I had the privilege of attending a tribute to Ricky Leacock over the
weekend at MIT’s Media Lab. The program was filled with honest, funny,
and moving stories from those who knew him best – his collaborators, his
students, and, of course, his beloved family.
Last weekend I headed out to the Chicago Underground Film Festival, which was was a great experience.
This year’s Making Media Now was held on Friday, May 6th at Bentley University. The theme for the conference was “Re-defining Collaboration in a Fractured Media World.”
It was standing room only at the LEF/DocYard sponsored panel “When Does A Story Become a Film?: From Idea to Documentary” at IFFB on Sunday.
3 films and 1 panel not to miss at the Independent Film Festival of Boston!
With all of the new documentaries in town this week for the Independent Film Festival Boston…
I was privileged last week to attend the opening day of the National Conference on Media Reform.
I’ve been reading some wonderful content on the Nieman Storyboard, a great resource from the Nieman Foundation
In an attempt to end my own laments at the long, thoughtful and studied blog entry on women in the documentary field in New England that I lost to the four corners, I instead make this appeal to everyone to step away from the computer and go meet someone in person.
Every once in awhile I like to write about one of our colleagues in the
world of funding, as so many of them are doing inspirational work
worthy of spotlights and cheering. With their next Open Call deadline
coming up on Wednesday, March 30th, Chicken & Egg Pictures is on my
mind today.
A diverse group of screenings, from LEF grantees and other filmmakers of interest, to help get from the current lion-like part of March to the lamb-like part at the other end:<br />
The Salem Film Fest, not to be confused with the Salem (Oregon) Film Festival, is happening soon – March 4 – March 10) in Salem MA.
I had the privilege of attending a tribute to Ricky Leacock over the
weekend at MIT’s Media Lab. The program was filled with honest, funny,
and moving stories from those who knew him best – his collaborators, his
students, and, of course, his beloved family.
Last weekend I headed out to the Chicago Underground Film Festival, which was was a great experience.
This year’s Making Media Now was held on Friday, May 6th at Bentley University. The theme for the conference was “Re-defining Collaboration in a Fractured Media World.”
It was standing room only at the LEF/DocYard sponsored panel “When Does A Story Become a Film?: From Idea to Documentary” at IFFB on Sunday.
3 films and 1 panel not to miss at the Independent Film Festival of Boston!
With all of the new documentaries in town this week for the Independent Film Festival Boston…
I was privileged last week to attend the opening day of the National Conference on Media Reform.
I’ve been reading some wonderful content on the Nieman Storyboard, a great resource from the Nieman Foundation
In an attempt to end my own laments at the long, thoughtful and studied blog entry on women in the documentary field in New England that I lost to the four corners, I instead make this appeal to everyone to step away from the computer and go meet someone in person.
Every once in awhile I like to write about one of our colleagues in the
world of funding, as so many of them are doing inspirational work
worthy of spotlights and cheering. With their next Open Call deadline
coming up on Wednesday, March 30th, Chicken & Egg Pictures is on my
mind today.
A diverse group of screenings, from LEF grantees and other filmmakers of interest, to help get from the current lion-like part of March to the lamb-like part at the other end:<br />
The Salem Film Fest, not to be confused with the Salem (Oregon) Film Festival, is happening soon – March 4 – March 10) in Salem MA.
