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Chris Jordan-Bloch is a filmmaker and photographer in Oakland, CA


Director  Photographer  Editor

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Chris Jordan-Bloch is a filmmaker and photographer in Oakland, CA


Director  Photographer  Editor

Dryden

The story of a town who discovered strength in unity and turned the tables on the powerful oil & gas industry. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)

Daily Life

A portfolio of the people, places and moments that I have had the privilege of documenting.

Growing change

People told Jim Cochran that no one cared about healthy food and healthy workers. He decided to prove them wrong. (Director, Editor, 2nd Camera)

A Line in the sand

The coal industry dumped their pollution on small community thinking no one would notice. They were wrong. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)

THE FABLE OF THE WOLF

A history of the relationship between humans and wolves.  (Co-Producer, Co-Writer with Maggie Caldwell)

CHARACTERS 

A portfolio of people - some wonderful, some mysterious, all interesting - who have allowed me to take their picture.

An Ill Wind

It starts with a warning, then its just a matter of which the way the wind blows. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)

A Hero Doesn't Get Used to This

A portrait of Larry Gibson - environmental hero and mountain top removal fighter. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)

MY FRIEND RUDY

A story of some photos and the friendship they helped create.  (Photography, Words)

FAITH AND COMPETITION

A local youth pastor feels God is opening a door for him as he pursues his dream of becoming a cage fighter. (Director, Photography, Audio, Editor)

A Leader Lost

A photographic essay about the murder of 21-year-old Fairfield City Councilman Matt Garcia and the community and people that were forever changed by his life and death

walking the king's high ways

Take a hike through one of the first places that Earthjustice used the courts to save. (Co-Director, Co-Editor, Co-Cinematographer - with Sam Edmundson)

LITTLE BLUE

A small community was promised a recreational dream. Instead they got a toxic nightmare.  (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)

Scenes from a Recession

A Photographic essay about the great recession and its impact on the people of California

Even Walls Make a Difference

On May 1, 2009, in the midst of the deepest recession in a generation, the Fairfield-Suisun School Board voted to close four schools and layoff more than 80 teachers. It was a local impact of a national problem. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)