Cheryl Fabio’s first film, Rainbow Black: Poet Sarah Webster Fabio, was 31 minutes and an intimate look at her mother, an educator, writer, and particularly a poet. Fabio has developed unique skills and perspectives in her nonlinear career that includes everything from social service, nonprofit management, teaching, and bagel delivery to film production. In 2017, Fabio produced and directed Evolutionary Blues… West Oakland’s Music Legacy. In 2021, she made East Oakland Counter Narratives, her COVID oral history film. Currently, she’s promoting A Rising Tide – which chronicles homelessness and housing insecurity among Black children and families in Alameda County, California.
Cheryl Fabio
Oakland, California
Films
A Rising Tide
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(2024)
A chronicle of homelessness and housing insecurity among Black children and families in Alameda County, California.
East Oakland Counter Narratives
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(2021)
A COVID oral history film.
Evolutionary Blues… West Oakland’s Music Legacy
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(2017)
More than thirty local musicians share their inspiration and describe the trajectory of the Oakland Blues: how it evolved and what it has become.
Rainbow Black: Poet Sarah Webster Fabio
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(2014)
A 31-minute, intimate look at the filmmaker’s mother, Sarah Webster Fabio, an educator, writer, and poet.
