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Past Events: 2008
Pulling a 180: Stories about Change, Transformation, and New Beginnings
The Center for Digital Storytelling, SpeakeasyDC, and the Served Project present a celebration of May 16th the International Day for Sharing Life Stories
Special Film Screening: At the Death House Door
Join the Center for Social Media for a special screening of At the Death House Door, followed by a discussion with filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert
Educating Diverse Communities: An ethnic media briefing with Education Leaders from DC, MD and VA
Please join American University School of Communication, New America Media and American University Center for Social Media for a special briefing on ethnic media with education leaders from the DC metro region.
Testimony: The Maria Guardado Story
The story of Maria Guardado, who received political asylum from the United States in 1983, after fleeing the U.S. backed civil war in her native El Salvador.
Does Red Lion Still Roar?
Public Interest Media Regulation Public Interest Media Regulation Forty Years After Forty Years After Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
Film Movement Series - Ostrov - The Island
Film Movement is an ongoing series of films that have been selected by a panel of film festival curators to expose the work of important emerging international film.
Film Movement Series - Adam’s Apples
Film Movement is an ongoing series of films that have been selected by a panel of film festival curators to expose the work of important emerging international film.
Environmental Film Festival 2008: Visiting Filmmaker Liz Miller
Free lecture, part of the 2008 Environmental Film Festival
2008 Spring Visiting Photographer - Carl De Keyzer
The Center welcomes Spring 2008 Visiting Photographer Carl De Keyzer, of Magnum Photos, in a free lecture on his work.
Film Screening: Supreme Injustices and Discussion on the Changing Face of Social Justice
Join the Center and the Alliance for Justice for a screening of their latest film, Supreme Injustices, a film by Glen Pearcy, and a discussion of the changing face of social justice education and advocacy campaigns
Innovators Forum - Weekend Program Speaker Series Presents Pegie Stark, of The Poynter Institute
Dr. Pegie Stark, co-director of The Poynter Institute’s Eyetrack 2007, will discuss the Institute’s groundbreaking research and what it means for online and print news.
Telling the Hardest Stories: Lion in the House
A special event with visiting filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar
Best of INPUT 2008
INPUT, the International Public Television Screening Conference, is a unique public television event that focuses specifically on the innovative programs produced by public broadcasters.
Election Day - Symposium and Film Screening with Visiting Filmmaker Katy Chevigny
A Half-day Symposium featuring a panel discussion and the DC Premiere of Arts Engine’s Documentary Election Day at American University
MLK Day Celebration - Wit, Will and Walls: The Betty Kilby Fisher Story
Special Screening in honor of the 2008 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
UFVA Fair Use & Free Speech Contest - $500 for best fair use!
UFVA is hosting a contest for the best short documentaries employing fair use, made by higher education students and faculty.
Fair use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law and what keeps copyright from being censorship.
Entrants must employ fair use in quoting material in their documentaries, using the Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use as a guide to their decision-making.