3rd Berkeley High/Bay Area Film Festival

Admission $4This festival provides an opportunity to experience what Bay Area high school students have to offer the world of film and video. It is comprised of short works by young filmmakers at Berkeley, California, Miramonte, Pittsburg, San Leandro, Sir Francis Drake, and Woodside High Schools. They range from public service announcements and music videos to adventure tales and documentaries. This show is curated and presented by Berkeley High School students in the Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) program, in collaboration with UC Berkeley's ArtsBridge Scholars program of the Consortium for the Arts and the Pacific Film Archive. The student curators are Hemini S. Bhakta, Makenda Burroughs, Calvin Gaskin, and Yvette Perez. Their ArtsBridge mentor is Maria Chavez in conjunction with Dharni Rasiah (CAS) and Kathy Geritz (PFA). Discussions with the artists will follow both parts of the program.-Hemini S. BhaktaPart I: Got Milk, Got Friends by Pittsburg High School Advanced Students (1.5 mins). Volleyball by Pittsburg High School Advanced Students (1 min). Mountain Chase by Rowan MacNiven (5.5 mins). Orange Shoes by Calvin Gaskin (5.5 mins). Devil's Wood by Carter Harris, Tim Adams (2000, 18 mins, Mini-DV). Suicide by Christelle DeCastro, Bernard Figueroa, Robert Fernandez (1.5 mins). Midnight in a Perfect World by Stephen Reedy (2000, 6.5 mins, B&W). Dirtbag by Sondra Marin, Rocky Ramirez, Randy DeLeon, Joey Acuna, James Terry, Romell Ramos (5.5 mins).Part II: Gay Youth by Vanessa Duran (4 mins). The Adventures of Scooter Guy by Paul Davis (5 mins). Hot Boxing by Kamal Young, Nick Smith, Gavin Wagner (4.5 mins). Alice by Laurel Evans, Jackie Hasa, Liz Landau, Robin Tittle, Heather Wilson (13.5 mins). How to Enjoy Your BART Ride by Francisco Fallon, Jesse Quon, Jaustin Carillo (4 mins). Clairvoyance by Danile, Thomas, Zack (10 mins). Anti-Tobacco by Berkeley High (30 secs). Ugly Duckling by Pittsburg High School Advanced Students (30 secs).

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