[altroots] MediaRights News: Responding to Katrina (fwd)

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> From: "MediaRights Newsletter" <newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Sep 19, 2005  5:48:22  PM US/Eastern
> To: denise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: MediaRights News: Responding to Katrina
>
> Greetings MediaRights members. The last few weeks have been harrowing=20=

> as hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans and hundreds of other=20
> communities along the United States' Gulf Coast. Equally shocking as=20=

> the flooding was the lack of government preparedness and the impact=20
> this is having and will continue to have on thousands of people's=20
> lives. As the clean-up efforts continue and strategies for rebuilding=20=

> are being developed, the need for documentation and analysis is=20
> inspiring independent filmmakers from around the country to pick up=20
> their cameras and begin telling the stories that are not being told in=20=

> the mainstream media.
>
> We encourage you to use MediaRights.org as a way to find filmmakers,=20=

> educators and advocacy organizations interested in collaborating and=20=

> making media about Katrina and its aftermath. If you have footage you=20=

> would like to share, please post it on the site as a work-in-progress.=20=

> Stay tuned for next month's newsletter for an article on the response=20=

> of independent media makers to what is being called the largest=20
> natural disaster in U.S. history.
>
> Keep reading for new opportunities to use media for change...
>
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ARTICLES =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> Two New Initiatives from WITNESS: Media Archive and Video For Change
>
> Can video really impact change? MediaRights' partner WITNESS belives=20=

> strongly that the answer is "yes" and offers two new resources to help=20=

> facilitate the use of video as a social justice tool: the Media=20
> Archive, a searchable database of over 5,500 pieces of footage=20
> available for licensing, and Video for Change, a new book.
>
> Read the article
>
>
> Generation PRX: Amplifying Youth Voices
>
> Generation PRX, a project of the Public Radio Exchange, is an online=20=

> space for youth radio producers to share their work, write reviews and=20=

> get licensed by stations across the country. Through PRX, visitors can=20=

> listen to work produced by youth from Anchorage to Baltimore. Learn=20
> how the project is empowering youth to become the media.
>
> Read the article
>
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D EVENTS =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> September 19-23: IFP's Independent Film Week in NYC
>
> Coinciding with the 27th Annual IFP Market and Conference, Independent=20=

> Film Week is a citywide series of movie screenings and talks by=20
> innovative filmmakers. Arts Engine's Katy Chevigny, Wendy Cohen,=20
> Angela Tucker and Maggie Bowman will all be in attendance. Contact=20
> them if you would like to meet up.
>
> Learn more
>
>
> Tuesday, September 20: Rock 'N' Bid Fundraiser for The Dishes, a new=20=

> film from Big Mouth
>
> The story of 3 Midwestern chicks that rock just for the love of=20
> it...and it ain't easy.
>
> Hurry to make your $30 ticket donation for a rockin' night of food and=20=

> live entertainment:
> =95 Featuring special guest host, Adrianne Frost, and comedian MC,=20
> Giulia Rozzi
> =95 Performances by Steve Salad (King of France) & Friends, John=20
> Kimbrough and Dave Hill (Valley Lodge), Annie Hayden with Julie=20
> Rydholm (Ladybug Transistor), John Lindaman (True Love Always) & and=20=

> Otto Hause (Espers)
> =95 Auction featuring iPod Shuffles, concert tickets, acupuncture=20
> treatments and more
> =95 Also, come get a special sneak peak at selected scenes from The=20
> Dishes!
>
> 6:00-9:00 PM
> Tuesday, September 20th
> Knitting Factory
> 74 Leonard Street, NYC
> (between Broadway and Church Street)
> $30 in advance or at the door
>
> Space is limited, buy early!
>
> Learn more
>
>
> Saturday, September 24: Media That Matters in St. John, Canada
>
> Continental Drift is an annual showcase for independent short films=20
> from around the world hosted in Saint John, Canada. Selected Media=20
> That Matters shorts will be part of the free Saturday matinee.
>
> Saturday, September 24th
> Dennis R. Knibb Auditorium, Saint John High School
> 2 Duke Street
> Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
> 1-800-323-7469
> FREE
>
> Learn more
>
>
> Thursday, September 29: Freedom of Choice: Curating for Niche=20
> Audiences Panel at NAMAC Conference
>
> The NAMAC Conference, "Taking LIberties: Freedom, Creativity and Risk=20=

> in the Media Arts," is taking place September 28th to October 2nd in=20=

> Philadelphia. On Thursday, Shira Golding, Director of Education and=20
> Outreach at Arts Engine, will speak on the panel "Freedom of Choice:=20=

> Curating for Niche Audiences." Both Shira and Katy Chevigny, Executive=20=

> Director of Arts Engine, will be at the conference Wednesday - Friday.=20=

> Please contact Shira if you would like to meet up.
>
> Taking LIberties: Freedom, Creativity and Risk in the Media Arts
> September 28 - October 2
> Philadelphia, PA
> Hosted by Scribe Video Center
>
> Panel: "Freedom of Choice: Curating for Niche Audiences"
> Thursday, September 29th, 4:00-5:30 pm
>
> Learn more
>
>
> Saturday, October 8: Media That Matters at the Community Food Security=20=

> Coalition Conference in Atlanta
>
> Communities around the country are growing their own food, and the=20
> leaders of this grassroots movement are convening in Atlanta in=20
> October for the annual Community Food Security Coalition Conference.
> For the second year in a row, Arts Engine's Director of Education and=20=

> Outreach Shira Golding will moderate a panel focusing on the role that=20=

> independent media can play in communicating the importance of=20
> community-based food systems.
>
> Ninth Annual Community Food Security Coalition Conference
> "It's Homegrown: Cultivating the Roots of Real Change"
> October 6-9, 2005
> Atlanta, Georgia
>
> Panel: "Nourishing Change: Multimedia Approaches to Outreach"
> Saturday, October 8th, 11:00am
>
> Learn more
>
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D OPPORTUNITY =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> New Screen Television: See Great Independent Media and Get Your Work=20=

> Seen!
>
> New Screen TV started broadcasting 24/7 on August 12th, 2005 in=20
> Orlando, Florida. Unlike other film channels, New Screen TV has been=20=

> designed to open a portal =96 and be a venue =96 for independent films =
and=20
> videos of all genres, and all running times, to be broadcast to a=20
> broad audience. Take part in this exciting new television channel by=20=

> submitting your work to New Screen Television and be eligible for the=20=

> New Screen Television New Vision Awards.
>
> Learn more
>
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