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Making Media Now: Thriving in a Changing Landscape June 8, 2012 Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston MA Making Media Now is the signature event of Filmmakers Collaborative. It draws industry professionals and thought leaders from across the country for an unparalleled day of hands-on learning and networking. This year’s conference marks FC’s [...]
Long-time Filmmakers Collaborative advisor, Judith Vecchionne, has a new project: MEDAL QUEST: American Athletes and the Paralympic Games is live at pbs.org/wgbh/medal-quest, and on Facebook and Twitter. There are still a few glitches, but early visitors are great. Please come share the stories of these amazing athletes as they prepare for the London Games, “like [...]
FC Filmmaker Natasha Lance Rogoff‘s KickinKitchen.TV went live yesterday on NYC TV channel 25 and in New York City Taxi Cabs! And….they launched an exciting contest with NFL superstar Greg Jennings, where kids can enter our Healthy Football Snack Challenge. They are so excited to share KickinKitchen.TV, and hope you are, too. Spread the word!
FC Filmmaker Michele Mitchell and her team at Film at 11 are making headlines with their latest project, HAITI: WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?. You can read all about it on the Huffington Post, and in the Chicago Tribune.
The Flaherty is accepting applications for the LEF Fellowship Program, which provides economic support to New England-area filmmakers interested in attending the 2012 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar this June in Hamilton, NY. Programmed by Josetxo Cerdán, the 2012 Seminar is entitled “Open Wounds”, and will look at changing perspectives on politics, the economy, technology, culture, [...]
FC board member María Agui Carter presented a sneak preview of her new film Rebel at the American Latino Heritage Forum being hosted by the White House and the U.S. Department of the Interior. President Barak Obama delivered remarks and guests included Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of [...]
After the debut year of Richard Ziglar’s radio doc, “Still Singing the Blues,” and a major marketing effort, by their marketing guru, Kathy Gronau, has gotten us carriage on more than 123 stations nationwide with an additional 81 translators broadcasting our show. The latest pickup has been by WUMB in Boston. Barry Yeoman and Richard [...]
Congratulations to FC members Tracy Strain and Sue Williams who received NEA grants for their projects on Lorraine Hansberry and Johnny Cash, respectively Alice Stone received a grant from the LEF Foundation for her project “Angelo Unwritten”.