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Huge congratulations to our filmmaker (and Intern

Huge congratulations to our filmmaker (and Intern extraordinaire): Gabriel Perez. For the past year and a half Gabriel has been not just a student filmmaker, but a creative contributor to many of our projects learning. volunteering and working on paid gigs as both cinematographer and editor (he could be found on many of our #BravemakerAcademy projects). We are very happy and proud as he heads to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California. But before he leaves, he will be hanging with us for the summer, continuing to create, edit, and screen one of his newest short films at the @bravemakerfilmfest. Go get em @g.abr_ 🎓🎥
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Here are the brave faves from this week's show wit

Here are the brave faves from this week's show with feminist filmmaker, performer, and activist Brandi Nicole (@creativelyb)!
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Did you catch our 194th podcast/live show yesterda

Did you catch our 194th podcast/live show yesterday with @creativelyb? Host @tonygapastione and actor/screenwriter Brandi Nicole met picketing @wbpictures in early May with BraveMaker actor and board member @adesantis9. As we edit the conversation for our Audio Podcast, you can watch the replay on our YouTube channel.
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Filming ASL interpretations for the Palo Alto Juni

Filming ASL interpretations for the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo for their new DINOSAUR exhibit which includes some amazing animation. Thanks to the California School For The Deaf.
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Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) talks a

Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) talks about what it was like working with many of the greats in Hollywood on HBO’s WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY.
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🔊Podcast edited by @speakmediaservices

📱Social media produced by @kerrialley95

🔴 Live show produced by @cohen.amy

Meet @therealericdyson! A Los Angeles based cinema

Meet @therealericdyson! A Los Angeles based cinematographer and director with 25+ years in film and TV who we have partnered with to make a new short film. #SweetSantaBarbaraBrown is an important film written by @winningtimehbo actor @solomonyounghughes, inspired by true events, elevating meaningful conversations around racial justice. Set in 1983 and featuring the Harlem Globe Trotters, this short film is more relevant than ever to our country and its need for change and social impact. For more information or to support this new film project go to our website, www.bravemaker.com, and check out our Fiscal Sponsee list.
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Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) discuss

Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) discusses his newest project, SWEET SANTA BARBARA BROWN, which is also BraveMaker's newest fiscally sponsored film.
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Chatting about our new fiscally sponsored film pro

Chatting about our new fiscally sponsored film product: #SweetSantaBarbaraBrown

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Join us this Wednesday, June 7 at 4pm PST/7pm EST

Join us this Wednesday, June 7 at 4pm PST/7pm EST on our LIVE SHOW as we are joined by feminist filmmaker, performer, and activist Brandi Nicole (@creativelyb)!!! Brandi’s work centers on women fighting to return to themselves. She recently wrapped up her role as a staff writer and recurring character on season two of Showtime’s YOUR HONOR! Her short film, MUTED, was acquired by HBO and has over 170k views on YouTube!! We look forward to chatting with her and hope you can join in our Facebook page or YouTube channel!! LINK IN BIO!

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Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) discuss

Actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes) discusses what it was like to portray Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on HBO’s WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY.
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🎙Hosted by @tonygapastione

💻Clip edited by @jessa.cohen

🔊Podcast edited by @speakmediaservices

📱Social media produced by @kerrialley95

🔴 Live show produced by @cohen.amy

We are partnering with @solomonyounghughes on his

We are partnering with @solomonyounghughes on his new film! 🎥🏀 and @mspriscillalam was there to hype it up!

🔴 Catch Solomon playing LA Laker KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ON @winningtimehbo.

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We had a meet and greet fundraiser with actor @sol

We had a meet and greet fundraiser with actor @solomonyounghughes (of @winningtimehbo) at our BraveMaker HQ! Thanks to those who came out! We have another one on Monday night with director @therealericdyson If you’d like to attend.
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We are seeking to raise $30,000 for our new short film written by Solomon called: SWEET SANTA BARBARA BROWN about an incident that happened to the Harlem Globetrotters in 1983. DM us for more info. All tax deductible and those who donate $5000+ will be credited as executive producer on the film.
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Saturday morning July 15th, 10am program is filled

Saturday morning July 15th, 10am program is filled with short animations and movies, live music, magic and an optional customizable slime table.⁠
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🎥 Little T (5) directed by Masha Ellsworth⁠
Follow Alexis, a recent college graduate, on the most stressful day of her life - her dream job interview. She's armed with a resume, design portfolio, and two trusted companions: her 'inner critic' and 'inner child.' Join Alexis on a journey through the origins of comfort food as she uncovers new depths within herself and finds the courage to be her own advocate. Will this be enough for Alexis to land her dream job?⁠
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🎥 When Mama and Me Lived Outside (11) directed by Peter Menchini⁠
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Tiny Gray-Garcia's story about growing up on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco & Oakland. Based on her children's book of the same name with illustrations by Ace Robles.⁠
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🎥 The Crossing Guard (9) directed by Tony Gapastione⁠
A� dad risks his life by volunteering at his kid's school as crossing guard. (Made with students and actors from the Bay Area).⁠
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🎥 🎶Roadkill Jamboree (6) directed by Meghan Graham⁠
Roadkill Jamboree is a stop-motion/ 2D hybrid music video about how roads and drivers affect animals, featuring music from the ska-punk band Suburban Legends. This grim yet humorous story centers around a band of five undead animals encompassing various species along Interstate Highway 5. Each animal in the band represents a different type of creature native to California while embodying different reasons why roadkill happens. ⁠
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🎶 Acoustic Music by Jessica Cohen⁠
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🎶 Acoustic Music by Ryan Woodard ⁠
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🦠 Make your own slime table (costs extra, which is why we lowered our kid tickets to $7.50). ⁠
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Use those fingers and pinch/zoom in to read the de

