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Reflections on The Interrupters: Screening | Poetry Reading | Community Dialogue
In the dark theater, with the credits still rolling, I could hear sniffles to my right and excited whispers to my left. As the brightening lights gradually illuminated the crowd seated around me, their...
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Notes from the Benevolent Media Festival Part One: Non-profit Storytelling
Liz Norton spent the earlier part of her professional career working with policy makers and wondering if her efforts truly helped improve the lives of others. After tossing that question around one too...
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OUT IN THE SILENCEProducer/directorJoe Wilson and Dean Hamer65 minutes, 2009The Out in the Silence Campaign for Fairness and Equality in Rural and Small Town Americawpsu.org/outinthesilenceCASE...
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Camera as Catalyst: Matt Eich
Guest Post by Tara KocourekMatt Eich makes a point to photograph his subjects as if they are his own family. At the center of his personal mission, and the LUCEO Images’ mission, are relationships....
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STATE OF FEAR: The Truth about TerrorismProducer/directorPamela Yates, Paco de Onís, Peter Kinoy 94 minutes, 2005http://skylightpictures.com/films/state_of_fear CASE STUDYAbstracted fromJessica Clark...
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Land of Opportunity Demo
One of the great projects being showcased through the Living Docs intiative to foster a community of web-native documentary development is Luisa Dantas's Land of Opportuntiy. Grown out of the...
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Media That Matters 2015: Agenda
[VIew sponsorship opportunities] REGISTEROnline registration is now closed, but onsite registration will be available both days. American University is committed to providing accessible programs and...
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Living, Breathing, Transmedia: Navigating the Non-linear
By Josh FreundTraditionally when making a documentary, filmmakers present a film that reflects only a sliver of their amassed content. We shoot and shoot and shoot some more, then edit and cut the vast...
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The Saga from Katrina to Isaac: Stories from New Orleans
By Laine Kaplan-LevensonLittle did we know here at Land of Opportunity that mentioning Cowbird in a blog post a few weeks ago would lead to a beautiful storytelling collaboration. Our latest experience...
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Land of Opportunity is a Living Doc
Filmmakers like Luisa Dantas are paving the way for more people to understand and experiment with web-native documentary production. What does this really mean, and what can we learn from them so we...
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Harvard Paper Examines Bill McKibben as Journalist, Public Intellectual and...
Knowledge journalists play a key role in engaging and organizing publics on the critical social issues of our time. In a paper released March 7 by Harvard University's Shorenstein Center, I analyze the...
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Land of Opportunity: Interactive Design and Intervention
One of the major challenges in interactive media confronting filmmakers—or any media maker—is a fundamental question of how to present a story in a non-traditional format. This was the case for Luisa...
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Gemma Cubero on Give Up Tomorrow, a Film to 'Save a Life'
How did the filmmakers for "Give Up Tomorrow" leverage the film for political action and justice for the film's subjects? Filmmaker Gemma Cubero's research shows how a film's engagement strategies are...
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Launching LandofOpportunity
LandofOpportunity has officially launched its Beta Interactive Platform for the public. The platform is an experimental web project exploring post-crisis community (re)building in America, that merges...
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Media That Matters 2014 Agenda
QUICK LINKS SponsorsCommunity PartnersWorkshopsHappy HourStoryCode DCConference Sponsors Community PartnersBenevolent MediaCommunity Cinema DCDocs In ProgressMeridian Hill...
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