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06/21/2024

Consider supporting this documentary about Windham Hill Records by talented Bay Area filmmaker Tal Skloot!

Feature documentary on the history, achievements, and groundbreaking sounds of Windham Hill Records.

05/20/2024

We are thrilled to share the news that our latest documentary, Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) has won BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY and BEST OVERALL FILM at the Denali Film Festival.

Join co-directors Sonia Luokkala and Jacqueline Cleveland in person on June 7 for the screening and Q&A!

https://www.denalifilmfestival.com/2024-official-selections.html

05/16/2024

Our friend and fellow filmmaker, Alexandra Lexton of Lex Productions has made a beautiful film called FOOLS' PARADISE (lost?) about how we heal ourselves through reconnection to nature, and the symbiotic necessity to heal what’s left of the wild – our own inner wild and the outer wild.

Their filmmaking team is fundraising right now for post-production. If you can, please join TrimTab Media by making a contribution and sharing the campaign to help them reach their goal. It takes a village to finish a film!

Become a supporter:

Immersed in experiences recounted by writers, artists, adventurers, environmentalists, scientists, and activists, we delve into scientific and artistic inquiry around how we use and depend on nature to regenerate and maintain our minds, bodies, and spirits – and how we can in turn, heal the earth.

04/09/2024

We're excited to announce that our latest documentary Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) is an official selection of the DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival!

Presented by the California Film Institute, is a vibrant celebration of nonfiction storytelling held annually in Marin County, California. We're honored to have been selected this year!

Join us on Saturday, May 4 at 12:30pm at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA. We'd love to see you there!

GET TICKETS: https://www.doclands.com/homecoming

02/26/2024

Please join us in supporting OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage - A short documentary about the revolutionary power of women's voices by director Clare Major.

Behind every great documentary, there's a community of supporters who believe in it. Join OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage’s Kickstarter and raise your voice with us to tell the story of Whitney Bradshaw's OUTCRY project. Details: → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/claremajor/outcry-alchemists-of-rage

Frankly Speaking Films

A short documentary about the transformational power of women’s rage.

12/01/2023

A nice story in Anchorage Daily News about our upcoming Premiere of Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) at Anchorage International Film Festival.

READ:

A new documentary screening at the Anchorage International Film Festival, “Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing),” was produced by a team that includes Quinhagak filmmaker Jacqueline Cleveland.

11/08/2023

We’re excited to share the news that our latest film, Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) will have its World Premiere at Anchorage International Film Festival on Dec 2.

(Yupik Pronounciation: Shla-vut sche-mik-tuk) As an archeological team digs to save cultural artifacts from rising sea levels in her coastal village, a Yupik filmmaker explores her tribe’s relationship with its language, subsistence hunting and gathering practices and cultural traditions in Alaska.

Co-Directed by: Jacqueline Cleveland, Mischa A. Hedges & Sonia Luokkala

Producer: Mischa Hedges
Cinematography: Mischa Hedges & Jacqueline Cleveland

Editor: Alex Albers
Score & Sound Mix: Cleod9 Music
Colorist: Nicolai Crane

Special thanks to the communities of Quinhagak & Chefornak for welcoming our crew and trusting us to help share your stories.

More info and tickets to the premiere: https://anchoragefilmfestival.org/events/ellavutcimirtuqourworldischanging

03/20/2023

Thanks to the great team at for putting on another fantastic film festival. We laughed, we thought deeply, we cried and we were inspired by the program. It’s an honor to partner with y’all on the DocNight series - and we can’t wait to finish our next film and have it considered for the fest. Until next year!

03/14/2023

We’re moving!
After 7 wonderful years in Sebastopol, we’re moving our production and editing studio just down highway 12 to Santa Rosa, CA. The co-working office we started and operated in Sebastopol in 2016 (TrimTab Workspace) will continue operating as “Sebastopol Co-Work” and be managed by the building owners.

Thanks Tanya and Ru for the great space, to all our collaborators and workspace members for all the memories, events and fun times here.

