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Tuesday, April 21st in the Courthouse Theater @ Anthology NewFilmmakers welcomes the Third World Newsreel and our Middle East Filmmakers series. 6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Global Action Project (G.A.P.), DCTV and Third World Newsreel (TWN) are proud to present new and classic LGBT shorts directed by production workshop students. I Never Danced the Way Girls Were Supposed To… 7 min, 1992, by Dawn Suggs What makes Black lesbians so special? Suggs takes a fresh and funny approach to explore this and other questions using a mixture of scenes shot on film and video with running commentaries by women in the know. There’s No Place Like Home, 1 min, 2008, by Supa Friends/Global Action Project A public service announcement focusing on LGBTQ homeless youth. Three Queer Mice, 3 min, 2007, by the Supa Friends/Global Action Project This short animation is a remake of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice. We find three very queer mice in a lot of trouble when their rights are being violated. Based on real stories. A Likely Fear, 7 min, 2007, by Stanley Chen, Royce Cheung, Sushana Dubreil, William Johnson, Anton Kirschner, Dennis Lau, Victor Santiago, Jenny Wang (Summer Media Intensive) Through interviews of a gay man and a heterosexual homophobic man, this film discusses the consequences of homophobia. Same Love, 7 min, 2007, by The Students at Bronx Lab High School (TV High) Filmmakers examine what it means to be a gay teenager in high school. Coming Out Story, 7 min, 2008, by Simone Thompson, Michael O’Conner, Jovan Crandle, Steven Holmes, Gavin Le (Summer Media Intensive) A young man reflects on the past and the steps he took towards coming out and becoming a member of the gay community. Thicker Than Water, 11 min, 2006, by Jennifer Miller, Ricky Sim, Zoubin Tang, Long Tran, Lushena Warner Explores the difficulties of coming out to one’s family members. The subjects express how family may or may not accept their homosexuality and the effects it has on their lives. That’s So Gay, 5 min, 2008 by Katherine Alaniz, Taylor Dugger, Alijaney Jefferson, Crystal Ng, Shante Tucker, and Safiya Williams. A documentary that explores a range of reactions when students at Brooklyn’s High School for Public Service form a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at their school. 8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Nick Paley PICTURE DAY (2009, 25 Minutes, Video) Emma Lundberg FAMILIAR, MILWAUKEE (2008, 17 Minutes, Video) Jorge Enrique Ponce MEATSHAKE: A MUSICAL (2008, 26 Minutes, Video) Zak Long IRL: PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINE IDENTITY (2008, 29 Minutes, 16MM) 9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION Moniere TWISTED DREAMS (2005), 17 minutes, Video) Deception. Hope. Fear. Trust. Betrayal. Sorrow. Bliss. All ingredients of dreams: happy dreams and sad dreams. The nightmare is real; wake up and live the Twisted Dreams. After editing for Martin Scorsese, assisting Thelma schoonmaker, for close to twenty years, Scott Brock decided to go on his own and edit this fine short film which has an Italian American and Middle Eastern plot to it. Twisted Dreams is a gripping story about two best friends, Richie and Vito, who have to choose between money and love. For Richie, he must discover the truth behind the lies and the truth inside himself. For Vito, he must balance an investment in the future and the girl he loves most. Their friends and families will be caught amidst the drama, but, at the end, they will come to reality through their Twisted Dreams. Jayson Simba WHAT MATTERS MOST (2009, 77 minutes. Video) After a tragic event, which may or may not be her fault, a young woman decides to give it her best and continue trying to live a normal day to day life. Emily Barlow delivers a powerful performance as Melissa, a woman in her early twenties struggling with everyday life while dealing with inner guilt, fear and anger. What Matters Most is a story which demonstrates how family and friends can help one another fight their demons, overcome tragic events, and learn to understand what life is all about. |
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Global Action Project Since 1991, Global Action Project
(G.A.P.) has worked with young people, specifically those most affected by injustice, to build the knowledge, tools, and relationships needed to produce thought-provoking media on issues that affect them and their communities, and use their media for dialogue and to build community power. DCTV Downtown Community Television Center, Inc. (DCTV) is a non-profit independent media arts center that fosters diverse viewpoints by providing professional media training, and state-of-the-industry resources, and by creating and exhibiting outstanding documentary programs, in the belief that diversity of expression strengthens our democracy and enhances civil society. Founded in 1972 by acclaimed documentary producers Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, DCTV has pursued its mission by offering low-cost professional digital media arts workshops; affordable rentals of video production equipment, post-production facilities, and a broadcast studio; a free professional youth media training program; and regular public screenings of independent non-fiction and documentary media art. Third World Newsreel (TWN) is a media arts organization dedicated to fostering the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent social issue media made by and about people of color. TWN also has a variety of workshops and classes throughout the year on film and video production. TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, the North Star Fund, the Funding Exchange, the Asian Women Giving Circle, Materials for the Arts, as well as individual donors. Visit www.twn.org. Documentaries produced by DCTV have won 16 National Emmy Awards, 2 National Student Emmys, DuPont-Columbia, Hugo, and Peabody Awards and every major prize in the broadcast field. Fiscally responsible, DCTV offsets the cost of its programming through earned revenue from community media workshops and rentals of post-production facilities and production equipment, and the sales and distribution of its in-house documentary productions. DCTV’s prestigious supporters include: Time Warner, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase; Consolidated Edison Company of New York; Carnegie Corporation of NY; Tribune NY; The Charles Hayden Foundation; Samuel Rubin Foundation; the Surdna Foundation; and the Altman Foundation. Public agencies supporting DCTV include the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the NY City Department of Cultural Affairs. |
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