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The Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers (AIVF) is the membership
organization of independent video and filmmakers. Their mission is to increase the creative and professional
opportunities for independent video and filmmakers and to enhance the growth
of independent media by providing services and resources, including
informative seminars and networking events, access to group health and production insurance,
advocacy for media arts issues, a
public resource library, and publication of books and directories. They are
one of the largest organizations serving and representing
independents across the country.
The Bay Area Video Coalition is the nation's largest noncommercial media arts
center. Their mission is to address social issues, promote artistic expression,
and support underserved populations by providing access to advanced media
technology for the expansion of civic dialogue and equal opportunities in an era
of ever increasing media consolidation and commercialization. They offer
high-tech training and post-production facilities to help create cutting-edge,
independent media.
Since 1981, the Benton Foundation has worked to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications. Through its own projects, the foundation seeks to shape the emerging communications environment in the public interest. Bridging the worlds of philanthropy, public policy and community action, Benton demonstrates and promotes the use of digital media to engage, equip and connect people to solve social problems.
The International Human Rights Watch Film Festival is the world's
leading showcase for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated
films and videos that incorporate human rights themes. With yearly
festivals in New York and London, the Festival presents works that give
a human face and personal viewpoints to threats against political and
individual freedom.
The Independent Television Service (ITVS) was established by Congress "to fund and present programming
that involves creative risks and addresses the needs of underserved audiences." While granting artistic
control to the independent filmmaker, ITVS solicits, funds, packages, promotes and distributes work for
broadcast primarily on American public television.
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OneWorld US is the United States-based center of OneWorld, the largest international
network and web presence devoted to sustainable development and human rights. OneWorld US produces the OneWorld US edition, a country-based site that seeks to
enhance the knowledge of U.S. citizens about international affairs/development. In so
doing, OneWorld US hopes to stimulate discussion and debate about international affairs
and policy alternatives in the United States and encourage action leading to greater peace,
justice, and equality at the global level.
Paper Tiger TV is a non-profit volunteer collective that has
been pioneering media criticism through video since 1981. Paper Tiger TV
works to illuminate the role of media in our society, through the
production and distribution of the Paper Tiger public access television
series, as well as through media literacy and hands on video production
workshops and through various advocacy and coalition work.
Viewing Race gives grassroots organizations,
libraries, and other non-profits access to the
best of independent films and other resources
on the subject of race.
Witness has pioneered the use of video and
technology to fight for human rights. WITNESS provides human rights
activists throughout the United States and around the world with video
cameras and technical and strategic guidance to incorporate video into their
advocacy campaigns. Witness also assists activists in video productions, and
ensures that the evidence generated gets international attention through
courts, the media and the United Nations.
Working Films is a new outreach
and education organization that links independent filmmaking to citizen
action. Their mission is to make award-winning film, video and multimedia
production a key resource for national, statewide and local initiatives that
expand economic opportunity, improve environmental quality and achieve
social justice.
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