Home — Breaktide

Our production company is owned and operated by women of color.

We Work TO democratize filmmaking while elevating underrepresented voices

behind the scenes and in front of the camera.

DOCUMENTARY

From India and Brazil to Oakland and Hawaii, we put people first with ethical and conscientious production practices.

NARRATIVE

We offer fresh perspectives and full-service production services for narrative shorts and feature-length films.

COMMERCIAL

Breaktide is proud to partner with
mission-aligned organizations to elevate awareness of their meaningful work.

We produce original & commercial content

to disrupt and democratize storytelling

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expand access to training and equipment

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encourage, facilitate and produce grassroots Movement

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increase understanding and ignite collective action.

We work equitably and ethically.

Alex J. Bledsoe

Writer∙Producer∙Director
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST

Alex is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is inspired by dismantling exploitive systems. She has been recognized as a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Fellow, a guest columnist for The Washington Post and an Aspen Institute emerging writer nominee. Prior to filmmaking, Alex used her communications expertise to manage public relations for Apple.

Jalena Keane-LeE

DIRECTOR∙PRODUCER

Jalena is a social justice filmmaker and community activist. Her work has addressed issues from indigenous land rights, to destigmatizing menstruation, to the importance of campus activism and the meaning of consent. Her writing has been featured in Seventeen Magazine, The Tempest and NBC.com, and she has directed award-winning short films from Hawaii to Prague and Yangon.

Reaa Puri

Cinematographer
Director∙EDITOR

Reaa is a TEDx Speaker, recipient of two Cannes Lion awards, the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize, and a published photographer in Vogue Magazine. She has shot and directed a range of award-winning feature length films, talk shows and shorts. Growing up between Kuwait, India and California has fueld her passion to intersect film with social justice.