Stories in Action

CSU Monterey Bay is holding a teen filmmaking festival next April and is seeking entries from teen filmmakers ages 13 to 19. Films must be under 5 minutes in length. Find out more.

“A Choice of Weapons,” an entirely youth-produced Council-supported film about the impact of redevelopment on San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point community, will be screened this coming Monday, 6:30 and 8:30 pm, Nov. 10, at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco. Come out and support these amazing young people.

The council’s new website — www.WeAreCA.org — is the first-ever website where Californians can both learn about the role that immigration has played in the development of the state and tell their own stories. Explore the site today and tell your story.

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a nice story yesterday morning about “A Choice of Weapons,” an entirely youth-produced Council-supported film about the impact of redevelopment on San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point community. You can read about the film project and then go and see the film this coming Monday at the Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco. There are two showings: 6:30 and 8:30 pm. Come out and support these amazing young people. See film trailer.

“Chicano Rock: The Sounds of East L.A” will have a benefit screening at the historic Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles on October 9. More. The film will be broadcast on PBS later this year.

“Going on 13,” a California Documentary Project film about four years in the lives of four San Francisco Bay Area girls, is featured at the upcoming 7th Annual San Francisco Documentary Festival. 5 pm, Sat., Oct. 18, and 7:15 pm, Wed., Oct. 22, at the Roxie Cinema (panel discussion to follow the Oct. 18 showing); and 7:15 pm, Sun., Nov. 2, at Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley. http://www.goingon13.com.

On Sun., Oct. 12 there will be a special screening of Paperback Dreams at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park to mark the 53rd anniversary of the beloved bookstore. The California Documentary Project film, directed by Alex Beckstead, captures the spirit of independent bookstores and their struggle to survive in the digital age. 6 pm wine reception, 7 pm screening, 8 pm community conversation. Please RSVP to rsvp@keplers.com. You can also catch the film on PBS stations, including KPBS San Diego (Oct. 14) KCET Los Angeles (Oct. 23), and KQED San Francisco ( Nov. 16).

Join the people of Allensworth, the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans, as they celebrate the town’s 100th anniversary on Oct. 11 and 12. Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Southern San Joaquin Valley will host the two-day event. More.

“Remembering Our Manongs,” - documentary film on Sonoma Country’s Filipino history. 1 pm, Sat., Nov. 1 Rohnert Park Community Center, 5401 Snyder Lane. Also 1 pm, Sat., Nov. 8, Sonoma Country Office of Education, 5340 Skylane Boulevard, Santa Rosa; and 1 pm, Sat., Nov 15, Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa. More.