EVENTS
VIVIEN’S WILD RIDE PUBLIC DIALOGUE SERIES
In celebration of the broadcast premiere of Vivien’s Wild Ride, we are pleased to offer an online dialogue series to promote community conversations around sight loss, adoption, and the role of women in film. All events are online, free, and open to the public.
February 19, 2026, 4pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time
Vis/Ability – Join us 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. 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 available.
For access questions, please email us at info@mufilms.org.
February 26, 2026, 5pm Pacific Time / 8pm Eastern Time
Relinquishment, Reunion, and Family Truths – A conversation inspired by Vivien’s Wild Ride. 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 (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. Presented by Adoption Mosaic, Mu Films, 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 are available.
For access questions, please email us at info@mufilms.org.
March 11, 2026, 4pm Pacific Time / 7pm Eastern Time
Rewind – A panel featuring Vivien Hillgrove and other 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). Presented by Frankly Speaking Films, Mu Films, and Mom’s Head Films. Co-presented with SFFILM, Film Fatales, and the Curve Foundation. ASL interpretation and captioning are available.
For access questions, please email us at info@mufilms.org.