Our crowdfunding campaign for Relative Strangers on Seed & Spark concluded successfully on October 16, 2026. Thank you to all our supporters for helping us reach our fundraising goal! If you would still like to contribute, donations can be made here.

The Sneak Peek Zoom event on September 24th was a smashing success with 200 people in attendance. If you missed it, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel.

On September 24th, join us for a Live Zoom Event featuring special guests and a virtual sneak peek of the work-in-progress documentary, Relative Strangers. Register here.

Vivien's Wild Ride will screen at the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) on Saturday, August 1, at 7pm, as part of a month-long series called "Made in Berkeley: The House That Zaentz Built." Vivien will speak in person following the screening. Get tickets here!

In celebration of the ADA (Americans with Disability Act), Vivien's Wild Ride screens at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on Sunday, July 26th at 1pm. 

Featuring a live panel discussion moderated by Crip Camp director Jim LeBrecht, with Vivien's Wild Ride director Vivien Hillgrove, Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda (Executive Director, Center for Independent Living), and Dr. Kevin Mintz (Roxie Community Member and Disability Rights Advocate).

Vivien's Wild Ride screens as a double feature with Sign 504 Now! (30min) which takes viewers to the frontlines of a landmark, 26-day sit-in at the SF Federal Office Building conducted by over 150 disabled activists in 1977.

Reserve your tickets here.

Vivien's Wild Ride received the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival! The film also received the Audience Award. Our deepest gratitude to the SDFF for these incredible honors and to everyone who attended the screenings. Thank you!

Vivien's Wild Ride screens at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival April 11th at 11am at Rialto Cinema #8. Get tickets here.

Vivien's Wild Ride is now streaming on the PBS app. Watch here through the end of April!  

Relinquishment, Reunion, and Family Truths - A conversation inspired by Vivien's Wild Ride - On February 26th, join 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 of 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. Register here!

Vis/Ability - Join us on February 19th at 4pm PT for 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. Register here.