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November
Newsletter
Major
CSM Study on Doc Filmmakers and "Clearance Culture" to
Debut November 8
Documentary filmmakers have
to clear rights for everything from songs hummed in church to a
picture on a wall to a scene on a TV set someone may be watching.
How does the complex and arcane "clearance culture" affect
their creativity? The Center has been interviewing documentary filmmakers
to find out. The research, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation,
was conducted in partnership with Washington College of Law's Program
on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.
The
report will be launched at a panel discussion on November 8, Washington
College of Law, Room 603 (note room change), 4:00 p.m.,
detailing the findings of the report and policy recommendations.
Panelists include Jim Gilliam of Robert Greenwald
Productions and Grace Guggenheim of Guggenheim
Productions; also, Mike Madison, University of
Pittsburgh Law School; Joseph Turow, University
of Pennsylvania Annenberg School; and Peter Jaszi,
Washington College of Law; and Jeff Tuchman, Documania
Films; the panel will be moderated by Center director Pat
Aufderheide. The panel will begin with a new short film
by Brigid Maher, Stories Untold .
In
addition to the report, the Center will be re-launching the accompanying
website with information for filmmakers on intellectual property
on Monday, Nov. 8. Have a question? Want to find out what you can
do? Visit: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/index.htm
Best
of INPUT 2004 Screenings in Washington DC
INPUT, the annual International Public Television Conference, showcases
international public service television and draws together producers
and executives from around the world. (You've read here about INPUT
2005 in San Francisco, which the Center is proud to co-sponsor.)
In
Washington, D.C., Nov. 9-13, the Center is co-sponsoring selections
from INPUT 2004, held in May in Barcelona, Spain, as a chance to
see the kind of international programming this event hosts. Partners
include the Goethe-Institut Washington, US Independents, WETA TV
26, WHUT-TV/Howard University, Women in Video & Film, Silverdocs:
AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival and Brazilian-American
Cultural Institute, in cooperation with INPUT, the International
Public Television Screening Conference. At the Center, come and
see one of the most talked-about films in the doc world--a film
that took the top award at three doc festivals already!
Checkpoint
November
11, 6:30 p.m. Wechsler Theater
Over
the course of a year, filmmaker Yoav Shamir unobtrusively
filmed what really goes on at the Israeli checkpoints between
Israeli soldiers and Palestinians. The resulting film, which has
shocking and poignant moments--and even touches of humor--has
not only created a stir on Israeli TV and on international film
festivals, but within the Israeli Army.
For
the complete program of Best of INPUT 2004, visit: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/input2004.htm
Producer
workshop on outreach strategies announced
Producer workshop on outreach
strategies announced
The Center is proud to announce a workshop designed for producers
on designing outreach strategies surrounding your film. Learn in
this one-day workshop from some of the most well-respected professionals
in outreach and community engagement, and find out how their strategies
helped great documentaries get made, and make a difference in the
world.
What:
Making Your Documentary Matter: Outreach Strategies that
Work
When:
February 7, 2005 from 1-8:00 p.m.
Where:
American University, Washington DC
Panelists
include: Joy Moore of the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
Judith Ravitz of Outreach Extensions, Cheryl Head
of Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and many more! Find out
more on the web: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/outreachworkshop.htm
Workshop
funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Charlene
Gilbert's new film Children Will Listen to air on PBS Thanksgiving
Day
American University School of Communication professor and Center
advisor Charlene Gilbert has completed a new film, Children
Will Listen, set to air as a PBS Prime-Time Special on
Thanksgiving Day at 8:00 p.m. Produced and directed by Gilbert,
the film documents the power of arts in education as the camera
follows a major collaboration between DC area middle schools and
the Kennedy Center as the kids produce Stephen Sondheim's Into
the Woods. Assisted by 16 AU SOC students, this hour-long
film . Check your local listing for exact time.
AIDS
in Focus: Telling the story behind the headlines
World AIDS Day is nearing,
Dec. 1. It is an annual national day of recognition for AIDS issues.
The Center will once again hold a topical panel discussion with
clip screenings on how AIDS is dealt with in the media. Invited
panelists include Christof Putzel, filmmaker of
Left Behind; Bob Meyers of the National
Press Foundation; and Christina Arnold, founder
and director of Project Hope International.
The
discussion will be held in Wechsler Theater, 5:30 p.m. December
1.
An
interview with Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson
Katy
Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson, co-directors
of the Human Rights Film Series selection Deadline, visited
the Center for Social Media on October 27-28, 2004. Chevigny and
Johnson have collaborated on a number of award-winning social justice
documentaries for Big Mouth Productions, screening nationally and
internationally.
Chevigny
and Johnson presented Deadline, fielding questions about
the film from the audience, including several members of Campaign
to End the Death Penalty. On Thursday, Chevigny and Johnson presented
a rare look into their work through a joint lecture and presentation,
"What Makes Media Independent?" Using examples from their
own work, they showed how independent documentary storytellers showcase
issues that mainstream media often miss, and how to reach audiences
on broadcast television with unusual and sometimes controversial
subjects. Their remarks, along with an interview with the filmmakers
will be available on the Center website later this month!
Partner
Announcements
INPUT
2005 Call for Submissions, deadline Nov. 5!
INPUT
2005 is seeking the best and most innovative programs for inclusion
in this prestigious screening conference. Here's your chance to
have your work viewed and discussed by some 2,000 attendees--independent
filmmakers, public media professionals, journalists, television
executives and others from over 60 countries.
INPUT
offers producers, broadcasting stations and public television entities
a rare opportunity to gain invaluable insight and experience from
discussing their work with an international audience, as well as
benefit from the exchange of ideas and production techniques with
colleagues from around the world.
Selection
Criteria
Selection panelists look for:
* Programs that take risks in form and content;
* Programs that are original, courageous, experimental;
* Programs that offer new insight to viewers and which strive
to elicit audience reaction;
* Programs that offer new ways of seeing television and which
stress the creative aspects of the work of its creators.
There
is no charge for program submissions, so submit your work now! Don't
miss out on this exceptional event!
Submit
online: http://www.input2005.org/submissions
Submission deadline (U.S. Pre-selection): Friday, November
5, 2004
Each
country sets their own schedule for national pre-selection. Contact
your country's INPUT National Coordinator to confirm the deadline
for your region.
http://input-tv.org/about/org/national_list.html
For
all countries without National Coordinators, the deadline is January
1, 2005.
If
your program is chosen, you must attend INPUT to present and discuss
your work.
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