| TWN October News
Al Santana at BAM
Brooklyn filmmaker Al Santana has been a
fixture on the independent film and video
scene for years and his work ranges from
documentaries about the transatlantic slave
trade to coping with 9/11. This program
includes the films: Voices
of the Gods (1985), Durban 400
(2002), In
the Spirit of Peace (2003), Military
Option (2005), and One People
(2007),
co-directed with Laura L. Fowler. Q&A with Al
Santana.
October 1, 7PM
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn, New York
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Mute
Love and The Healing Passage
at the
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film
Festival
September 27-30
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Brooklyn, New York
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Older
Women and Love, Four
Women, She
Don't Fade, Janine
and Monique
at the The Spelman College
Museum of Fine Art in Atlanta.
September 14-December 8
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Atlanta, GA
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Suzanne,
Suzanne at the National Museum of
Women in
the Arts in Washington, DC
September 21-December 27
National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
Washington, DC
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schedule
| TWN Workshops
Walk-in seminars on film/video/digital
production
topics from funding to sound and more!
Professionals in the field provide down to
earth "how-
to's" for the independent media-maker. Most
of the
classes are $25/ (15 for low income/students)
but the October 10th class is FREE.
10/3 Production Planning
The "how-to's" on planning your production -
from A-Z, pre-production to post-production,
including
templates of different budgets, and much more
- planning forms and handouts. Taught by
Producer/Professor Ann Bennett.
10/10 Felix Rodriguez on Documenting A
Performance Artist
The director of La Bruja: A Witch from the
Bronx will show clips and talk about the
special challenges of performance and cinema
verite
documentation.
FREE WORKSHOP!
10/17 Independent Media Distribution
A primer on how to create a successful
marketing plan for your film release.
Promotion tips for festivals and screenings.
Taught by New School Professor and Curator
Michelle Materre.
10/24 Introduction to Sound
Get good sound quality! Mikes, mixers, and
more-the basics you need to know how to avoid
heartache, earache (or embarrassment) when
screening your final film or video
production. Taught by Independent Producer JT
Takagi.
10/31 Techno Organizing
From basic to brilliant, a workshop exploring
the benefits of using technology to organize
information and resources over traditional
approaches. In the spirit of the pioneers who
utilized new technology to create art (DJ,
Aerosol Artist & Producer), the course of
this workshop demystifies using the new age
of Web 2.0 online services instead of desktop
applications, and details how storing data
online rather than onto one's desktop or
laptop hard drive can help with the overall
effectiveness and value of the information
being created, stored and/or distributed
among the community. Taught by Rolando Brown
of the Hip Hop Association.
11/14 Getting the Funds-Proposal
Writing
A nuts and bolts approach on how to write a
winning proposal and package your production
idea to get that funding! Facilitated by TWN
Executive Director Dorothy Thigpen, with a
guest filmmaker.
All workshops start at 6:30PM
Third World Newsreel
545 8th Avenue, 10th Floor
between 37th and 38th streets
1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, R, Q, W to Times
Square 42nd street
212 947-9277 x 304
Register
by
emailing: workshop@twn.org.
| TWN Congratulates
Susan Robeson Receives Reel Sisters
Pioneer Award
Susan Robeson, co-founder of Third World
Newsreel, will receive the Pioneer Award this
weekend at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora
Film Festival. TWN congratulates Susan
Robeson on this well deserved
recognition.
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Yolanda
Pividal Receives IFP's
Emerging
Latino Filmmaker Award
Yolanda Pividal, director of Two
Dollar Dance, received the Fledgling Fund
Award for
Emerging Latino Filmmakers for the film,
Tijuana, Nada Más during IFP 's
Independent
Film Week. TWN congratulates Yolanda Pividal
on this well deserved
recognition.
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Faith Pennick receives Reel Sisters Best
Documentary Award
TWN's Production Workshop Alumnus
Faith Pennick received
the Best Documentary Award at the Reel
Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festiva for her
documentary Silent Choices. TWN
congratulates Faith Pennik for this well
deserved recognition.
| View TWN's 2007-2008 e-Brochures
TWN's 2007-2008 e-Brochure is now
available online!
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brochure
| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in
part by The New York State Council on the
Arts, The
National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford
Foundation, The North Star Fund, The Funding
Exchange, and Manhattan Neighborhood
Network.
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TWN is a 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization dedicated to fostering the
creation,
appreciation, and dissemination of
independent media
by and about people of color.
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