Oakland International Film Festival

09/21/2026

Greetings All,

In our quest to promote independent filmmakers and their stories" The 24th Oakland International Film Festival adds a day to present B. Monét work to the Bay Area film community while in town.
Spaces are. limited.
Thank you!
DR

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Dear Community

We're excited to invite you to "Reclaiming Ourselves: Story, Body and Becoming," a special evening with acclaimed filmmaker, writer, director, and multidisciplinary storyteller B. Monét, hosted by the Oakland International Film Festival.

B. Monét is an award-winning storyteller whose work spans film, documentary, branded content, and visual art. A native of Maryland, she earned her B.A. in English from Spelman College and her MFA in Writing and Directing for Film and Television from NYU. Her work explores identity, memory, Blackness, intimacy, disability, and human connection, often centering voices and experiences that have historically been underrepresented on screen. RSVP Here.

Her acclaimed work includes the award-winning short film Q.U.E.E.N., the documentary Ballet After Dark, and the feature documentary Black Girls, which explores Black girlhood and womanhood through the stories of women including Allyson Felix, Marley Dias, and Alex Elle. Her work has been recognized through programs and honors including the Sundance Horizon Award, the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, Film Independent's Project Involve, and the Queen Collective.

For this gathering, B. Monét brings that same commitment to storytelling, representation, and radical visibility to a conversation about how we reclaim our stories, our bodies, and our sense of becoming.
Reclaiming Ourselves: Story, Body and Becoming

Date; Monday, September 21, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM–7:00 PM
Location: SMC Sullivan Community Center
1671 8th St., Oakland, CA 94607

FREE EVENT: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Suggested donation: $15
Concessions available for purchase.

Come be part of an evening centered on story, identity, creativity, community, and the freedom to become more fully ourselves.

We hope you'll join us, and bring someone who should be in the room.

Truly,
B. Monét
Hosted by the Oakland International Film Festival

09/21/2026

"You think it's the end...but it's just the beginning."

Bob Marley

09/12/2026

Tonight! At Northeastern University - Oakland (Mill's College) The 24th Oakland International Film Festival continues with a special presentation - 3rd Generation of The Van Peebles!!

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09/10/2026

https://www.oiff.org/stayconnected/people-of-the-west/

Day 2 of The Oakland International Film Festival - Sept 10th 2-4 p.m. and another panel at 5-7 p.m. Consists of Filmmaker Panel at Oak - Informal Spaces followed by a mixer at Calabash!

09/08/2026

In addition to film screenings and panel discussions, we still want to eat, drink and be merry!! After the Filmmaker Panels, join us at Calabash! One of Oakland's premiere places to dine!

09/03/2026

On many occassions, I had the honor of being in the company of Mr. Bill Patterson. And one thing that stands out from all our interactions was he made you feel like you were the most important person! This documentary, "The Bill Patterson Story" sheds light to many things he accomplished/influenced in Oakland and beyond.

The 24th Oakland International Film Festival - Sept 9 - 6:45 p.m. Session #2 at the Grand Lake Theater. After each film, there will be a 5min Q&A. Session #2 includes :

"THE BILL PATTERSON STORY"
Directed by: Anthony Severo
Runtime: 00:15:57

This is the untold story of Bill Patterson, who dedicated seven decades to public service in Oakland and along the way mentored some of the greatest people who ever lived—Curt Flood, Bill Russell, Joe Morgan—champions who changed the world, even as forces worked to destroy the Black community he served.

https://www.oiff.org/tickets/?day=2026-09-17

09/03/2026

I never heard of Ken Cockrel. But thanks to the combination of rare footage and interviews with those who knew him best, Kenny charts the unbelievable rise to prominence of a radical Marxist and brilliant legal mind who took on Chrysler Motor Company, the Detroit Police Department, and power structures of the entire city before his untimely death.

Tickets below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-24th-oakland-international-film-festival-day-6-sept-14-500-pm-tickets-1994487982245?aff=oddtdtcreator

Day 6 of The 24th Oakland International Film Festival - Monday, September 14th, will take place at Northeastern University - Oakland (formally Mill's College) at Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall. After each film, there will be a 5min Q&A!
Session 1 films begin at 5:00 p.m with:

"Kenny: The Marxist Who Would Become Mayor"

Director: Christopher Gruse
Runtime: 01:36:00

Combining rare footage and interviews with those who knew him best, Kenny charts the unbelievable rise to prominence of a radical Marxist and brilliant legal mind who took on Chrysler Motor Company, the Detroit Police Department, and power structures of the entire city before his untimely death.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-24th-oakland-international-film-festival-day-6-sept-14-500-pm-tickets-1994487982245?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

08/28/2026

Day 11 of The 24th Oakland International Film Festival - Saturday, September 19th, will take place at Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall. After most films, there will be a 5min Q&A!
Session 2
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Address: Richards Rd, Oakland, CA 94613

"Earth Seed: A People Journey of Radical Hospitality"
Director: Fox Nakai, Jocelyn Jackson

Runtime: 02:05:00
EARTH SEED invites us to envision and enact our collective future from a world awakening to its unraveling. Led by People’s Kitchen Collective, EARTH SEED centers a pilgrimage through California from present-day Los Angeles to Mendocino Woodlands that happened from March – June 2023. We visited with people and places building models for survival and our collective future. Rooted in Octavia Butler’s Parables series, the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and the diaspora of the global south, EARTH SEED enacts radical hospitality as a survival practice. It does so by deepening our relationships with BIPOC activists, artists, educators, farmers, youth, and elders.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-24th-oakland-international-film-festival-day-11-sept-19-500-pm-tickets-1994515584805?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true