Abigail Maravalli's Posts

“Story drives everything,” says Felicia Pride, accomplished author turned transmedia extraordinaire. The Center enthusiastically welcomes Pride on board as a Media Fellow, bringing a wealth of experience in media storytelling starting with her days as publicist and author in New York to her most recent venture, Pride Collaborative in Washington, D.C. Read more...

The traditional film festival has morphed into a multitude of events beyond film screenings as programmers capitalize on the media expertise that gathers in unexpected places like Columbia, Missouri, Durham, North Carolina, Austin, Texas or Washington, D.C. Taking advantage of the wealth of talent, aspiring independent documentary filmmakers can (and should) jump on the opportunity to attend festivals and learn from industry leaders.Read more...

BAVC released the Impact Playbook: Best Practices for Understanding the Impact of Media on April 9, 2013, with support from The Fledgling Fund.  The report was researched and completed by Harmony Institute, a center that focuses their research on the impact of entertainment on society and individuals. Read more...

Julie Goldman spent nearly 15 years breaking the traditional role of being an independent documentary film producer.  With three films in this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, there is no sign she is slowing down anytime soon. By inserting herself directly into the creative process every step of the way she epitomizes the role of “creative producer”, and has earned some of the highest honors in the industry along the way. Read more...

Videography, Editing and Writing by Luke Taylor, Natalie Plumb, Bryan Bello and Kenneth Merrill

Legal scholarship lacks a framework for cultural practices, and consequently actual user experiences, that should inform information policy. Just as copyright law is configured to encourage the creation of culture, scholar Julie Cohen argues that the regimes governing information access and use need to take into account how the role of culture shapes social practices online. Read more...