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URBAN INDIANS in production

We have 3 alumni from the Producers Academy working on the URBAN INDIANS documentary: Larry Pourier, Charles 'Boots' Kennedye and Lisa D. Olken. It's quite incredible that we all found one another and that we all have very fond memories of our time with Judith in Boston. …

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Added by Lisa D. Olken on August 1, 2011 at 5:51pm — 6 Comments

Chasing Voices on Facebook

I've recently created a facebook page for the Harrington documentary.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chasing-Voices-The-Story-of-John-Peabody-Harrington/167214960017707?sk=wall

Check it out and become a friend

Added by Daniel Golding on July 28, 2011 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Age of Champions at Silverdocs!

Hi Everybody,

Wanted to let you all know that Age of Champions had a great premiere at Silverdocs last month -- standing ovation from a sold-out crowd and a great article in the Washington Post. Check out the new trailer! Hope everyone's well,

Chris

Added by Christopher Rufo on July 27, 2011 at 7:40pm — 2 Comments

Boston Premiere of Marriage Equality Film - Friday July 29th 7:30pm - Roxbury Film Festival

The 13th annual Roxbury International Film Festival presents the Boston Premiere of

Marriage Equality:

Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness

Friday, July 29th, 7:30pm Museum of Fine Arts - Boston…

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Added by Ann Bennett on July 27, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Down a New Road with a New Film

I've officially departed from WNED and am now working as an independent. I had some great opportunities at WNED to produce some memorable films but I have a couple of my own projects in development that will keep me busy. One that we expect to start filming in the spring is about a singer/songwriter who rose from the Greenwich Village folk scene with the likes of Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Phil Ochs and others. He's still out there plugging away so it should be a powerful film about a… Continue

Added by Paul Lamont on July 11, 2011 at 9:37am — No Comments

Thanks and Good Luck!

To fellow producers, whether at a station or independent ...

Unless some political miracle occurs, NJN Public Television ends forty years of local original production this Thursday and over a hundred people lose their jobs and say goodbye to what was an anomaly of a PBS station, but a good one if you wanted to do local production. WNET is slated to start a NJ-based subsidiary group that will operate the new station, but no one at NJN knows yet whether they will be a part of…

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Added by Bob Szuter on June 27, 2011 at 1:51pm — 2 Comments

MS Public Broadcasting Seeks Executive Director - Pass it Along

The Executive Director position at MS Public Broadcasting is being advertised. Deadline for aps, June 3, 2011 http://goo.gl/U3No6

Added by Kathryn A. Rodenmeyer on May 19, 2011 at 6:26pm — No Comments

Chasing Voices awarded CCH Research and Development Grant

My latest Doc, Chasing Voices, about linguist J.P. Harrington was awarded R&D funding from California Council for the Humanities. Here's a link to the press release.

http://www.calhum.org/media/press_cdp_awards_2011.htm

Added by Daniel Golding on May 16, 2011 at 7:18pm — 2 Comments

SOS_SLAVES: Changing the Trafficking Game featured on the Games for Change Festival Demo Spotlight site!

Dear fellow producers,

The Games for Change Festival, the largest conference on social impact game in the world, has selected our game project to their Festival Demo Spotlight along with other five projects. I will have the chance to present SOS_SLAVES to an international panel of funders and designers at the main stage of the NYU Skirball Center on June 21st.

Here is the link to their site. Click on your SOS_SLAVES Game...

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Added by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle on April 28, 2011 at 6:50pm — No Comments

Spring News, 2011

Spring is upon us and I have some exciting news to share!

If you're in New York City, check out an interview with me about my recent work on the Emmy winning "Nueva York" on CUNY TV.

The episode also features interviews with acclaimed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, and Evo Morales biographer Martin Sivak. Great company to keep if you ask me...

Air-dates for "Nueva York" in NYC are:

CUNY TV, Channel 75 (on cable)

Thursday,…

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Added by Francisco Bello on April 20, 2011 at 9:16am — No Comments

Triangle Fire Broadcasts This Monday Night!

