Oakland Filmmakers Shine in 2008

MADE IN OAKLAND

Feature film The Equinox, directed by Baayan Bakari screened opening night at the Grand Lake Theate in 2008. According to Baayan, The Equinox, took several years to produce. However,he knew a story about a rites of passage program that turns a young men into a man needed to made.Look out world for The Equinox.


2008,also witnessed a number of short films from Oakland filmmakers. Films like "My Worst Nightmare,"directed by Walon Bacon, showed how a small budget doesn't have to mean no special effects.

Robert Philipson's, Take the Gay Train, showed a hidden story of the Harlem Renaissance.

Kenya Davis,documented behind the scences look at an Oakland womens football team.