Use those fingers and pinch/zoom in to read the details.
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🔴 We have some exciting news and opportunities to help raise funds for our @bravemakerfilmfest and our new film project in partnership with actor @solomonyounghughes and director @therealericdyson. Information will not be posted publicly so DM or email.Tony@bravemaker.com if you would like to attend.
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Here are the brave faves from yesterday's BraveMak

Here are the brave faves from yesterday's BraveMaker show with actor Solomon Hughes (@solomonyounghughes)!
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🎙Hosted by @tonygapastione

💻Clip edited by @jessa.cohen

🔊Podcast edited by @speakmediaservices

📱Social media produced by @kerrialley95

🔴 Live show produced by @cohen.amy

Today marks our FIFTH anniversary. ⁠ ⁠ June 1s

Today marks our FIFTH anniversary. ⁠
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June 1st of 2018 we officially launched with mission to educate, entertain and create community experiences centered on justice, diversity and inclusion through film. ⁠
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❤️ Thank you to the thousands who've attended our film screenings and workshops as audience, volunteers, filmmakers and attendees. ⁠

💙Thank you to the hundreds who listen to our podcasts and tune in to our weekly live shows. ⁠
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🧡 Thank you to our founding members-- NINE actors who took our on camera acting sessions and 6 who took our one person show class. #BraveMakerAcademy⁠

💛Thank you to all the actors, crew, cast, filmmakers, and collaborators who made films with us over the years! So many. Too many to count.
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💚 Thank you to the grantors and corporate sponsors who've come alongside us over the years...⁠
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💜 and thank you to the THIRTY people who support us with a monthly donation. From as little as $3 a month to $150 a month. It all helps us do this work, make movies, host events and change lives through professional development, entertainment representation, DEI work, @bravemakerfilmfest and more. Want to join? Text the word "BraveMaker" to 44-321 or go to www.BraveMaker.com/Donate⁠
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We are still here, still moving forward, still working hard, still dreaming, still making the dreams of others come true and telling stories that change the world. ⁠
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ANOTHER @BraveMakerFilmFest announcement.⁠ ⁠ B

ANOTHER @BraveMakerFilmFest announcement.⁠
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Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia (68 mins) is a full-length documentary focusing on the effects of gun violence on young men, women & mothers living in Philadelphia. This film follows the stories of three young adults who were empowered to discover their self-worth, and ultimately pivot their life journeys toward a positive and hopeful future, all through the power of basketball. The year 2021 was the most violent in Philadelphia’s history with over 500 murders. 2022 is on track to pass those numbers. Community leaders do what they can, but for Shoot Basketballs NOT People founder Garry Mills, the prospect of losing just one more kid to gun violence is one too many. ⁠
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Directed by @kyraknox_
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When Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia suddenly became a punching bag tagline for the City of Philadelphia around November 2020, so many of us laughed it off as a joke or turned it into an ironic hashtag, but those of us who commit day in and day out to change the lives of inner-city youth saw things much differently.⁠
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Living in the heart of Uptown, my family sees gun violence firsthand in our neighborhoods, and sometimes lives in fear of what can happen around the corner, and to each other. By sharing the stories of Wynter, David, and Kalil, my hope is to show other kids that there are opportunities out there and that people do care about their life journeys.⁠
As a documentary filmmaker, my passion is capturing the tales of the underdogs, finding those untold stories, and giving those groups who have been underrepresented a platform from which to stand up and share, in hopes their passion will resonate and contribute to some kind of change. ⁠
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BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN PHILADELPHIA will be preceded by the short film: TRIGGERED (18)⁠ directed by @tara_westwood.
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Our new fiscal sponsee!⁠ ⁠ #SweetSantaBarbaraB

Our new fiscal sponsee!⁠
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#SweetSantaBarbaraBrown is a short film inspired by a number of true events that include: the deaths of Daniel Shaver, Eliah McClain, family and friends experiences with law enforcement, and finally, the day members of the Harlem Globetrotters were held at gunpoint by Santa Barbara Police officers in a gross case of racial profiling and mistaken identity in 1983.⁠
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No explanation or apology was given. Just a, “Well… It could have been worse”. The fact that this occurred 40 years ago and is still a major part of today's narrative only underpins the necessity to continue telling these stories.⁠
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Producer/writer @solomonyounghughes is an actor from HBO's Winning Time about the Los Angeles Lakers.⁠
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To learn more or to donate go to: https://bravemaker.com/fiscal-sponsees/⁠
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Or text the title: SweetSantaBarbaraBrown to 44-321⁠
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Last night of our BraveMaker Academy, session for

Last night of our BraveMaker Academy, session for summer break! (We’ll resume in September).
🎥 Long night of hard work!
🔴Acting training = making films.

Learning by doing. Can you hit your mark? Can you remember your lines? Can you take direction? Can you learn to do all those things? Yes, that’s acting 101. But can you also listen to your scene partner? Can you provide a variety of different reactions, and make grounded, interesting choices authentic to life, and present in the moment? That takes training— and can you do that time and time again? While staying in the moment? Making sure you don’t hit your mic hidden beneath your shirt? And can you do this while keeping aware of continuity with props and hand gestures under the pressure of a filming schedule?— that takes experience ON SET! #BraveMakerAcademy.
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We premiered #AlexIsAQueen! Happy pride. Thank you

We premiered #AlexIsAQueen! Happy pride. Thank you to all the cast and crew, Redwood City audience and @rwcparks!
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