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Every Third Bite: TAKE ACTION PACK
Welcome to our first monthly Take Action Pack! Twelve Months, Twelve Films, Twelve Issues. Here at MediaRights.org and the Media That Matters ...
Posted on July 15

Resistance is Fertile: It's Time to Start Guerrilla Gardening
By Shira Golding "Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what ...
Posted on July 15

Paul D. Miller AKA DJ Spooky's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders -- leaders like ...
Posted on July 15

Copyleft, Copyright and Everything in Between
By Kathryn Robertson As the Internet and file-sharing have mushroomed rapidly over the past few years, copyright law has been questioned by a ...
Posted on July 15

34x25x36: Body Image from Various Perspectives
By Kathryn Robertson Jesse Epstein Jesse Epstein's film-making budget back in 2007 was as slim as the ...
Posted on June 17

On the Road: Travel Tips for the Independent Filmmaker
By Brittany Mayne It is finally summer, the season of travel, and it's the perfect time for a road trip to shoot footage ...
Posted on June 17

The Evolving World of Ballroom
By Clay Cane June is lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride month. There is much to celebrate in the past ...
Posted on June 17

Jeff Cohen's Shortlist
Who is Jeff Cohen? Jeff Cohen Jeff Cohen founded the media watch group FAIR in ...
Posted on June 11

The ABCs of Feeding Your Cast & Crew
By Natalie Norton Natalie Norton In "Low Budget Film 101", your mentors probably taught you how to ...
Posted on June 11

Interview with Dawn Valadez, Co-Director of Going on 13
By Jim Browne I spoke with Dawn Valadez, Co-director with Kristy Guevara-Flanagan of the film Going on 13, which premieres at the Tribeca ...
Posted on May 20

Party Science: Hustle 101, an Exploration of Atlanta's HBCU Party Promotion Scene
By Jelani Harper Donte Murry is a busy man. The Morehouse College senior, who recently partnered with Michael Cooke to executive produce his ...
Posted on April 30

Outreach Journal: Press Play Productions--Bridging the Gap Between the Classroom and Pop Culture
By Pamela Cohn In today's television landscape, as has been the case for several years now, reality-based fare is ubiquitous. The ...
Posted on April 30

Scoring It Big: Adding Music to Your Film
By Brittany Mayne One of the most important elements in a film is music. It helps to tell the story, sometimes accentuating ...
Posted on April 16

Assessing Success
By Katy Chevigny Katy Chevigny, Executive Director of Arts Engine. Thoughts on Documentary's Current ...
Posted on April 16

Beyond Novelty and Nostalgia
By Kasmore Rhedrick The beauty of this film exists in the emotional space between longing for the past, reliving the joyful feelings ...
Posted on April 16

Leslie Hatfield's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders — leaders ...
Posted on April 14

IndieGoGo: Doing It with Others
by Harriette Yahr Sundance offered several panels and presentations of interest to independent filmmakers, including at the New Frontier on Main, one of ...
Posted on April 7

Feminism 3.0: Moving Forward by Looking Back
Coverage of women and media brought to you by LUNAFEST Film Festival By Julia Barry Women working for social ...
Posted on March 19

Screening Across the Globe: Encouraging Others to Host a Screening of Your Film
By Brittany Mayne Once you have made a documentary the next goal is getting people to see it. Hosting your own ...
Posted on March 19

Annie J. Howell's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders — leaders like ...
Posted on March 18

Upstream: Drawing Truth: Animation in Documentary
By Shira Golding When Richard Linklater's philosophical exploration Waking Life came out in 2001, animation was still largely considered to be ...
Posted on March 18

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
by Harriette Yahr The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo premiered in the Documentary Competition this year at Sundance. Lisa F. ...
Posted on March 17

Tribeca Film Institute and Media That Matters present TFI Youth Screening Series
Tribeca Film Institute and Media That Matters present TFI Youth Screening Series – Seats still available for 3/12 screening! Tribeca Film Institute ...
Posted on March 4

FLOW: For Love of Water
by Harriette Yahr FLOW: For Love of Water, a thorough and alarming doc about the global water crisis from toxicity to privatization, ...
Posted on February 19

Nonso Christian Ugbode's Shortlist
The Shortlist article series is your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders—leaders like filmmaker Nonso ...
Posted on February 19

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