| TWN March News
Memorial for James Allen Thigpen, Jr.
Jim Thigpen passed away unexpectedly on
January 13, 2010. A memorial for him --
Dorothy Thigpen's brother, our beloved friend,
co-worker, webmaster and consummate
"shademeister"-- was held on February 13th in
Columbus, Ohio. A New York memorial will be
held in Manhattan.
Saturday, March 20th, 2:00 PM
To RSVP and for address information, please
email
jt@twn.org.
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Remembering Loni Ding, filmmaker and
activist
Loni Ding, the "mother of Asian
American filmmaking", passed away this past
week. A
great friend and supporter of Third World
Newsreel,
Loni was a social issue filmmaker as well as a
professor, advocate and activist. She
produced over
250 broadcast programs including the
acclaimed The Color of Honor and was
instrumental
in organizing Asian American and other
filmmakers.
She helped to establish CAAM (Center for Asian
American Media) and the San Francisco
Neighborhood Arts Program. We will miss her
but will
cherish her memory and her body of work.
| TWN Screenings
The Silencing of Girls of Color
A screening of Dreams
Deferred:The Sakia Gunn Film
Project at
Northeastern Illinois University. This
documentary tells the little known
story of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old student
who was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime
in Newark, New Jersey. This film depicts the
homophobia that caused this murder and
questions the lack of media coverage of a
Black Gay teenager.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2:30 PM
Golden Eagles Room (NEIU Student Union)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 6:00 PM
Affinity Community Services
5650 S. Woodlawn
Chicago, IL (Hyde Park)
More info, please contact Sheena Warren at
s-glover@neiu.edu
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Third
World Newsreel and NewFilmmakers
Series Present Double Feature Program
7:00 PM Program: TWN Workshop Students
Program
TWN has trained over 400 film and video
artists of color in the past 30 years through
its annual TWN Film & Video Production
Workshop. In 2009, with the support of the
Asian Women
Giving Circle, TWN presented the AGEM (Asian
Girls Empowerment through Media) Summer
Workshop, a program of media literacy and
production where 11 Asian young women
produced five short videos.
8:00 PM Program: Korean Documentary by new
and upcoming filmmaker Jeong-hyun
Mun
Grandmother's
Flower, 89 min
When director Mun accidentally discovered the
diaries of his late granduncle, who was
mentally ill, he unexpectedly learned about
his family's secret history.
Wednesday, May 12th
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue, at 2nd Street
New York, NY 10003
Admission: $5
more
info
| TWN Wednesday Night Workshops Begin March 24th!
TWN
presents walk-in seminars on
production
topics you need - from production management,
to new media production, sound recording and
more. All classes are $20 ($10 for low
income) unless otherwise noted. The workshops
take place at Third World Newsreel.
Upcoming Workshops:
Wednesday, March 24th, 6:30 PM
Sound Recording: Tips for Better Results,
and a Look at New Gear! with JT
Takagi
An intro to getting decent sound and a look
at some of the more popular mixers, hard
drive recorders and radio mikes, courtesy of
Professional Sound Services.
Wednesday, April 7th, 6:30 PM
Master
Class:
Cliff Charles: The People's DP
Emmy
nominated DP Cliff Charles, moves easily between
shooting
documentaries to features, commercials and music
videos. He will talk and show clips from his
work, including Spike Lee's When the
Levees Broke and Chris
Rock's Good Hair and more. *FREE*
All classes take place at:
Third World Newsreel
545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Flr
between 37th and 38th Streets
1, 2, 3, A, C, E, N, R, W to Times Square
212 947-9277 x 15
Limited Seating. Register Now! Email:
workshop@twn.org.
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Congratulations to the incoming 2010 TWN
Film and Video Production Workshop class!
Marielle Amrhein
Tokumbi Bodunde
Robert Cangiano
Rahul Chadha
Claro de los Reyes
Laura Dottin
Divad Durant
Jana Haimsohn
Leilani Montes
Fouzia Najar
| Film & Video Grants
Disney | ABC DGA Directing Program
The Los Angeles-based program will afford
selected participants the chance to shadow
veteran episodic directors, and develop
relationships with Disney | ABC Television
Group network and studio executives.
Deadline: Friday, February 26th
more
info
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HBO/DGA Television Directing
Fellowship Program
The program is designed to help increase
diversity among directors in television and
to assist in the professional development of
new creative talent, particularly women and
minorities.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 10th
more
info
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Call for LGBT films
NewFilmmakers NY will be running a night of
LGBT films this coming July. NewFilmmakers
screens year-round in New York,
51 weeks a year. We program quarterly a few
months in advance in order to give filmmakers
a chance to promote their work.
Late Deadline for Summer: Monday, March
15th
Withoutabox Extended Deadline: Thursday,
April 1st
more
info
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The Standby Program's Finishing Funds
Grant 2010
Finishing Funds provides media and new media
artists with grants up to $2,500 to help with
the completion of diverse and innovative
moving-image and sonic art projects, and
works for the Web and new technologies.