We made hundreds of films and designed dozens of campaigns for our clients here, survived COVID together and leveled up in our creative work and careers here. SEB will forever hold a special place in our hearts. Thanks to our lovely neighbors The Apple Cobbler Mac Daddy Repairs Retrograde Coffee Roasters Sebastopol Community Market Beer and Wine Garden Barrio Tacos Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Sebastopol Center for the Arts Ramen Gaijin Handline Papas And Pollo Bubbles Boba & Gifts Sebastopol Downtown Association Fern Bar The Nectary and all the other people and businesses who made working here so special and delicious. Let’s stay friends, Sebastopol!

If you're looking for a co-working desk or private office, check out the vacancies at Sebastopol Co-Work: https://cube-beagle-3wdh.squarespace.com

Stay tuned for an invite to the OPENING PARTY for our new documentary film studio in Santa Rosa!

03/08/2023

Check out the crowdfunding campaign video for our latest film - a music documentary about Michael Hedges! Watch the trailer & make a contribution on Seed&Spark: https://bit.ly/oraclefilm

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03/02/2023

We're proud to be a business partner and supporter of the Mendocino Land Trust as part of our 1% for the Planet commitment. Their work conserving and restoring habitat, scenic areas and working lands while also providing public access to beautiful places is a gift to our community. Thanks to their team for all the great work!

Next time you're in Mendocino County, visit Navarro Point!
https://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/trails/navarro-point-trail

Navarro Point is our oldest preserve; opened to the public in 2005, it commands spectacular views of the Pacific. (It is also a great place to stop and walk if all our winding roads are getting to you.)

Thanks to the Trail Keepers at Navarro Point, we are able to keep the trails and parking lot accessible and to slowly restore native grassland habitat, particularly by keeping the invasive plants at bay.

Please let these businesses know you appreciate their work at keeping our coast pristine:






Thank you Trail Keepers!

02/24/2023

Crowdfunding for our next documentary about guitarist starts March 6! Learn more at link in bio!

01/06/2023

Tune in at 10am PST for the first Fire Drill Fridays of 2023! Jane Fonda is joined by writer, feminist and climate activist Rebecca Solnit for a conversation about our collective dream for a clean, green, and just planet and how we can actively cultivate hope and align our actions with the future we want to see.

11/11/2022

Join us on Monday 11/14 for DOC NIGHT's screening of "Not Without Us" at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, followed by a Q&A with Mark Decena of Kontent Films. During the Q&A, Mark will also share clips from their upcoming project "Farming While Black" - a film based on the book by Leah Penniman.

TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doc-night-not-without-us-tickets-290903097997

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Join us (in-person or virtually) for a screening of Not Without Us followed by a conversation w/ director Mark Decena

11/09/2022

Documentary lovers and supporters - check out this upcoming film from one of our freelance collaborators, Cristina Valverde. Beaver Taught Salmon to Jump is a film about the incredible world of beaver-based restoration & the people working to heal landscape and history for our future Earth.

Like the page and check out the film's website:

The Vision shared by this film is that of an eco-cultural revolution grounded in localized, community-led, wholistic wild-tending. These skills are beginning to be shared through open-access stewardship education guided by Indigenous ecological views.

10/25/2022

This week, our virtual events team is live-streaming Grantmakers for Girls of Color's annual convening: a virtual, 3-day conference focused on reclamation and reciprocity, and how we can harvest just and liberated futures for all girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of Color.

Register (it's FREE!) + join us today, tomorrow and Thursday:
https://grantmakersforgirlsofcolor.org/2022convening

09/22/2022

Join us on October 10 for a screening of Kids On Tech, and a discussion with director Paul Zehrer and editor Eric Ivey about the filmmaking process, followed by drinks, conversation & networking.

SYNOPSIS: Parents and teachers struggle with their kids’ being on devices today. And Covid has forced our kids to rely on technology more than ever. This new documentary asks: “How should we be preparing our kids for this digital world?”

GET TICKETS:

Join us (in-person or virtually) for a screening of Kids on Tech followed by a conversation w/ director Paul Zehr & editor Eric Ivey.

09/07/2022

Join us for a Doc Night screening of Belly of the Beast on 9/12 at Rialto Cinemas Sonoma County, in partnership with Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.

Belly of the Beast: "When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections."

Watch Trailer & Get Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doc-night-belly-of-the-beast-tickets-290894502287

09/02/2022

We're LIVE streaming Fire Drill Fridays with Greenpeace USA and Jane Fonda. Listen in to hear more about what's happening with Senator Manchin's "Dirty Deal" in congress, and how you can take action.

