Start 2025 TOGETHER
with a CREATIVE MEET-UP
on Thursday January 2nd, in Redwood City and mark your calendar for monthly events. Make it a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
🎟️ BraveMakerJan2025Meetup.even…
💛 Free for BraveMaker members
I made a short film about brothership and drumming with my brother Daniel, who is an amazing drummer, for the Disability Film Challenge.
Please share it so you can help us win the Audience award!! It’ll mean a lot
youtu.be/GrLmn0d9mKQ?si=JsqA…
Feel generous? Want to support my nonprofit @BraveMakerOrg? We need people who believe in the arts/film to create change. Our community elevates brave stories & brave storytellers & thru our work we protect & improve the mental health of makers/artists! zeffy.com/en-US/donation-for…
Curious about DIRECTING & working w/ Actors?
Monday, August 4 @ 10am PDT/1pm EDT
KEN WHITTINGHAM offers practical tips
& best practices for set. He's directed Amy Poehler, Steve Carrell & Quinta Brunson among hundreds more actors.
Register here: go.bravemaker.com/ken-whitti…
This guy!
Our BraveMaker Film Fest
theater manager: ARTURO SPELL
is a superstar.
If you visited the Century Cinemark theater or had a film screen there,
you most likely interacted with ART!
Grateful to him in this role for the 2nd year in a row!
August
MIX
Mingle
Make Moves
Make Friends
Make Movies
🗓️ Thursday 8/14/25
🎟️ BraveMaker2025August.eventbr…
⏰ 6:30p
📍 Redwood City, CA
#BraveMakerMixer with special guest PRODUCER PATRICK
We’re getting closer to our goal! 🎯
2 MORE DONORS JOINED US!
Help us reach 💯 monthly donors
to become a more sustainable,
year-round organization—& keep our
annual film festival thriving 🎬✨
Every contribution makes a difference.
Join us today! 💖
bravemaker.com/donate/
New sessions
start Monday
bravemaker.com/mastermind
10am-11am PT
7/21: Nailing the perfect pitch!
7/28: What to do to make a feature film
8/4: Directing actors w/ Ken Whittingham
8/11: Screenwriting Producing w/ Hilliard Guess
First time ever--we did AUDIENCE AWARDS at @bravemakerorg FILM FEST! So beautiful to see all these filmmakers get their flowers! I'm exhausted but so creatively fulfilled!
Do you know where you're
going today?
Here's a couple venues to visit!
DOMINI HOSKINS BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM
REDWOOD CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Full Schedule @ BraveMaker.com