for the pilot of a webseries “The Escapists,” - Which follows three girlfriends in their last year of grad school, who must resist the pressures of their conservative family members to discover their true selves. Don’t sleep on us yall!! Lot’s of pre production has been going into this and we’re committed to making something real and impactful... 🎬⚡️💓
Happy #femalefilmmakerfriday and here’s a note from @breaktide co-founder @reaapuri : When I stepped onto my first film set in 2013 (Mary Kom), I felt an inexplicably powerful fire at the center of my chest. That’s the moment I decided this is what I was going to do with my life. That’s when I started working towards this day and night and promised myself to get a little better every single day. When you find something that lights that fire in you, you have to put everything aside and chase that fire and trust that it WILL work because you refuse to accept anything less. And something I learned recently is to really embrace the moments when things don’t seem to be working at all. Because that’s when the higher force is actually working its magic... Today I am so thankful to the universe and to the people who continue to support me through all the good and all the growth. Onwards & upwards. ✨⚡️🎬
Happy #femalefilmmakerfriday from the @breaktide crew. We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who continues to support us as we work day and night to make this dream of ours a reality! We have 3 projects due for completion this June and we can't wait to share them with you. Stay tuned...🎬⚡️
#tfw @nadyatalks episode 1 is dropping tomorrow!! @nadyatalks with badass womxn about hustling, self-care, and breaking boundaries 💪🏼 produced by Breaktide co-founder @jalena.kl
Marielle Franco was a black, woman, feminist, gay, mother, favelada, socialist city councilwoman dedicated to human rights. She was murdered with ammunition linked to the Federal Police — one day after speaking out against police brutality. She was murdered after an event on black women's empowerment. I always say my heart is in Rio, and this week it’s broken. I lived in Rio and attended her alma mater when police “pacification” raids increased exponentially and brought fear and uncertainty to the area where I worked. Marielle, thank you for living your life so fully, being a sociologist and a funk dancer, a favelada orgulhosa and a councilwoman. Thank you for telling the truth, protecting and empowering your people. You are here with us, you are not forgotten, and we continue the struggle in your name. Rest in power, irmã. ⁃Alex Marielle Franco era uma mulher negra, feminista, gay, mãe, favelada, e vereadora socialista dedicada aos direitos humanos. Ela foi assassinada com munição ligada à Polícia Federal, um dia depois de falar contra a polícia. Ela foi assassinada após um evento sobre o empoderamento das mulheres negras. Eu sempre digo que meu coração está no Rio, e esta semana está quebrada. Eu morava no Rio e atendei a sua alma mater quando a”pacificação" da polícia aumentaram e trouxe medo e incerteza na área onde trabalhava. Marielle, obrigada por viver sua vida tão completamente, sendo socióloga e dançarina de funk, favelada orgulhosa e vereadora. Obrigada por dizer a verdade, protegendo e fortalecendo o seu povo. Você está aqui conosco, você não está esquecida e continuamos a luta em seu nome. Descanse no poder, irmã. Photo Credits: Mídia Ninja, Renan Olaz (Câmara do Rio), AFP, Leo Correo (AP)
Happy International Women’s Day! Shoutout to Breaktide Co-founder @jalena.kl and her phenomenal documentary subject @nadyaokamoto. Jalena is a @jbfc_pville fellow shooting and directing a short documentary about Nadya Okamoto - founder of @periodmovement, menstural equity activist, and Harvard student!
Congratulations to Breaktide co-founder @alexjbledsoe for kicking off week 1 shooting OAKLEAD, a documentary exploring Oakland’s ongoing lead-poisoning crisis. Here she’s sitting with Berkeley’s retired head of maternal and child health, and the founder of Healthy Black Families, talking about how Berkeley addressed the same crisis in the 90s, lessons learned from the Bay Area’s history of activism for equitable health outcomes, and what we should be doing now. Shoutout to Breaktide co-founder @reaapuri on DP! Stay tuned!
Congratulations to @breaktide’s cofounder @jalena.kl ❤️ She is off to NYC for the Sally Burns Woman Filmmaker Fellowship with the Jacob Burns Film Center where she will be working on an exciting new project. We can’t wait to share it with you! East coast aint ready⚡️🎬
by @alexjbledsoe • In honor of VDay the Co-Founders of @breaktide asked ourselves: What does radical love mean to us? @alexjbledsoe shared this poem, and a note: • Radical love is creating a life that fully liberates all of us. It’s people who live to challenge exploitive systems, many of whom lose their lives as a result. It’s manifesting healthy, expansive relationships. And finding new ways to love yourself. Even when your society profits from the opposite. • “In communion with all the forces on the earth that truly love people, in communion with all the revolutionary forces on the earth.” - Assata • What does radical love mean to you?