L o a d i n g ABOUT THE DEBRA CHASNOFF GROUNDSPARK LIBRARY Debra Chasnoff changed the world with documentary films and public engagement campaigns. In the nearly 40 years since her first film premiered, the impact of her work has been remarkable. Choosing Children...
ABOUT What We Carry With Us: LGBTQ+ Refugee Storylab On the run in East Africa, a young trans man’s earring wards off evil. In a refugee camp, a growing LGBTQ+ community weaves rainbow bracelets to wear in a daring act of solidarity and resistance. Armed with a new US...
ABOUT PROGNOSIS — notes on living When maverick Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Debra Chasnoff is diagnosed with stage-4 breast cancer, she faces injustice as always, with her camera. With the help of her wife Nancy and their extended LGBTQ+ family, she traces a...
What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs Young refugee storytellers curate their own prized possessions. Then, they collaborate with a team of digital artists and documentarians on a series of short films and “show and tell” multimedia events. For example, a shipping...
ABOUT LUCIA BERLIN Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers...