08/05/2022

This morning, we're livestreaming Fire Drill Fridays with Jane Fonda and Greenpeace USA. Tune in and learn about and a new UN Global Ocean Treaty!

07/22/2022

In May 2022, Mischa and Brendan Hedges completed an interview with David Crosby for our upcoming biographical documentary about Michael Hedges. Read the recap!
https://michaelhedges.com/an-interview-with-david-crosby

In May 2022, Mischa and Brendan Hedges completed an interview with David Crosby for the upcoming biographical documentary about Michael Hedges.

06/09/2022

For the last few months, the TrimTab Media team has been working hard on producing Equal Rights Advocates' Annual Gala, which is THIS AFTERNOON!

Head on over to https://bit.ly/ERAgala22 to register and watch "We All Win." The show starts at 4:00pm PST!

Big thanks to Delia Coleman and the whole team over at ERA, and of course to our creative team:
Mischa A. Hedges - exec. producer
JC Rafferty / Girl Friday Events - event planning
David G Marks - creative producer
Justin Lewis - dir. photography
Julia Camp - asst. camera
Eric Ivey - editor, field producer
Nicole Amyx - editor
Nicolai Crane - colorist
Michelle Olivera - motion gfx
McLeod Music & Scotty Beam - audio mix

TODAY IS THE DAY! Our Annual Gala begins at 4pm PST, and there's still time to register! Our mini documentary will both inspire and move you to tears 🥺

Head on over to bit.ly/ERAgala22 to reserve your spot (or provide a donation??) We can't wait to celebrate with you! 🥳

06/06/2022

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm! Join us for a screening of Reflection: a walk with water in our DOC NIGHT series, followed by a conversation with director Emmett Brennan about the filmmaking process, and an afterparty at Fern Bar.

A few tickets left for this special screening!

TICKETS:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doc-night-reflection-a-walk-with-water-tickets-272412191197

Join us (in-person or virtually) for a screening of Reflection, and a conversation w/ director Emmett Brennan about the filmmaking process.

06/01/2022

Our DOC NIGHT series and the upcoming DOC NIGHT: Reflection - a walk with water screening on June 6 mentioned in this East Bay Express post by Michael Giotis: "Essential Documentaries to Watch This Summer."

Get in-person or virtual tickets to our screening of Reflection: a walk with water at Rialto Cinemas Sonoma County on Monday June 6. TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/doc-night-157629

East Bay Express Article:
https://eastbayexpress.com/critical-viewing-essential-documentaries-to-watch-this-summer


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The documentary art form has evolved into an everyday tool to learn about and understand the world. True, sometimes people just need to take a load off and melt their brains with a streaming bonanza of light summer television fare, not too challenging at the beach. At times like these though, when t...

05/09/2022

TONIGHT: Join TrimTab Media, Rialto Cinemas Sonoma County and Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival for a screening of DOC NIGHT: Symphony of the Soil, followed by a conversation with director Deborah Koons Garcia, and editor Vivien Hillgrove about the editing process.

Just a few tickets left!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doc-night-symphony-of-the-soil-tickets-272410365737

05/06/2022

We're *LIVE* streaming May's show with usa and fonda this morning. Tune in and learn about the intersections of the climate and labor movements!

05/05/2022

This Spring is a busy one for - with virtual events going hybrid, livestreams are back-to-back, production is getting back into full swing, and some new documentaries are in the works. Balancing out the screen time is a must - and this is a prime way to do it.

05/05/2022

Behind the Scenes: Our live-streaming crew on location with .collective at a quarterly meeting of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Taskforce - a gathering of agencies and advocates to discuss stewardship of our forest resources, planned/controlled burns, indigenous stewardship and catastrophic wildfire prevention.

04/28/2022

We worked with Mendonoma Health Alliance to produce : a full-scale, 9-part public health campaign to raise awareness about overcoming addiction, and reduce stigma against opioid users.

Learn more and watch the short films: https://trimtab.media/overcoming-addiction

We worked with Mendonoma Health Allaince to produce a public health awareness campaign about overcoming addiction to reduce stigma against people who use opioids and other substances.