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| TWN March News: Workshops with Home Video Day, Film Grants & More!
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| TWN's Spring Seminar Series 2014
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014, 6:30 PM
Screening and Talk: SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME with Director Sam Pollard
SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME is a fascinating 90 minute documentary that challenges the belief that slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. The film recounts how in the years following the Civil War, insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands of African Americans in bondage, trapping them in a brutal system that would persist until the onset of World War II. Award winning director Sam Pollard, also a highly acclaimed editor, will talk about the making of SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME, and his approach to documentary production. Cosponsored by: Documentary Forum@CCNY, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, with the Media and Communication Arts Department, Black Studies Program and the Black Documentary Collective.
City College of New York
Grove School/ Steinman Hall
140th St and Convent Ave.
New York, NY
1 to 137th st.; A, B, C, D to 145th st (free CCNY shuttle bus at stop)
FREE, but RSVP to workshop@twn.org
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Saturday, March 1st, 1-6 PM
NYC's First Home Video Day! Free Event!
Third World Newsreel, DCTV, and the Activist Archivists will host the first New York City Home Video Day to highlight the importance of saving VHS and miniDV memories. Families, community groups, individuals and artists are being asked to bring their VHS and miniDV tapes - old, but perhaps personally important videos - to share them and learn how to save these images. This free event is open to all - and refreshments are being provided. Archivists will be on hand to inspect tapes and advise on their preserving the content. Throughout the day, local community groups and artists will show some of the work from their own collections, alongside the home videos of all those willing to participate. Inspired by Home Movie Day and Thomas Allen Harris' Digital Diaspora Family Reunion, this event is also meant to highlight the importance of family and community media images as historical documents for future generations.
DCTV
87 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
N, R, Q, 6, J, Z, A, C, E to Canal Street
FREE and open to the public
more info
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Thursday, March 6th, 2014, 7 PM
Screening and Panel
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS
This feature documentary, directed by TWN workshop alum Grace Lee, profiles the 98 year old Chinese American activist, writer and philosopher, who continues to be a pivotal figure in the fight for social justice in Detroit. A presentation of Doc Watchers, curated by Hellura Lyle and cosponsored by TWN and Asian CineVision.
Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Avenue between 127 & 128 Streets
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 125th Street
Ticket: $10
more info
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2014, 6:30 PM
Digital Production Workflow - Shooting for a Smooth Post Production
With AbelCine's Jeff Lee (with some new cameras in tow!) and DPs and Editors.
There's so many cameras and so many codecs, how do you decide what to do for your digital film project? Hear from camera and editing experts on thinking through your production plans. Copresented by the Media Communications Arts Department of the City College of New York
City College of New York
Shepard Hall,Room 391
140th Street and Convent Avenue.
1 to 137th St, A, B, C, D to 145th Street.
Free, but RSVP required to workshop@twn.org
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 6:30 PM Master Class and Film Screening: Jason DaSilva and WHEN I WALK In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach with family when suddenly, he fell down and couldn't get back up. His legs had stopped working; his disease could no longer be ignored. Just a few months earlier doctors had told him that he had multiple sclerosis, which could lead to loss of vision and muscle control, as well as a myriad of other complications. Jason tried exercise to help cope, but the problem only worsened. After his dispiriting fall on the beach, he turned to his Mom, who reminded him that, despite his disease, he was still a fortunate kid who had the opportunity to pursue the things he loved most: art and filmmaking. Jason picked up the camera, turned it on his declining body, and set out on a worldwide journey in search of healing, self-discovery, and love. An emotional documentary filled with unexpected moments of humor and joy, WHEN I WALK is a life-affirming film driven by a young man's determination to survive-and to make sense of a devastating disease through the art of cinema. A Copresentation with the MFA Social Documentary Program at the School of Visual Arts. MFA Social Documentary / SVA 136 West 21st Street (btwn 6th and 7th Ave) Free, but RSVP required to workshop@twn.org -------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 6:30 PM
Sound Recording - Techniques and New Gear
With the help of Professional Sound Services, get an intro to sound recording, helpful techniques and new gear.
Third World Newsreel
545 Eighth Ave, Suite 550
1, 2, 3, A, C, E to 42nd Street
Sliding scale $10-20. RSVP to workshop@twn.org
Stay Tuned: More to Come!
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| Film Grants and Programs
Independent Filmmaker Labs
Through the Labs, IFP works to ensure that talented emerging voices receive the support, resources, and industry exposure necessary to reach audiences. Open to all first time feature documentary and narrative directors with films in post-production.
Documentary Application Deadline: March 7, 2014
Narrative Application Deadline: April 4, 2014
more info
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Asian Women Giving Circle
Through this RFP, the Asian Women Giving Circle seeks to support Asian American women-led projects that use the tools of culture, the arts and education to raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that impact Asian American communities. As such, the focus of this grantmaking will be on programs and projects that combine the arts with activism, and which highlight and promote women's central role in their leadership, creation, development and management.
Deadline: March 7, 2014 at 5PM (EST)
more info
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Vision Maker Media's Public Media Content Fund
With funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the Vision Maker Media Public Media Content Fund will award support to projects with a Native American theme and significant Native involvement that ultimately benefits the entire public media community.
Deadline: March 10, 2014
more info
------------------------------------------------------------ Latino Media MarketFilmmakers of up to 24 selected projects meet one-on-one with industry representatives who can provide sound advice on how to advance your project to the next level. Deadline: April 13, 2014more info------------------------------------------------------------ Bridging Cultures through Film: International TopicsThe Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities. These projects are meant to spark Americans' engagement with the broader world by exploring countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. Deadline: June 11, 2014 for Projects Beginning January 2015
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Ford Foundation
Ford's Social Issue Film Funding Initiative will provide approximately $16 million through an open-application process to filmmakers and media makers around the world who are creating documentaries that address urgent social issues.
Deadline: Open
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Jerome Foundation
Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to individual film and video artists living in New York City who work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation, and documentary production.
Deadline: Open
more info
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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 and the Funding Exchange, as well as individual donors. 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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