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Face-to-Face with the Filmmaker – January 30, 2018

January 30, 2018

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Screening of

Bernal Branch Library
500 Cortland Avenue
7:00 to 8:30 pm
Doors open at 6:30 pm

Reserve now. Seating is limited

Filmmaker Greg Gavin

Former long-time resident of Bernal Hill and creator of Riveropolis, Greg is a carpenter, visual artist and filmmaker.  In 1994, Gavin founded Will Power Motors, an art studio dedicated to teaching design and carpentry skills to children. Inspired by the trust and confidence gained through woodworking, Gavin invited his young carpentry students to star along with their home made cars in BERNALTOWN — a narrative video set in a fantastic, idealized and comedic version of the Bernal Heights neighborhood. Greg will be present to participate in Q & A with the audience after the screening.

 

Billboard announcing the premiere screening in May 1997

 

The PowerBuilders: David Stoller, Josh Morton, Cortney Davis, Shyla Evancheck and Adaya Brand-Thomas

The film BERNALTOWN was shot over the summer of 1997, when kids who made soapbox cars were looking for something fun to do. The process began by watching reruns of the old Batman TV show…

Produced in collaboration with Bernal youths and adults, the film became a neighborhood-wide production that premiered to a packed audience in the Bernal Playground, (SF Chronicle, 1997) and the Mill Valley Film Festival.