DOCS & DIALOGUE
Docs & Dialogue (D&D) is a bi-monthly virtual documentary screening and discussion series led by EVC’s young people whose lives and communities are most impacted by systemic inequities. Through EVC’s nearly 40 year archive of 200+ youth-produced films, these individuals share their stories about the world as they see it –with all its problems and possibilities.
Since launching in 2020, D&D has covered a wide range of topics about the identities, communities, and systems shaping the lives of young New Yorkers. Here are some of our favorite highlights from past events:
D&D FILMS BY TOPICS
Youth Perspectives & Advocacy
Alumni Co-Hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker(s): Maude Carroll
Special Guests: Asia Alston, Happy Healing Wellness, LLC. & Denzel Deranamie, Filmmaker
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Zuri-Shaddai Salehe
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker(s):Ashley Woolcock
Special Guest: Stacey Wright-Woolcock, Psychotherapist
Alumni Co-hosts: Christine L. Mendoza & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker(s): Shon McGoy, Tidiane Balde
Special Guest: Gregory Brender, NYC Policy Expert
Alumni Co-Hosts: Steven-Emmanuel Martinez & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker(s): Rhodine Louisaire, Abdul Malik Abbott
Special Guests: Victor Davila, The Point & Christine L. Mendoza, former EVC Instructor
Public Services
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: MJ Small
Special Guest: Darlene McDay, Activist
Alumni Co-hosts: Christine L. Mendoza & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Yhenni Rodriquez
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Alexus Stewart
Special Guests: Ranae Reynolds, Tri-State Transportation Campaign & Suzan Al Shammari, Transportation Alternatives
Alumni Co-hosts: Christine L. Mendoza & Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Mikey Rosa
Race & Ethnicity
Alumni Co-Hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Zuri-Shaddai Salehe
Special Guests: Norris Francis Branham, Turtlegang NYC & Terry Jones, Torn Jersey Media
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Special Guest: Cynthia Copeland, Public Historian & Ayanna Saulsberry, Filmmaker
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez, Mariela Martinez
& Raelene Holmes
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Mohamed Fofana
Gender & Sexuality
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes & Steven-Emmanuel Martinez
Special Guest: Lanai Daniels, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York & David Murdoch, Filmmaker and former EVC Instructor
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Special Guest: Donja R. Love, Playwright & Dr. David Malebranche, Gilead Sciences
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes, Steven-Emmanuel Martinez & Maude Carroll
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes, Steven-Emmanuel Martinez & Maude Carroll
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Yhenni Rodriguez, Kaz Doha
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes & Steven-Emmanuel Martinez
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Steven-Emmanuel Martinez
Special Guests: Josué Argüelles, A Call to Men & Rebecca Renard-Wilson, former EVC Instructor
Arts & Culture
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes, Steven Martinez
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker(s): Maude Carroll, Irene Villasenor and Latoya Aultman
Special Guests: Paradise Gray, Chief Curator of The Hip Hop Museum; Molly Seegers, Kevin Powell, & Deborah Schwartz, Brooklyn Museum
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Zuri-Shaddai Salehe
Alumni Filmmaker Speaker: Byron Graziano
Special Guests: Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly, Rutgers University; Thrax TheUpmost, Rapper; Pamela Sporn, former EVC Instructor and Filmmaker
Alumni Co-hosts: Hailey Del Valle
Special Guest(s): Sam Verdugo and Zomely Grullon, DayOne
Housing
Alumni Co-hosts: Raelene Holmes & Steven-Emmanuel Martinez
Special Guest: Sergio Galvez, LSA Family Health Service; J. Michelle Holmes, Activist
Alumni Co-hosts: Christine L. Mendoza & Raelene Holmes
Special Guests: Andrea Ortega-Williams, former EVC Instructor
Alumni Co-hosts: Cirilo Ordonez & Raelene Holmes
Special Guest: Imani Henry, Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network