Something to remember, as we enter a new year: Yesterday's history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift, that's why it is called "the present". [Via]

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Reminder: 8TH OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL


Screening continues today (Schedule) until Wednesday, Oct. 14th, ending with the short film titled “Country Rose” starring local country western star Miko Marks and directed by Prescott Oakland Point resident Edward Rosenblum.

The film shows Wednesday night October 14th @ the Grand Lake theater with 2 other shorts from 9-11:30pm, here's a link to the film info: http://www.oiff.org/country.html

Other shorts include:

SABAR - life is a dance!An African American hip-hop girl resists the ancestral call of the Senegalese dance "Sabar". When she finally gives in, she discovers more than a dance - she finds herself.

Youth Jail Chronicles is a video project led by young middle school and high school students participating in the multimedia program at the Youth UpRising center in East Oakland.