The PBS series, American Experience, will premiere my new film, TRIANGLE FIRE, this coming Monday, February 28, 2011 at 9:00pm (check your local listings). On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers died in a fire at the Triangle Waist Company. It was one of the largest workplace accidents in the nation’s history and few could deny that in the catastrophe lay a harsh truth: private industry had manufactured an industrial nightmare. From the ashes of the Triangle Waist Company arose the most… Continue

Added by Jamila Wignot on February 27, 2011 at 11:14pm — No Comments

11th & Grant featuring Rio

The latest episode of our music program 11th & Grant with Eric Funk aired last night featuring a Brazilian Jazz Band called Rio. I directed this episode, with fellow alum Scott Sterling ('08) as editor. Enjoy!

Watch the…

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Added by Michael Ballard on February 25, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Telemundo interviews Chelo at Human Trafficking Event showcasing her work

READ RELATED ARTICLE HERE

GLOBAL SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY, a Texas non-profit, has partnered with Chelo to raise funds for SOS_SLAVES: Changing the Trafficking Game, a social-impact game.

Added by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle on February 3, 2011 at 1:20am — No Comments

Kickstarter for GRAB: The Exhibition

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idrisandtony/grab-the-exhibition

In the Spring of 2009, the New York based photography duo Idris Rheubottom and Tony Craig and Detroit-based photographer Cybelle Codish collaborated to capture a series of still images that would portray the life and landscape of modern day Native Americans. Accompanying a documentary filmmaking crew, under the direction of… Continue

Added by Billy Luther on December 15, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

the local newspaper did a story about my latest film.

http://www.yumasun.com/articles/golding-66002-language-songs.html

Added by Daniel Golding on December 10, 2010 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

LOOKING FOR A DISTRIBUTOR

REASON TO HOPE has been completed so I am looking for a distributor and/or sales agent for international sales. Any suggestions from the Workshop?

Added by Regge Life on December 9, 2010 at 9:56am — No Comments

Narrator Needed

Hi all,

I'm in need of a narrator for a film I'm currently finishing, and am hoping for some suggestions. I'm looking for someone with honesty and sincerity in their voice, and willing to work with a fairly modest budget. Any contacts and/or experiences would be most appreciated.

You can send me a message on this site, or email me at ssterling@montanapbs.org, or call at 406-570-7366.

All best,

Scott…

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Added by Scott Sterling on December 9, 2010 at 2:34am — 1 Comment

America's Black Metropolis selected by DI Fund!

Exciting news! PBS has selected our series, America's Black Metropolis (ABM), for additional review for funding from the Diversity Innovation Fund. More than 200 programs were submitted; only 16 remain.

Now, I need your help. PBS will be using public comment to help determine which project(s) recieve funding. Your note of support can help make all the difference for ABM. DIFundSubmission@pbs.org

Just as my last doc, DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis, unveiled… Continue

Added by Barbara E. Allen on December 2, 2010 at 12:09pm — 6 Comments

PRESS RELEASE FOR REASON TO HOPE

The earthquake that struck Haiti in January of 2010 brought tragedy to an island that has seen more than its share of sorrow. Within days, the worldwide media descended on the island and just as quickly departed as other stories were deemed more important. Independent film and television Producer, Regge Life presents a film featuring CBS journalists, Correspondent Bill Whitaker and Producer Erin Lyall George who had the fortune to remain in Haiti for a month, witnessing more than any other… Continue

Added by Regge Life on November 28, 2010 at 6:44pm — 2 Comments

Check out the trailer for my latest film

Hey everyone I've just uploaded a trailer for my latest film, "Songs of the Colorado." I'm doing a community screening Dec 11, Quechan Community Center here on the reservation. Let me know what you think.

http://vimeo.com/16852439

Added by Daniel Golding on November 16, 2010 at 11:54am — No Comments