Well the 1-hour time slot is a tall order to produce a video. We are experimenting with different themes, so we went from security to support this week. I showed the video from the day before as a way to introduce the project. We talked about the topic and moments when we feel supported. We […]
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Okay well today was the first in a series of workshops at branch libraries throughout the city. I have one hour to grab the attention of a group of 10 kids I’ve never met before and will likely never see again. The first stop was at the Cecil B. Moore branch. The first 20 minutes […]
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Highlighted Video! Richie was a new participant to drop into the PPEHRC office (Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign) when I was there last week. He brought over a computer and installed Pinnacle on it so we can start editing more efficiently! After watching this short video he put together in a day, I was […]
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Film workshops with PPEHRC youth Workshops started today with the youth group at PPEHRC. We will be meeting weekly with them to create short videos and document their involvement with the PPEHRC farm that is under development on an empty lot a few blocks away. Today we did a really brief intro to the class, […]
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I’m very excited to have started a series of workshops with the folks at the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign in Kensington. After years of amazing organizing work around housing, and welfare rights issues, PPEHRC is taking control of their image and their understanding of technology. These videos were the first videos they made… […]
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Last week I returned to Russell Byers Charter School (last summer I did a daylong class there as well). We got to try out the new MIM toolkits, which was a useful resource have on hand. I showed a few shorts from the one minute junior site to get us started talking about different concepts: […]
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The Face of Environmental Justice: Industry and Possibility: Street Art: A guided tour with historian, autoworker and organizer Rick Feldman at the Packard and Pole Auto Plants in Detroit. These videos were produced during the tour Eco-media Messages from Detroit tour during the Allied Media Conference. From these 3 perspectives, you can get a snapshot […]
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I’m heading out to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit. Stay tuned for videos and posts along the way! I will be co-presenting this workshop on Friday afternoon: TOUR: Eco-Media in Motion: Messages from Detroit (Kid Friendly) Presenters: Climate Confluence Network; Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective; Messages in Motion; Outta Your Backpack Media; Remedia; […]
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These videos were produced in collaboration with the Asian Arts Initiative as part of a multi-week video production workshop focusing on the production of Immigrant Life Stories- in the Termite TV tradition. I facilitated one workshop with the participants today and we went to a festival that was happening at Franklin Square to record, and […]
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While I was at Franklin Square with my Van door open- waiting for a group of students to return with their videos, I had a visitor. John asked me what was going on- and I told him what I knew. He proceeded to give me his story about how he became homeless after getting shot […]
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