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Film making was never easy or obvious to me. I have had to break through a lot of barriers in order to dare holding a camera and to trust my gaze. For this reason I am driven by the question of how film making can be truly liberating. Most of the work you see here has been produced within video collectives, in the spirit of serving Black, Brown and Indigenous people led efforts towards self-determination.
Smadar is being evicted from her house on Treasure Island. She reveals that her landlord - the city of SF - has been acting a slumlord to all the residents of the Island.
Credit: Cinematograpy, Editing, Animation
Video produced for Anti-Police Terror Project
This video was published by Anti Police-Terror Project at the request of Gilda Baker. Meeting Gilda has been a life changing experience and I hope this video contributes in obtaining justice for her son. See the longer version.
Poor Magazine, a Poor, Black and Indigenous people-led movement is touring through the country to collect reparations for the theft of their lands. Through this work of redistribution, they are building homefulness, a replicable solution to homelessness and a pathway towards self-determination. This video was shot with smartphones and cameras. I was asked to edit it.
On Saturday Jan 30th 2016, about a month after the traumatic killing of Mario Woods by the SFPD, the Justice for Mario Woods Coalition marched to Super Bowl city to protest against police violence and the gentrification of their city. As tourists flood the city for the SuperBowl, homeless people are being thrown in jail and black people are under constant attack by the SFPD. Here, members of the Last 3% of Black San Francisco, a group I deeply respect, are holding down a line of cops trying to prevent them from entering Super Bowl City. Although they are outnumbered by armed cops, they are speaking truth to power.
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