Partial Film List of Tenants

This is a partial list of films that were produced by tenants at the Saul Zaentz Media Center. Many of the films have had theatrical releases and all have had domestic and international broadcast, been viewed at festivals around the world, and distributed for educational purposes. The complete awards for each film are too lengthy to list.

Freedom On My Mind Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford
Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner & Academy Award Nominee
Daughter from Danang Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner & Academy Award Nominee
Long Night’s Journey into Day Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner & Academy Award Nominee
Days of Waiting Steven Okazaki
Academy Award Winner
Forever Activists Judy Montell
Academy Award Nominee
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter Deborah Hoffman
Academy Award Nominee
Tell the Truth and Run Rick Goldsmith
Academy Award Nominee
Promises Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldsmith, Carlos Bolado
Academy Award Nominee
The Mushroom Club Steven Okazaki
Academy Award Nominee
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren Bill Jersey
Academy Award Nominee
Straight from the Heart Frances Reid
Academy Award Nominee
Berkeley in the 60’s Mark Kitchell*
Academy Award Nominee
Waldo Salt Eugene Corr & Robert Hillmann*
Academy Award Nominee
Unfinished Business Steven Okazaki
Academy Award Nominee
A Time For Burning Bill Jersey
Academy Award Nominee

OTHER FILMS / AWARD WINNERS (Peabody, Emmy, DuPont, etc.)

Orozco: Man of Fire Laurie Coyle, Rick Tejada-Flores
Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple Stanley Nelson
Apartheid And The Club Of The West (HYHFJ #4) Connie Field
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It Judy Ehrlich, Rick Tejada-Flores
Thirst Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow
White Light/Black Rain Steven Okazaki
Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey Abby Ginzberg
Bomba: Dancing the Drum Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
Roam Sweet Home Vivian Kleiman
The Summer of Love – SF 1967 Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man Avon Kirkland
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Nancy Kates
Race is the Place Rick Tejada-Flores, Ray Telles
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Bill Jersey
Across Time And Space Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
Maquilopolis Vivian Kleiman
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez & the Farmworkers Rick Tejada-Flores, Ray Telles
We Love You Like A Rock Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
First Person Plural Vivian Kleiman
Ishi: The Last Yahi Jed Riffe
Ending Aids: The Search For A Vaccine Bill Jersey
The Key of G Vivian Kleiman
The Life & Times of Rosie the Riveter Connie Field
Northern Ireland: Uneasy Peace Niall McKay
San Francisco Arts Are All Over The Map! Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
The Fire this Time Vivian Kleiman
Cuba Va Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Waiting to Inhale: Medical Marijuana Jed Riffe
Chicano Park Marilyn Mulford
Blacks and Jews Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow
Color Adjustment Vivian Kleiman
Breathtaking Women Karen Folger Jacobs
Tongues Untied Marlon Riggs**
California and the American Dream Series Jed Riffe
Children of Violence Bill Jersey
Kitka and Davka in Concert Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
Who Owns the Past Jed Riffe
Forgotten Fires Vivian Kleiman
Black is, Black Ain’t Marlon Riggs**
Campus Battleground Bill Jersey
Rivera in America Rick Tejada-Flores
¡Salud! Connie Field
Home and Almost Free - The Changing Face of Parole Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
The Glory And The Power Bill Jersey
Blossoms of Fire Maureen Gosling
Surviving Breast Cancer Karen Folger Jacobs
The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York (radio program) Claire Schoen
(one of twenty national public radio documentaries)

IN PRODUCTION

Tillie Olsen Story Anne Hershey
Have You Heard From Johannesburg? (six feature stories) Connie Field
Archeology of Memory Quique Cruz, Marilyn Mulford
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg Judy Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Children of the Amazon Denise Zmekhol
No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz & Arhoolie Records Maureen Gosling
I Can’t Stop Loving You in My Heart: Love and Down Syndrome Bonnie Burt
The Global Moms Film Project Justine Shapiro
Dancing With Saigon Kathrine Golden, Ashley James
The Bass Player Niall McKay
Little Manila: Filipinos in America’s Heartland Marissa Aroy
Bamako Chic: Women Cloth Dyers of Mali Maureen Gosling
Packin' Up Kathrine Golden, Ashley James

ORGANIZATIONS

DEAF Media, Inc Susan Rutherford

Established in 1974, DEAF Media, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advocating for Deaf arts and to developing cultural, educational, and professional opportunities for the Deaf community. Though the organization is based in Berkeley and focuses its services on Northern California, many DEAF Media projects-including PBS's Rainbow's End and with UC Berkeley our "Celebration: Deaf Artists and Performers" -have had national scope and created international impact, bringing the organization multiple awards for innovation and excellence, including 3 Emmy Awards, 2 California Governor's Media Access Awards, a US Constitution Bicentennial Commission Exemplary Programming Award among others.

* Former Tenant
** Deceased