Events
VIVIEN’S WILD RIDE PUBLIC DIALOGUE SERIES
In celebration of the broadcast premiere of Vivien’s Wild Ride, Mu Films organized an online dialogue series to promote community conversations around sight loss, adoption, and the role of women in film. All events were online, free, and open to the public.
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February 19, 2026, 4pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time Vis/Ability - A conversation with Vivien Hillgrove (Director: Vivien’s Wild Ride), Sheridan O'Donnell (Director: Rising Phoenix: A New Revolution), James LeBrecht (Co-Director with Nicole Newnham: Crip Camp), and Eric M. Ivey (Editor: Vivien’s Wild Ride) about film directing with a visual disability, working with a mixed-ability film-team, and the importance of care-work before, during, and after the film is made. Moderated by award-winning filmmaker James LeBrecht. Presented by Mu Films, BAVC Media, and Mom's Head Films. Co-presented with FWD-Doc. ASL interpretation and captioning provided. |
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February 26, 2026, 5pm Pacific Time / 8pm Eastern Time Relinquishment, Reunion, and Family Truths – Birth/first mother Vivien Hillgrove (Director: Vivien’s Wild Ride), her daughter Kathleen Toschi, Dr. Sara Docan-Morgan (author, In Reunion), and Moderator Astrid Castro (Founder and CEO, Adoption Mosaic) in a conversation about relinquishment during the "Baby Scoop Era" of U.S. adoptions (1945-1973), and the complexities of adoption reunions decades later. Mu Films was pleased to present this with Adoption Mosaic and Mom’s Head Films. Co-presented with Adoption Knowledge Affiliates, Adoption Rights Law Center, Adoption Pop!, Concerned United Birth Parents, National Association of Adoptees and Parents, and Saving Our Sisters. ASL interpretation and captioning provided. |
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March 11, 2026, 4pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time Rewind – A panel featuring Vivien Hillgrove and a group of women sound editors who worked at American Zoetrope, the Saul Zaentz Film Center, and Lucasfilm Ltd during San Francisco’s “Golden Age of Film-Sound” (1970 - 1990). Moderated by Rivkah Beth Medow (Holding Moses, Ahead of the Curve). Mu Films was pleased to present this with Frankly Speaking Films and Mom’s Head Films. Co-presented with SFFILM, Film Fatales, and the Curve Foundation. ASL interpretation and captioning provided. |
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