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| TWN October News: Screenings, Workshops, Grants & More 
Janie's Janie and Make Out at Lincoln Center Join TWN for the premiere of the newly preserved 16mm prints of Janie's Janie and Make Out, two feminist films made by Newsreel in 1970, along with a panel including Newsreel filmmakers. Janie's Janie, by Geri Ashur, Bev Grant, Marilyn Mulford, and Stephanie Palewski, is a "personal documentary" about a working class woman in Newark as she comes to realize that she has to take control of her own life after years of physical and mental abuse. Make Out, directed by Geri Ashur and Peter Schlaifer, shows a young couple making out in a car while a voice over reveals the young woman's real thoughts about what is happening. The film Growing Up Female, directed by Julia Reichert and Jim Klein will also be shown in an event made possible by the Women's Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film and Television. The screening is followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Marjorie Rosen, with award-winning filmmakers Deborah Shaffer, Julia Reichert, Stephanie Palewski , Marilyn Mulford , Jim Klein, and Peter Barton. TWN and former members of Newsreel have been working to preserve our historic film collection. If you'd like to support this work, please visit our website. Monday, October 24th at 6:30 PM Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th Street (btwn Broadway and Amsterdam Ave) New York, NY 10023 more info
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North American Premiere of The Amerindians
In this documentary, filmmaker Tracy Assing makes a personal exploration of her roots as a member of the Santa Rosa Carib Community based in Arima. The community celebrates the Santa Rosa Festival annually and its Queen Valentina Medina is Assing's great aunt. In The Amerindians, Assing examines the way the story of indigenous people has been recorded. The structure of the Santa Rosa Carib Community, its politics and its belief system are also explored. The future is uncertain, and the Santa Rosa Carib Community may soon have to find a new Queen, but what does it mean to be the Queen? What does it mean to be Carib in Trinidad?
University of Toronto, October 14
OCAD University, October 15-16
York University, October 19
Trent University, October 20
Q&A with Tracy Assing after the screenings
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Enemy Alien at the Toronto Palestine Film Festival The gripping story of the fight to free Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a gentle but indomitable Palestinian-born human rights activist detained in a post-9/11 sweep of Muslim immigrants. Told through the eyes of the filmmaker, the grandson of Japanese Americans interned during World War II, this documentary takes on unprecedented intimacy and historical resonance. Copresented by Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Tuesday, October 4th at 9:00 PM Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall Theater 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada more info |
| TWN's Evening Workshops Start October 12th!
Wednesday, October 12th at 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 and planning your multiplatform strategy. Led by Producer/Director Ann Bennett, multimedia producer for Through a Lens Darkly ($20/10 low income) Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30 PM Sound Recording: - working with DSLRs and more
An intro to getting decent sound and a look at some of the more popular mixers, hard drive recorders and radio mikes. Whether working with the 5D, the 900 or your tiny FS200. Facilitated by JT Takagi, recordist/filmmaker with gear courtesy of Professional Sound Services. ($20/10 low income)
Stay tuned: upcoming events with the Harmony Institute, Funders and more!
To register: email workshop@twn.org.
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| Film/Video Grants, Internships and More
TWN Seeks Web Design Interns
If you have web design experience, live in New York City and need to add more credits to your resume, please apply to our internship program at Third World Newsreel. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who are interested in enhancing our webpage. Send a cover letter and resume to dorothy@twn.org and distribution@twn.org.
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Tribeca Film Institute
Submissions are now open for four of our programs for narrative, non-fiction and new media filmmakers. The TFI Documentary Fund, the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access and the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund are all open for applications.
Deadline: October 10, 2011
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New York Foundation for the Arts
The 2012 Artists' Fellowship Application will be open in mid October. You must be a NYS resident to be eligible.
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------------------------------------------------------------ Big Sky Documentary Film Festival This premier venue for nonfiction film in the American West, is seeking submissions for its ninth annual event. Awards and cash prizes will be given for Best Documentary Feature (over 50 minutes), Best Documentary Short (15-50 minutes), Best Mini-Doc (under 15 minutes) and best documentary about the American West (the Big Sky Award). Deadline: October 17th more info |
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| TWN Recommends
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival Honors Moikgantsi Kgama & Pearl Bowser
Reel Sisters will host an awards ceremony honoring Moikgantsi Kgama, the founder of ImageNation Cinema Foundation, and Pearl Bowser, a film historian/archivist/scholar noted for igniting international interest in the work of legendary filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. Ms. Kgama and Ms. Bowser have played instrumental roles in creating opportunities for filmmakers and other artists through their tireless activism in promoting our history and culture.
Reel Sisters will be joined by many friends and special guests in honoring our pioneers including Dorothy Thigpen, the executive director of Third World Newsreel; Michelle Materre, the curator of Creatively Speaking; and Kay Shaw, Director Public Media Corps at the National Black Programming Consortium. Esther Armah, WBAI Radio show host and playwright, will serve as mistress of ceremonies.
Sunday, October, 16 5:15 pm
Kumble Theater
Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
One University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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| 2011 New Releases
TWN's new catalog is available online! Featuring thirteen independent films made by and about people of color, our new catalog includes titles from Haiti, Brazil, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, China, Turkey and the United States. Click the link below to download the PDF version.
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| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Ford Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Funding Exchange and the Asian Women Giving Circle, as well as individual donors. |
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organization dedicated to fostering the
creation,
appreciation, and dissemination of
independent media
by and about people of color.
phone:
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