Pam Uzzell

Experience

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  Documentary film

  May 2009 - Jun 2012

  Producer and Director of Unearthing the Dream

  A small-town African American community, forced to accept second-class materials for its schools, refuses to accept a second-class education for its children, giving rise to Black schools that inspired and cultivated success and pride. The 1968 desegregation of the Malvern, AR schools planned to eliminate this separate and unequal system. But in the process it forced the very students it aimed to help to sacrifice their shared experience and identity. These formative years that most American high school students enjoy and recall with fond memories were stripped away, for the greater good of integration. Forty years have passed, and those boys and girls are men and women with careers and families. Yet they continue to grapple with the memory of this decision made for them, a memory that still reverberates throughout their lives. Show less

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  Documentary film

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2018

  Producer and Director of Welcome to the Neighborhood

  When artist Mildred Howard, daughter of legendary Berkeley activist Mable Howard, loses her South Berkeley home due to soaring rental prices, it costs Berkeley a piece of its history and its legacy.

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  Academy of Art University

  Jan 2015 - now

  Creating curriculum, writing class modules, and recording software video demos that reflect current media trends and technology Teaching history, theory, and traditional and emerging genres in video content

  • Online Course Author

    Jun 2016 - now

  • Editing Instructor, School of Communication and Media Technologies

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2020
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  Documentary film

  Mar 2020 - now

  When those who have a home are unable to leave it, artist Victor Mavedzenge uses the current moment of Shelter-In-Place to explore how vision and empathy can lead us to more equitable communities.

  • Producer, Director, and Editor

    Jan 2007 - now

  • Producer, Director, Editor of Shelter in Displacement

    Mar 2020 - May 2020
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  Self-employed

  Jan 2021 - now

  Podcaster

  Producer and host of ART HEALS ALL WOUNDS podcast, where we meet artists transforming lives with their work.