| TWN April News
Remembering Loni Ding - Filmmaker and Activist
Loni Ding, the "mother of Asian American
filmmaking", passed away February 20, 2010. A
great supporter of TWN, Loni not only made
important films, but was a professor, and a
tireless advocate and activist. She produced
over 250 broadcast programs, including the
acclaimed Color of Honor, Nisei
Soldier, and the Ancestors in the
Americas series. She was instrumental in
organizing Asian American filmmakers to form
what is now known as CAAM, the Center for
Asian American Media, in organizing to form
ITVS, as well as the San Francisco
Neighborhood Arts Program, and was a long
time board member of the late AIVF (Assn of
Independent Video and Filmmakers). We will
miss her but will cherish her memory and her
body of work. A funeral service was held in
San Francisco at the Green Street Mortuary on
March 14th.
New York Memorial for Loni Ding
April 12th, 6:30 PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street
New York, NY
Please contact twn@twn.org for more
information and to help with cosponsoring and
food/drink donations.
| TWN Screenings
New
York City Seventh Annual Immigrant Heritage
Week
The Standby Program has teamed up with The
Maysles' Institute and Third World News Reel
to present:
Shall We Dance?
Cultural expression and the immigrant
experience on film
This program features three women and their
films, which examine creative expression and
the immigrant experience.
The Mist, Iranian filmmaker,
Maryam Habibian, chronicles her return to
Iran after 30 years to observe a new culture
of art and ideas that has taken root and
flourishes, side by side with fundamentalist
traditions.
Two
Dollar Dance, Spanish filmmaker
Yolanda Pividal chronicles the experience of
Latino immigrants who fill the dance clubs of
Jackson Heights where they meet the
"two-dollars ballerinas", women who will be
their dance floor partners for two dollars a
song.
The Bus by Iranian born
filmmaker Zahra Partovi, takes us on a
international and cross cultural journey
inspired by the poetry of Federico Garcia
Lorca told by music and spoken word in 12
different languages; from Chinese to Swiss.
Filmmakers will be present for Q & A to follow.
Monday, April 19th, 7:30 PM
Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY
Admission: Free
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TWN
films at the OAH Annual Meeting
The Organization of American Historians will
screen four of Third World Newsreel's films at
their annual meeting in Washington, DC:
Closer
to the Dream, by Guetty Felin & Hervé
Cohen, 102 minutes
An electoral road movie about Barack Obama
and the movement that united Americans across
party, racial and ethnic lines. In 2008
Haitian-American filmmaker Guetty Felin, her
husband, French filmmaker Hervé Cohen and
their two biracial sons embark on a journey
to witness the historical grassroots movement
that elected the first US Black president.
Secondhand
(Pepe), by Hanna Rose Shell & Vanessa
Bertozzi, 24 minutes
In this documentary about used clothing, the
historical memoir of a Jewish immigrant rag
picker intertwines with the present-day story
of 'pepe' - secondhand clothing that flows
from North America to Haiti.
Dreams
Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film
Project by
Chas Brack, 58 minutes
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.
One
People by Al Santana, 30 minutes
Against the backdrop
of a gentrified Harlem community, the story
centers on two sisters who have opposite
views about social responsibility and the
role of artists.
OAH Annual Meeting
April 7-10th
Hilton Washington
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
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Third
World Newsreel and NewFilmmakers
Series Present Double Feature Program
6:00 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.
AGEM Trailer, 3:50 min
I'm Not Even That, AGEM Group
project, 5min.
A documentary on confronting racial
stereotyping in life and especially in the
media.
Where Am I by Cathy Zhu, 4:20
min.
Asian women and media, from a personal
perspective.
Svetlana and Her Llamas, AGEM
Group Project,
4:09 min.
A docu-drama on the allure and perils of
smoking and alternative activities.
The Combination Crew by Tenzin
Choedon, 3:48
min.
Portrait of a New York City Tibetan American
dance group.
There's More To Life, by AGEM
Group, 30 sec.
A PSA inviting youth to look beyond their
iPods, cell phones and video games.
6:30 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 6 PM
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue, at 2nd Street
New York, NY 10003
Admission: $5
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| TWN Wednesday Night Workshops
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.
March 31st, 6:30 PM
Production Planning and Budgeting
with Ann Bennett
Prepping your film - from R&D to production,
post and distribution, with a special focus
on budgets. Led by Producer/Director Ann
Bennett, multimedia producer for Through a
Lens Darkly. ($20/10 low income)
April 7th, 6:30 PM
Master Class with Cliff Charles, The
People's DP **FREE**
Emmy-nominated DP Cliff Charles moves easily
from documentaries to features. He will talk
about his approach to cinematography and show
clips from his work, including Spike Lee's
When the Levees Broke, Chris Rock's
Good Hair
and more. CLASS IS FULL. Sign-up for
waiting list only.
April 14th, 6:30 PM
New Media: Podcasts and More with the Hip-Hop
Association
Andreas Jackson, Podcast producer for the
Hip-Hop Association, shows how to produce a
radio and video podcast, and goes over the
marketing and dissemination of a technology
in the service of social justice. Best
practices, how-to's, why-to's and where to
find the help you need. ($20/10 low income)
April 21st, 6:30 PM
Yance Ford, POV Series Producer / Indie
Filmmaker **FREE**
Yance Ford, the Series Producer of POV, PBS'
icon series of independent documentary films,
is responsible for coordinating POV's annual
call for entries and oversees POV's
programming advisory board. A core member of
the POV programming team, Yance screens all
film submissions and has input on the final
schedule. Yance frequently represents POV at
conferences, festivals and markets nationally
and internationally. A TWN workshop grad,
Yance returns to share tips on when
filmmakers should approach POV, what it looks
for in films and the submission process. In
addition, she will share her experiences on
juggling a full time job with her own
filmmaking. CLASS IS FULL. Sign-up for
waiting list only.
April 28th, 6:30 PM
Getting Your Film Made and Out to Make Change
**FREE**
Shot over several years on a shoe string
budget; Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film
Project depicts the homophobia that led to
the murder of this young teen and the racism
in the lack of media coverage. Filmmaker
Charles Brack will talk about getting the
film made and the community organizations
that are using the film to promote social
justice. Free, but limited seating; RSVP req.
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
| Film & Video Grants
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.
Withoutabox Extended Deadline: Thursday,
April 1st
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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
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The Good Pitch @ Silverdocs
Aimed at
directors and producers of any nationality
with an ambition to work in partnership to
harness the power of documentary to create
positive change. It will bring together
specially selected foundations, NGOs, social
entrepreneurs and broadcasters to maximize
the impact of social-issue documentary. It
will be held during the
festival on Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 6th
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2010 NYILFF Call for Entries
The New York International Latino Film
Festival is now accepting films in the
following categories: Premieres, Domestic
Features, Documentaries and Shorts,
International Feature
Film Showcase, NYILFF on the Edge and
Cinedulce Showcase.
Deadline: Friday, April 2nd
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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 and July 30th
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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
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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
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info
| TWN Recommends
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.
Last Chance Registration: March 20th to
April 5th
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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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appreciation, and dissemination of
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by and about people of color.
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