about
Joyful Threads Productions is the creative home for many of our collaborative films and media productions!
Joyful Threads Collaborators:carla bergman, Corin Browne, Melissa Roach, Jeanette Sheehy, Tasnim Nathoo, Tia Taurere- Clearsky, Michelle Nahanee, and Jamie-Leigh Gonzales
Below are links to a few of our projects, and a couple bios!
(link on names above to read more about everyone!)
Coming October 8, 2019: RADIANT VOICES BOOK!projects
carla bergman is an independent scholar, filmmaker, and producer. She is the co director of EMMA Talks, a mini-art-festival and speaker’s series by women. carla co-directed the Film: Common Notions: Handbook Not Required, co-edited the book: Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook For Youth, AK Press, co-authored the book: Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times, AK Press, and edited the book, Radiant Voices, TouchWood Editions, Oct 2019.. carla is currently working on a film about language and decolonization called, Women of the Bones: Pathways to Belonging.
The threads that run through all her work are: radical social change, amplifying voices at the edges, and connecting emerging and new voices with well-seasoned folks. carla loves to zoom in on the in-between happenings and issues, and bust binaries. carla spends much of her time capturing beauty with a camera, and walking with her partner, kids and friends in Vancouver, on Sḵwxwú7mesh, xʷməθkʷəym, səlilwətaɁɬ Lands.
photo by Jamie-Leigh Gonzales
to read more about my projects visit here |