Six Supported Films and Filmmakers on POV’s 37th season
We’re thrilled to share that the newly-announced 37th season of POV will feature four Chicken & Egg Pictures-supported films and two supported filmmakers within its slate of 14 feature documentaries. As an organization dedicated to a thriving, inclusive documentary ecosystem, we’re proud these films and filmmakers will be spotlighted on America’s largest running nonfiction series. POV’s streaming platform and extensive reach offer a remarkable opportunity to amplify the voices of diverse filmmakers, allowing these films to reach diverse audiences who might not otherwise find them. More accessible films make for a stronger documentary landscape! We urge you to take a look at the full 37th season of POV here, and thank you for your continued support to bring these films to life.
Against the Tide
dir. Sarvnik Kaur
prods. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent
![Still of Against the Tide. Two men go through the content of their fishing net, there are a fish and plastic trash.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EL-2021_Against-the-Tide_Sarvnik-Kaur_Film-Still_ATT-Rakesh-plastic-1024x576.png)
Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Hummingbirds
dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco
prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
![Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Hummingbirds_Silvia-Castaños_Estefanía-Contreras_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x428.png)
Hummingbirds is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Is There Anybody Out There?
dir. Ella Glendining
prod. Janine Marmot
![Still from Is There Anybody Out There? Ella Glendining is on a a medical bend with her belly uncovered](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_Is-There-Anybody-Out-There_Ella-Glendining_Film-Still_2-e1614701382999-1024x669.jpg)
Is There Anybody Out There? is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Twice Colonized
dir. Lin Alluna
prods. Emile Hertling Péronard, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Stacey Aglok, Bob Moore
![The main character of Twice Colonized, Aaju Peter, in a close-up shot holding her hands in front of her face so her traditional tattoos on her hands and her chin are visible.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PH-2023_Twice-Colonized_Main-Still-1024x576.jpg)
Twice Colonized is a Project: Hatched 2023 participant.
From the AlumNest
- Who I Am Not
dir. Tunde Skovran
prods. Andrei Zinca, Danielle Turkov, Paul Cadieux, Patrick Hamm, Amy Shepherd, Edith Weil, Daniel Szandtner, Janos Kovacs
- King Coal
dir. & prod. Elaine McMillion Sheldon
prods. Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler
Half a Dozen Nest-supported Films at the 2023 SFFILM Festival
Chicken & Egg Pictures is proud to see six Nest-supported and two AlumNest films screening at the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival will take place from Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 23 across theaters in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.
We are sending special congratulations to the 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee Sol in the Garden for their World Premiere.
Against the Tide
dir. Sarvnik Kaur
prod. Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent
![Still of Against the Tide. Two men go through the content of their fishing net, there are a fish and plastic trash.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_Against-the-Tide_Sarvnik-Kaur_Film-Still_ATT-Rakesh-plastic-1024x576.png)
Against the Tide is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: International section.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
How to Carry Water
dir. Sasha Wortzel
prod. Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, Colleen Cassingham
![](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-14.01.57-1024x511.png)
How to Carry Water was supported in partnership with Multitude Films as a part of the QUEER FUTURES series and will take part in the “Shorts 3: The Body” section of the festival.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Hummingbirds
dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco
prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
![Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Hummingbirds_Silvia-Castaños_Estefanía-Contreras_Film-Still_MAIN_01_WEB-1024x616.jpg)
Hummingbirds is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist having its California premiere in the Documentaries: USA and GGA Documentary Competition sections.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Milisuthando
dir. Milisuthando Bongela
prod. Marion Isaacs
![Still from Milisuthando. Aerial shot of a person braiding their hair.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/aerial-braids-1024x576.jpg)
Milisuthando is a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California premiere in the Documentaries: International and GGA Documentary Competition sections.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Sol in the Garden
dirs. & prods. Emily Cohen Ibañez and Débora Souza Silva
![Still from Sol in the Garden. A woman in profile to the camera is inside a greenhouse, touching the leaves of a guava tree.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIF-2022_Sol-in-the-Garden_Debora-Souza-Silva_Emily-Cohen-Ibanez_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x542.jpeg)
Sol in the Garden is a 2022 Critical Issues Fund grantee having its World Premiere as a part of the Bay Area Short Film category as well as a three-part shorts program.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
The Tuba Thieves
dir. & prod. Alison O’Daniel
![Still from The Tuba Thieves. A person looking up with their hand beside their face holding two fingers. Below them is a text that reads the first evening's stars begin to appear. Black and White photograph.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/EL-2021_The-Tuba-Thieves_Alison-ODaniel_Film-Still__06-2-1024x575.jpg)
The Tuba Thieves is a 2021 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee having its California Premiere as a part of the Documentaries: USA section.
Get your tickets here.
From the AlumNest
- King Coal
dir. & prod. Elaine McMillion Sheldon
prods. Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler - Confessions of a Good Samaritan
dir. Penny Lane
prod. Gabriel Sedgwick
Post written by Spring intern Tess Caldwell
Four Nest-supported films at True/False Film Fest 2023
Chicken & Egg Pictures is egg-cited to see four Nest-supported and two AlumNest films in the lineup of the 20th edition of True/False Film Fest, which takes place from Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March 5 in Columbia, Missouri.
Hummingbirds
dirs. Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
co-dirs. & prods. Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco
prods. Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
![Silvia and Beba smile as they point their middle finger at the fire-work lit sky. There is a red light on Beba's middle finger, and a green light on Silvia's.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022-Finalist_Hummingbirds_Silvia-Castaños_Estefanía-Contreras_Film-Still_MAIN_01_WEB-1024x616.jpg)
Hummingbirds is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab finalist.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
How to Have an American Baby
dir. and prod. Leslie Tai
prod. Jillian Schultz
![How to Have an American Baby Leslie Tai 2017 Diversity Fellows Initiative](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2017-Diversity_Tai_How-to-Have-an-American-Baby_film-still_lowres-1024x436.jpeg)
How to Have an American Baby was supported through the 2017 Diversity Fellows Initiative (past program).
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Joonam
dir. Sierra Urich
prod. Keith Wilson
![A mother and daughter stand under opposite ends of a grape arbor together, harvesting grape leaves. A grandmother is seen sitting in the background with a walker in front of her. Each woman appears to be separately lost in thought.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EL-2022_Joonam_Sierra-Urich_Film-Still_MAIN_01-1024x576.jpeg)
Joonam is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Get your tickets here.
![graphic of a film reel](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/small-icons-04.jpg)
Milisuthando
dir. Milisuthando Bongela
prod. Marion Isaacs
![Still from Milisuthando. Aerial shot of a person braiding their hair.](https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/aerial-braids-1024x576.jpg)
Milisuthando is a 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab grantee.
Get your tickets here.
From the AlumNest
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
dirs. & prods. Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster
U.S. Documentary Competition
- The Feeling of Being Close to You
dir. & prod. Ash Goh Hua
Part of the Short Films program
Check out the full lineup with this link.