The BraveMaker Blog

Updates from the BraveMaker Team

Ball Is Ball (Completed)

Ball Is Ball (Completed)

Inspired by the life experience of writer/director Kayla Robinson, Ball is Ball is a narrative short film about the lasting impact and complicated nuances of sexual assault. The story follows Robin Coleman, a high school basketball star who’s caught the attention of...

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Glimpse (Completed)

Glimpse (Completed)

Glimpse is a digital series (by Alexander Gonzalez, Katherine Mendez and Renato Paniagua Jr.) that showcases perspectives from everyday people of diverse cultures, genders, and backgrounds within a specific career field so that young people can feel inspired and...

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Pregnant on the Streets

Pregnant on the Streets

A documentary chronicling the individual battles and personal victories of three women who are or were Pregnant on the Streets in the San Francisco Bay Area. Without a home, they desperately desire to raise their children in a safe and healthy environment. We come to...

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The Scarlet Thread (Completed)

The Scarlet Thread (Completed)

This short, live-action narrative, directorial debut film is inspired by the real life personal experience of the writer/director’s gambling addiction. The Scarlet Thread is about an esteemed high school teacher who harbors a secret that isolates her in shame until...

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The New Roxy Theater

The New Roxy Theater

A feature length documentary about the Mississippi Delta town of Clarksdale exploring the tensions of black film spectatorship during segregation through the stories of a defunct movie house. Drawing upon memories of Jim Crow’s harsh realities and its toll on black...

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Madina Papel (Completed)

Madina Papel (Completed)

Our first fiscally sponsored project came to us in early 2019. The short, animated, narrative film MADINA PAPEL was created and directed by a team of women. Madina Papel seeks to tell the story of a city made of paper. When one citizen returns to the homeland, marked...

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