Browse trailers of CCH-supported videos, listen to CCH-supported radio programs and more.
- “A Choice of Weapons “
San Francisco youths document how redevelopment is affecting their San Francisco neighborhood in this 85-minute narrative film. The youths made the film as part of the Council’s statewide Youth Digital Filmmakers project involving youths in eight California communities in documenting their lives and communities.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_weapons_trailer.htm - “Also Ran”
A documentary currently in production about the world of the racetrack worker at Bay Meadows Race Track in the San Francisco Bay Area. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL27L5X3g0E - “Behind the Velvet Curtain: The Hidden History of the U.S. Supreme Court and
Gay Rights”
A six part series now in development chronicling the emergence of a hidden gay minority and the beginnings of a major American social and political movement.
http://www.goodfilmworks.com/behindthevelvetcurtain.html - “Boomtown Chronicles”
Reflections on a Changing California: Tales from the Epicenter of the Housing Crisis. A California Documentary Project radio documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_boomtown.htm - Broadway, Around the World in 30 Blocks
Radio series about cultures and cuisines on a Sacramento street. A California Story Fund project.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/story_broadway_project.htm - “Building a Home in Antelope Valley. What is Home? Where is Home?”
This documentary video tells the stories of people from diverse backgrounds who settled in Antelope Valley. A California Story Fund project.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/story_home_antelopeValley.htm - “Building Community— Reflections on Ethiopian Life”
A video on the Ethiopian experience in Los Angeles. A California Story Fund project.
http://www.californiastories.org/programs/story_LA_ethiopian_special.htm - “Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East L.A.”
The story of Chicano rock ‘n’ roll and how it defined – and continues to define – the Latino community in East Los Angeles. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_chicano_rock_special.htm - A Choice of Weapons
Conscious Youth Media Crew's (CYMC's) upcoming film "A Choice of Weapons" shares the story of youngsters coming up in Bayview Hunter's Point, San Francisco as they face impending redevelopment, environmental racism, and gang injunctions in their community.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_weapons.htm - Coming Together
Twenty nine-years after the Khmer Rouge genocide, the voices of the survivors' children emerges. “Coming Together” is an exploration of disconnections and connections between two generations as told by 6 Cambodian American young women living in Long Beach, CA. This is a short excerpt from the documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_together.htm - Common Ground: Sowing the seeds of understanding in San Joaquin Valley
A short documentary film exploring the relationships between young people, our local San Joaquin Valley history, and the connection we all share to the land.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_commonGround.htm - “Cruz Reynoso: A Man For All Seasons”
A film by Abby Ginzberg about former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, the son of farm workers who has devoted his life to fighting for immigrant rights and promoting equal opportunity. This California Documentary Project film is currently in production.
http://reynosofilm.org/TRAILER.html - “The Delano Manongs: The Forgotten Heroes of the UFW”
A California Documentary Project film now in development. The film documents a small group of Filipino farm labor leaders in Delano, Calif., who instigated the great Delano grape strike in 1965 and helped create the United Farm Workers Union.
http://mediafactory.tv/?p=454 - Don't Erase My History
Bay Area youth search for the history that has "no name" in schools. In a world where queer history is erased, what will they discover? This is a short excerpt from the documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_erase.htm - Family Journeys, Youth Think On Air Radio
Latino teens in L.A. learn about their families’ immigration stories and then produce radio feature. A California Story Fund Project.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/story_family_journeys_special.htm - “From the Gulf Coast to the West Coast: Katrina Before and After”
Ten survivors of Hurricane Katrina share their journey of struggle and hope. A California Story Fund radio documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/story_gulf_coast_special.htm - “Following Sean”
Sean Farrell caused a sensation in 1969 when the 4 year old who lived with his parents in the Haight Ashbury told filmmaker Ralph Arlyck he smoked pot. Arlyck went back to see what had happened to Sean as he became an adult. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/media/Sean.mov - “Going on 13"
Four girls from immigrant and working-class families navigate adolescence. A California Documentary Project. film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_going_on_13_special.htm - Growing Old in East Los Angeles
Elderly Chicanos in East Los Angeles tell their stories in radio documentary. A California Documentary Project radio feature.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_growing_old.htm - Heartbreak & Triumph
Juniors and seniors in a video production class made a series of documentaries addressing the growing concern in Lodi about the lack of connection of Lodi teens to their community and school.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_heartbreak.htm
- Hidden Hollywood
Formerly homeless youth in Los Angeles explore their place in Hollywood and document what this iconic location means to them.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_hollywood.htm - “Hollywood Chinese”
Sundance award-winning director Arthur Dong traces the history of the Chinese-American influence in Hollywood cinema in this insightful California Documentary Project film. You can order the film at http://www.deepfocusproductions.com.
http://deepfocusproductions.com/HollywoodChinese/index.html - I Ain't Leavin'
Told through the lens of Cambodian-American youth, I Ain’t Leavin’ is their story about living in the Oakpark Apartments community in the Murder Dubbz neighborhood of East Oakland.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_leaving.htm - Invisible Wall
Juniors and seniors in a video production class made a series of documentaries addressing the growing concern in Lodi about the lack of connection of Lodi teens to their community and school.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_invisible.htm - “The Left Eye of God: Caodaism Travels From Vietnam to California”
Caodaists share stories of Vietnam’s painful history and discuss their hopes for Vietnam and the United States. A California Story Fund project.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_left_eye_of_god.htm - “Local 909er”
A film, a website and photographs about the Inland Empire. A California Story Fund project.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/story_local_special.htm - Nothing To Do
Juniors and seniors in a video production class made a series of documentaries addressing the growing concern in Lodi about the lack of connection of Lodi teens to their community and school.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_nothing.htm - No Way Dude!!
Juniors and seniors in a video production class made a series of documentaries addressing the growing concern in Lodi about the lack of connection of Lodi teens to their community and school.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_noWay.htm - “Paperback Dreams”
The rise and fall of independent bookstores. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_paperback.htm - “Preacher’s Sons”
Chronicling the life of a gay couple and their five adopted sons. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_preacher_sons.htm - “Prison Town”
The effect of the prison boom on a rural California town. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_prison_special.htm - “Romántico”
A moving film portrait of a Mexican musician striving to support his family. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_romantico_special.htm - Saving The Sierra: Voices of Conservation in Action
How community-based conservationists are working together for a better Sierra. A California Documentary Project radio documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_saving_sierra_special.htm - “Thinking Grande”
One man spends decades building a Mexican village in Santa Barbara County. A California Documentary Project film.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/doc_thinking_grande_special.htm - Unplugged
Juniors and seniors in a video production class made a series of documentaries addressing the growing concern in Lodi about the lack of connection of Lodi teens to their community and school.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_unplugged.htm - Voices Between the Mountains: Coming of Age in the Siskiyous
This film examines the lives of youth who reside in Northern California's rural Siskiyou County. This is a short excerpt from the documentary.
http://www.calhum.org/programs/ydf_voices.htm - “Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of its Mexican
Past”
A California Documentary Project series now in development. The series will focus on the intertwined Mexican and Anglo American ethnic history of Los Angeles. It is based upon the book of the same title by Professor William Deverell, a historian and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
http://whitewashedadobe.com/Home.html
Also - Executive Director Ralph Lewin interviews Stanford’s Al Camarillo
To mark the launch of WeAreCa.org, CCH Executive Director Ralph Lewin talked to Stanford University’s History Professor Al Camarillo about the role of immigration in shaping the state.
http://www.calhum.org/media/WS_10018.mov