Deadline: Monday, March 15th
more
info
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Camera Person Needed for Left Forum
conference
Left Forum brings together organizers and
intellectuals from across the globe to share
ideas for understanding and transforming the
world.
Shoot any of the panels and you will have
free admission to the conference. This could
be an interesting opportunity for a young
shooter.
March 19-21
Pace University
One Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
If interested please email Matt Peterson at
video@leftforum.org
more
info
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IFP's Narrative
Independent Filmmaker Labs
A free, week-long workshop supporting
first-time feature directors at the crucial
rough cut/post production stage, prior to
festival play. Pushing directors to realize
the full potential of their stories - and
careers, with creative and professional
guidance, the Labs maximize the reach of
films providing the tools and support needed
to launch the film via festivals, broadcast,
theatrical, or other innovative distribution
methods. The Labs are held in the Spring in
New York.
Deadline:
Friday, March 26th
more
info
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George Stoney Fellowship
Working Films is seeking candidates with a
demonstrated commitment to social justice and
an interest in documentary film and social media
for the George Stoney Fellowship.
We expect the Stoney Fellowship to last 8-10
weeks in our Wilmington office, starting in
May or June 2010. The Fellow will serve as a
part-time, temporary staff member, earning
$10-15 an hour.
Working Films values a diverse workplace and
encourages people with
non-traditional experiences and from
historically underrepresented
groups to apply. Please email a 1-page cover
letter and your resume to
apply@workingfilms.org
Deadline: Thursday, April 1st
more
info
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Media Fund Rolling Call
Members of the Pacific Islanders in
Communications filmmaking community are
encouraged to submit proposals for public
television projects at the research and
development (R&D), production, and completion
stages. R&D projects may be awarded up to
$15,000, and production and completion
projects may be awarded up to $50,000.
Deadline: April 9th - July 30th
more
info
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LUNAFEST
From amateur filmmakers to film students to
aspiring indie stars, LUNAFEST look for
filmmakers
and producers from around the globe with
unique short films by, for and about women!
If your film is chosen by LUNAFEST's Board
of Advisors as a winning film, LUNA will
award you $1,000. Additionally, your film
will be shown at over 150+ venues nationwide
at community benefit events.
Deadline: Thursday, April 15th
more
info
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15th Native American Film & Video
Festival
Call for entries for short works and feature
films, documentaries, fictions, animations,
music videos and experimental media from
North, Central, and South America, and
Hawaii. Only works created after July 2008
are eligible.
Deadline: Thursday, June 3rd
more
info
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Pacific Islanders Communications Is
Seeking Acquisitions
PIC is seeking
programs in many genres, including
documentary, performance, and cultural/public
affairs. Projects submitted must be intended
for national public television broadcast.
Contact Leanne Ferrer at lferrer@piccom.org
more
info
| TWN Recommends
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion at
Brooklyn Public Library
Award winning filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris,
invites New Yorkers to join the Digital
Diaspora Family Reunion by bringing samples
of their African American Family Photo Albums
to be scanned and digitized as part of a
national community engagement initiative that
empowers individuals and families across
North America to create new photos, unearth
old photos, and share images documenting
themselves and their neighborhoods.
February 28, 1:30PM
Brooklyn Public Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
more
info
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Cinema
Tropical's Music + Film Series:
Janeiro in New York
Cinema Tropical and 92YTribeca continue their
ongoing tribute to the diversity and
influence of Brazilian music, with the
acclaimed Music
and Film Series, presenting a variety of
different
themes in Brazilian music and culture through
cinema.
January - April 2010
92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street,
New York, NY 10013
more
info
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The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The
Pink Elephant Speaks
This exhibition, guest
curated by Dexter Wimberly, examines how
urban planning, eminent domain, and real
estate development are affecting Brooklyn's
communities and how residents are responding. Fulton
Street, a short documentary directed by Adele
Pham
was part of the opening reception of this
exhibit.
February 4 - May 16 2010
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
more
info
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Leo Hurwitz and the New York School of
Documentary Film at the Anthology Film
Archives
Leo Hurwitz helped to pioneer the modern
documentary narrative form as part of groups
of NYC radical filmmakers in the 1930s and 40s.
Blacklisted in the 50s, he continued to make
social
issue films up into the 1990s.
March 10-19
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue
New York, NY
more
info
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NALIP 2010: Navigating in a Sea of
Change
The conference takes place from April 9th to
April 11th at the Loews Santa Monica Beach
Hotel in California. This event is
organized as a creative and business event
for Latino filmmakers, and for those
interested in Latino content.
Pre-Registration: February 20th to March
19th
Last Chance Registration: March 20th to
April 5th
more
info
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| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in part by The New
York State Council on the Arts, The New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, The
National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford
Foundation, The North Star Fund, The Funding
Exchange, The Asian Women Giving Circle,
Materials for the Arts, as well as individual
donors.
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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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