About
20/20 New Media Productions. Perfect vision, seeing the digital future clearly. We produce, create, distribute, and market film and new media productions. Home of the DC Web Fest.
20/20 New Media is the force behind Orange Juice in Bishop’s Garden, a popular indie web series that offers a fresh look at the lives of D.C. teens. The show has since finished production. The series has viewership in 146 countries. 20/20 has done work for Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Random House, and The Washington Ballet. 20/20 New Media is currently working to produce HardDCcore, a coming of age story about a group of high school misfits trying to start a band, and “find themselves”, during the DC hardcore music scene. With 15+ years of experience in production and distribution, 20/20 New Media also offers professional consultations.
Summer 2019 Projects:
HardDCcore, A film about the DC hardcore punk-rock scene in the 1980s.
Hysterical Womxn, highlighting women in tech and the affects of toxic work culture on mental health and well-being.“A direct and personal encounter with peoples’ experience with toxic cultures, done in narrative arcs to address particular areas and experiences. (i.e workplace interactions, micro-aggressions, self-care, types of abuse, etc.)
Some Past Work:
Publications:
The Wild West of Film First industry textbook on web series creation and digital storytelling — 348 pages.
A series of seven young adult fiction works, in addition to a collection of short stories “Utopia” (2013) and “Green”.
Exhibited:
Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery At the Smith Center- Photography exhibited in group show, Us+Them=U.S. Finding Common Ground in a Divided Nation
National Museum of Women in the Arts- led a Culture Capital “State of the Union” discussion on the role of Women in the Media, in addition to
screening video art.Fathom Gallery (Official FotoWeek DC Event)- solo still photography exhibition titled This Must be the Place.
Artisphere- Orange Juice in Bishop’s Garden Season 7 Premier, with hosted open Q&A with audience, media outlets, and
live-tweets.
Otessa Ghadar (Founder)
Photo by Joe Carabeo
As the Founder and Director of 2020 Productions, and The DC Web Fest, I apply a creator and culture catalyst, with an intersectional lens to solving the most pressing challenges in STEAM, tech, creative content, and Future Systems. I advocate for women, minorities, immigrants, and entrepreneurs by building communities of support and empowerment. My approach is creative, intersectional, and futuristic. My inspiration comes from the arts, tech, human beings, and from my love for teaching. I am available for speaking engagements, advising, consulting, and creative collaborations
Her work has been featured & awarded in The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Webbys, Tellys, Huffington Post, KoldCast Media (Viral with 8+ million views for Web Series Orange Juice in Bishop’s Garden), After Ellen, recognized by Human Rights Campaign, Reason To Have Pride — Advocate. She has spoken at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Kennedy Center, Bard College, American University, Embassy of Australia, Guggenheim, Bilbao, Die Seriale, Dina Shore Weekend, Biseries Land (Bilbao Web Fest), Marseille Web Fest
Otessa founded the DC Web Fest (one of the first of its kind & now in its 10th year) out of the need for digital content creators to showcase their works, inspiring creativity and innovation.
As an Adjunct Professor at A.U., and through additional guest lecturing, Otessa uses her passions to guide the next generation of digital storytellers. Stemming from her knowledge and expertise, she published the world’s first new media textbook called "The Wild West of Film."
In addition to speaking, she also enjoys exhibiting her work, having shown work as part of FotoWeek DC, Transformer Gallery, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, amongst others.
A Google Next Generation Policy leader, Otessa works diligently to increase technology awareness and innovation among minority and marginalized communities
She Completed her Graduate Film Studies at Columbia University's film school in NYC.
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