Dear Homeland
Virtual Screening | | Wednesday, August 12 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | Join us for the virtual screening of the KQED-produced documentary Dear Homeland, which follows the story of Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Diana Gameros as she finds her voice as an artist and fights to define home for herself as an undocumented immigrant. Presented in partnership with the Center for Cultural Power, the screening will be followed by a live panel hosted by Julio Salgado in conversation with the film's director, special guests and a live musical performance by Diana Gameros. | | |
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| On Common Ground: Para Nosotros, Por Nosotros | | Thursday, August 20 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | What happens to working class communities who’ve experienced pre-existing systematic racial and health disparities before the pandemic? With mistrust in governmental support, undocumented residents and working adults are front line workers who have exacerbated the COVID-19 cases in Latinx communities that make up make up 55% of the state's confirmed COVID-19 cases despite the fact that Latinx are just 39% of the population. Hosted by Adriana Morga reporter with KQED en Español. We will talk to Dr. Cesar Cruz from HOMIES Empowerment and Roberto Hernandez from the Mission Food Hub to discuss how they have begun to provide their predominantly Latinx communities with food. Touch base with representatives from Clinica De la Raza and Corazon Healdsburg to discuss what the next year looks like for these communities. | | |
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| | | California Film Institute | Eight feature‐film documentary projects will have the opportunity to pitch their work and receive funding to complete their films!
Your Voice Counts: Vote for your favorite project to receive the $25,000 Audience Favorite Award – an additional $100,000 will be distributed through an industry jury selection.
View Projects & Cast Your Vote August 13 – 19 Here |
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| The Art & Philosophy of Pinball | | Friday, August 21 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | From backglass to bumpers, the pinball cabinet contains multitudes. We’ll be joined live from the Pacific Pinball Museum by program manager Christopher Rummell and founder Michael Shiess for a fun and surprising conversation about what makes pinball more than just a game. | | |
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| Harbor From The Holocaust: Virtual Screening | | Tuesday, August 25 | 6:00 pm |  |
| | | Join KQED, PBS affiliate stations, and community partners for a preview screening of Harbor from the Holocaust, a film depicting the flight of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe to the Chinese port city of Shanghai during World War II. Take a deeper look into the acculturation of a new society through an intimate look at survivors’ families, their shared recipes, and historical context for the resettlement of Jewish communities during the Holocaust. | | |
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| StoryCorps Mobile Tour | | Wednesday, July 29 | 10:00 am |  |
| | | Want to share your most important experience? Capture a meaningful conversation with a friend or loved one? StoryCorps wants to tell your own story. StoryCorps is a nonprofit oral history project that has preserved more than 65,000 interviews with everyday Americans in the Library of Congress. This summer they are partnering with KQED to record stories from across the Bay Area with a virtual residency on its cross-country Mobile Tour. Reservations for recording sessions are now open! Sign up today, appointments are limited! | | |
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