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Making Your Documentary Matter 2007 Podcast & Discussion Forum
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Audio podcasts and power points from the 2007 Making Your Documentary Matter conference are now available! Please click on the mp3 or ppt files next to each part of the conference below to hear the full audio recording or download the power point. Audio files can also be downloaded by PC (right click, save as) and Mac (option + click).
In addition, we welcome your comments and thoughts about the conference in our discussion forum at the bottom of this page. And please let us know what you think about our new adventure in podcasting! We especially want to know how this page can be as easy as possible for you to use!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
INTRODUCTIONS.MP3
Larry Kirkman, Dean, School of Communication, American University
Vince Stehle, Surdna Foundation
Panel 1: Call Me: Mobile Media for Public Life:
PANEL 1 TAKE AWAY POINTS.PPT
How are nonprofits, activists and creators using the new opportunities of the portable screens on cell phones? What are the hurdles; what are the opportunities?
Moderator: Jessica Clark , Research Fellow, Center for Social Media
- Sara DeWitt, PBS KIDS & Parents Interactive
- Rahdi Taylor, Sundance Documentary Film Program
- Benjamen Walker, We Shall Remain, American Experience
Screening: Iraq for Sale and Q&A with Director Robert Greenwald:
IRAQQ&A.mp3
Moderator: Patricia Finneran, Director, Silverdocs
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Opening Remarks:
REMARKS.mp3
Pat Aufderheide, Director, Center for Social Media
George Stoney, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Keynote:
KEYNOTE.mp3
and KEYNOTEQ&A.mp3
Robert Greenwald, Director, Iraq for Sale, Brave New Films
Panel 2: Nonprofit Media on the Cutting Edge:
PANEL2.mp3
and PANEL2Q&A.mp3
PANEL 2 TAKE AWAY POINTS.ppt
How are nonprofits exploring the online environment with their videos? This session will explore the latest strategies for and research on combining social networking with media production.
Moderator: Michael Litz, OneWorld.net
- Matt Nisbet, Assistant Professor of Public Communications, American University
- Adrienne Bramhall, Sierra Club
- Marissa Brown, Alliance for Justice
- Michael Hoffman, See3 Communications
Networking Lunch - Birds of a Feather
Informal lunch for participants to discuss the following topics:
- Working with Nonprofits
- Blogging and Viral Networking
- Longform Docs Bridging Difference
Panel 3: Participatory media:
PANEL3.mp3
and PANEL3Q&A.mp3PANEL 3 TAKE AWAY POINTS.ppt
What happens when the audience turns into a co- producer of your story? Producers describe the process of turning viewers into partners.
Moderator: Louis Massiah, Professor of Film and Video, American University
- Gillian Caldwell, WITNESS
- Michelle Miller, Services Employee International Union
- Katerina Cizek, Filmmaker-in-Residence at St. Michael’s Hospital, National Film Board of Canada
- jesikah maria ross, Saving the Sierra: Voices of Conservation in Action
- Jean Seok, Arts Engine
Panel 4: Bridging difference, building engagement:
PANEL4.mp3
and PANEL4Q&A.mp3
PANEL 4 TAKE AWAY POINTS.ppt
What used to be just virtual space has become a powerful tool for making media that matters. What is the latest thinking on the best approaches to audience engagement?
Moderator: Robert West, Working Films
- Joy Thomas Moore, Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Aishah Shahidah Simmons, NO! The Rape Documentary
- Ellen Schneider, Active Voice
- Dennis Palmieri, Independent Television Service
Funded by the Ford Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.
Cosponsored by ActiveVoice, Independent Television Service, See3 Communications, Working Films, OneWorld.Net , Women in Film and Video, SILVERDOCS and CINE.
Related Links
- MYDM Related Links
- Mimi Pickering Participatory Media Speech
- 2007 Making Your Documentary Matter Conference Participant Biographies
- Documentaries on a Mission: How Nonprofits Are Making Movies for Public Engagement
- Big Dreams, Small Screens: Online Video for Public Knowledge and Action
- Making Your Documentary Matter 2007: Rapporteur’s Report
Discussion
Do you expect any representation from traditional broadcast outlets such as POV or Independent Lens, as was the case last year?
Posted by Lissa Weinmann on Dec 12, 2006 at 7:37 AM
You have January 1 as the date instead of Jan 31—fyi, i’m sure everyone can figure it out but you should fix it.
Posted by Lissa Weinmann on Dec 12, 2006 at 7:38 AM
I can’t attend, but I’m curious to know if there efforts to promote free showings of documentaries by colleges and nonprofit groups, beyond what Brave New Films is doing. My website, justicemovies.org, is an attempt to do this.
Posted by jkwilso2 on Jan 19, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Hi Lissa. Dennis Palmieri, a representative from ITVS (which produces Independent Lens) will speak.
Thanks,
Bree Bowman
Projects Manager
Center for Social Media
Posted by Site Administrator on Jan 19, 2007 at 11:27 AM
I’m wondering if the Wed. night screening of Iraq for Sale might be open to the public? I’d love to invite my hosts in D.C. to attend, if so.