Mission Love Presents: Visions of Mission Mediarts

Got some nostalgia for you, homies.

An afternoon of radical, never-before-seen 16mm footage shot by Ray Balberan Mission Mediarts Archive and recently digitized in 5K by the Prelinger Archive. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Ray Balberan moderated by Roberto Ariel Vargas.

Founded in 1971, Mission Mediarts was formed as a Mission District community-based youth media training program, made up of working-class Indigenous, Latino, African American and Asian Pacific Islander students, artists and activists who documented their hopes, aspirations, and the artistic, cultural, and political expression taking place in their neighborhood during the seventies and early eighties. Mission Mediarts fought for access to the local and national airwaves on mainstream television, as well as for resources and youth employment opportunities in the media industry.

Co-curated by Mission Love & Ray Balbaran/Mission Mediarts.