Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Nicole Opper is skilled at capturing people's stories on camera alongside her wife, Kristan Cassady. Over the last two years, however, this queer, Jewish couple from Oakland has turned the tables by documenting their own personal journey toward creating a family through foster-adoption. The result? A delightful and thought-provoking web-based docu-series called The F Word.
Join JFI and Nicole Opper, JFI's 2017 Filmmaker in Residence, for a reception and presentation of short clips, the official trailer and crowdfunding video. Enjoy a sneak peak of scenes from Season 2 and learn about how you can help bring it to the screen! Catch up on the entire first season of The F Word now before our exclusive reception and screening.
Reception at 6:30pm, program begins at 7:30pm
Filmmaker in Residence Nicole Opper in person
Nicole Opper is an Emmy®-nominated filmmaker who directed and produced the feature documentary Off and Running, an Audience Favorite at Tribeca and winner of ten international awards including Best Documentary at Outfest and Best Documentary Screenplay at Silverdocs. The film was nationally broadcast on P.O.V. in 2010. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to direct Visitor's Day which is supported by New York State Council on the Arts, Chicken & Egg Pictures and The Independent Television Service. She's also produced films for The Discovery Channel and Here TV, and was selected for Filmmaker Magazine's annual "25 New Faces of Independent Film". Nicole has taught filmmaking at Stanford University and San Francisco State University, among other schools.
JFI thanks Fred Hertz for generously hosting this intimate event.
