Projects

Curatorial Project: Kid on Hip, Camera in Hand

The “Kid On Hip, Camera in Hand” program was compiled by  two filmmaker/educators: Enie Vaisburd and Jennifer Hardacker. Both are filmmakers and mothers of young children, and motherhood informs the manner in which they create. They began researching other filmmakers who have the same approach and thus the program  “Kid on Hip, Camera in Hand” was created.

Experimental film in opposition to mainstream Hollywood film, allows a subjective point of view that puts the personal voice center-stage. In the history of experimental film, there is a tradition to explore the autobiographical. Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Leighton Pierce, Jay Rosenblatt and many other experimental male filmmakers have often explored their domestic lives as source material for their films. Their work is celebrated and recognized for being personal, poetic and introspective.

Although there are a number of filmmakers who are fathers celebrating that perspective on film, women filmmakers tend to be more timid about approaching the point of view of motherhood in their work. This program includes works by Lynne Sachs, Cecilia Cornejo, Emily Hubley, Johanna Hibbard, Kathryn Ramey,  Sasha Waters, Jennifer Hardacker, and Enie Vaisburd.

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Community Engagement Film Projects

The Oregon Latino Video project 2001-2002

NUESTRA VISION, NUESTRO FUTURO

A statewide video project concerning community issues of Latino youth. A collaboration between the Northwest Film Center and Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement. With community and foundation support, the project brought 50 Latino youths from 13 Oregon communities together.

MI GENTE looks at the many Hispanic traditions of eastern Oregon, and was created in cooperation with Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, OR. The project was part of NUESTRA VISION, NUESTRO FUTURO: The Oregon Latino Film Project, a statewide video project concerning community issues of Latino youth.

A collaboration between the Northwest Film Center and Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement, and with community and foundation support, the project brought 50 Latino youths from 13 Oregon communities together. I was the lead filmmaker in this project, which was eventually distributed to most schools in Oregon, and seen by hundreds of students. 2002.

Project funded by: Oregon Arts Commission, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation, Inc., Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.