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G. Allen Johnson May 5, 2021Updated: May 10, 2021, 1:35 pm San Francisco artist Alicia McCarthy is one of the eight Bay Area artists featured in “Tell Them We Were Here.” Photo: Courtesy BAMPFA The worldview of the new documentary “Tell Them We Were Here,” which profiles eight current Bay Area artists whose work over the decades has not only made an impact but also helped inform the Bay Area’s artistic identity, is expressed by an early voice-over in the film: “Artists in the Bay Area are more devoted to a ‘life’ in arts rather than a ‘career’ in arts.” The ...

Tribeca Film Festival Announces First-Ever Official Podcast Selections Claire Shaffer © Ben Margot/AP The Tribeca Film Festival has added to its 2021 lineup by announcing its first-ever official podcast selections. Along with world premieres of fiction and non-fiction podcast series, the Tribeca Podcasts lineup includes special events with some of the most prominent creators in the field, including live recordings, discussions, and more. Marquee events include Jad Abumrad discussing his work on Radiolab,  Dolly Parton’s America with filmmaker Jason Reitman; an event buil...

Tribeca Festival will feature podcasts for the first time Posted on New York’s Tribeca Festival (formerly the Tribeca Film Festival) will feature podcasting in its annual celebration on June 20. It is the first time podcasts are  included in the agenda, which will also feature films, TV, and gaming. Audible is the Exclusive Audio Entertainment Sponsor of the event. Leah Sarbib, Tribeca’s Manager of Audio Storytelling, has curated the podcast portion of the festival. Featured speakers include Sarah Koenig (co-creator Serial), Jad Abumrad (creator  The 1619 Project), Alex Blumberg (f...

A Visual Record of Daily Life in San Quentin Prison May 03, 2021 | in Photography Weeks Stabbing in the Gym — 9.24.63 by Rubin Ramirez 2013 Woodside & Noleh Fight / 4.8.66 Divans / 8.2.71 X-Mas Tree / 12.26.75 The San Quentin Project collects a largely unseen visual record of daily life inside one of America’s oldest and largest prisons, demonstrating how this archive of the state is now being used to teach visual literacy and process the experience of incarceration.  In 2011, Nigel Poor—artist, educator, and co-creator of the acclaimed podcast Ear Hustle—began teaching a history of ...

San Francisco kosher baker hires formerly incarcerated employees to give second chances By Lisa Fernandez KTVU's Rob Roth reports. SAN FRANCISCO - An Israeli businessman who operates San Francisco's only kosher bakery has earned another moniker for his shop because of the formerly incarcerated people he now employs. The nickname for Issac Yosef's Frena Bakery is the "Lifer Bakery."  Carlos Flores, who served 23 years in prison on a murder charge, revealed that Yosef hired him when he was released from prison, along with two dozen others like him over the years, in an interview first air...