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MIX, MINGLE & MUNCH Friday, June 19, 2009 STUDIO AT COLTON - Studios 207 & 208 Our monthly informal social gathering brings New Orleans artists, activists, non-profits, and community residents together in the same space for networking and fun. Enjoy FREE refreshments, check out our studio space at the Colton school, make new contacts and promote your creative projects. AMACO/Brent Ceramics Laboratory
Studio at Colton, Red Ballroom | MAP CRIPS & BLOODS is the first major nonfiction film to term the decades-long gang strife in South Central Los Angeles as a war on the scale of Kosovo, Mogadishu or Northern Ireland. Stacy Peralta's bracing film grimly examines the causes and nature of the area's epidemic violence. Laying out a history while talking directly to former and current members of the Crips and the Bloods, his picture assumes a wide audience that's little informed on the horrors. (148 minutes) New Orleans Community Cinema is a monthly screening series, that pairs independently produced documentary films, on timely and important social issues, with leading organizations working on related issues in communities across the country. Community Cinema screenings are followed by a short panel discussion, featured speaker, or other presentation. SPEAKERS:
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2008 ASK NOT is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and profiles charismatic activists determined to abolish it. As the war rages on, ASK NOT reveals personal stories of gay Americans who serve in combat under a veil of secrecy. (54 minutes) SPEAKERS: Hosted by the CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK, Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Independent Television Service. For more information look here or contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Voluntary Donations will be accepted to benefit a Youth Mural Project at the Colton School - A joint collaboration between Charitable Film Network, Crescent City Peace Alliance, Inkwell Press, NY2NO.Com, School at Blair Grocery & YAYA. Please join us and HELP RAISE MONEY this special project! Hosted by CFN and Viorel Hodre Light Sculptures - Studio -103A. Sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009 TAKING ROOT tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. (80 minutes) New Orleans Community Cinema is a monthly screening series, that pairs independently produced documentary films, on timely and important social issues, with leading organizations working on related issues in communities across the country. Community Cinema screenings are followed by a short panel discussion, featured speaker, or other presentation. INVITED SPEAKERS: Hosted by the CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK, Loyola University, Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Independent Television Service. For more information look here or contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org. MIX, MINGLE & MUNCH... Friday, March 27, 2009 GET HOOKED UP! This monthly informal social event brings New Orleans artists, activists, non-profits, and community residents together in the same space for a "speed-dating style" networking event. CONNECT, COLLABORATE and CONTRIBUTE to the Community-at-large with the Charitable Film Network. Enjoy FREE refreshments, make new contacts and promote your creative projects. Voluntary Donations will be accepted to benefit WHERE YA' RACK - a Young Leadership Council (YLC) project to install unique and secure bicycle parking racks throughout New Orleans, to encourage cycling as an environmentally friendly and healthy transportation option for commuting, short trips, and errands. Racks are purchased by citizens, businesses or property owners and installed by YLC member-volunteers. Please join us and help us raise money for Colton's "Where Ya' Rack" bike rack. Hosted by Charitable Film Network. Sponsored by Whole Foods Market. For more information contact mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org or (504) 896-7333. 
ITVS Community Classroom - SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2009 Featuring video from the documentary KNOCKING, by Joel P. Engardio and Tom Shepard ITVS Community Classroom is an educational resource providing new documentary video content and accompanying curricular materials, lesson plans and homework assignments to high school and community college instructors and youth-serving, community-based organizations. Video content will include approximately 15 minutes excerpted from an independently-produced documentary film scheduled for broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Content is grouped into subject-specific segments that correspond to lesson plans and educational activities. All materials are designed with key education standards in mind and available, along with the video content, on a DVD-ROM and online. For more information or to RSVP contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org ITVS Community Classroom is a product of the Independent Television Service and KQED Education Network, with support from PBS Teachers, the National Council of Churches, American Association of Community Colleges, 4-H, National Council for the Social Studies and National Council of Teachers of English. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS
Presented by Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, Amnesty International, and Southeastern Louisiana University. For more information visit www.zeitgeistinc.net, contact (504) 352-1150 or rene@zeitgeistinc.net.
TALKIN' WATER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 Disillusioned by the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina, four girls –two from New Orleans and two from New York City– set out to tell the "real" story. Armed with video cameras and a sense of responsibility, the project quickly becomes personal as the girls explore issues of race, class and government – and are surprised to discover as much about themselves as New Orleans. Please join film Producer/Director Shannon Sonnenstein for a Q&A discussion with youth filmmakers Briceshanay Gresham and Rodneka Shelbia after the screening. For more information contact mail@charitablefilmnetwork.
Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother's return to Iran during the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as he travels with his American wife to have a traditional Persian wedding and explore his lost heritage. In weaving the couple's personal story with historical footage, ARUSI considers the history, impact and troubled relationship between Iran and America. (54 minutes) Hosted by the CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK, Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Independent Television Service. For more information look here or contact mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009 Featuring video from the documentary SENTENCED HOME, by Nicole Newnham and David Grabias. ITVS Community Classroom is an educational resource providing new documentary video content and accompanying curricular materials, lesson plans and homework assignments to high school and community college instructors and youth-serving, community-based organizations. Video content will include approximately 15 minutes excerpted from an independently-produced documentary film scheduled for broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Content is grouped into subject-specific segments that correspond to lesson plans and educational activities. All materials are designed with key education standards in mind and available, along with the video content, on a DVD-ROM and online. For more information or to RSVP contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org ITVS Community Classroom is a product of the Independent Television Service and KQED Education Network, with support from PBS Teachers, the National Council of Churches, American Association of Community Colleges, 4-H, National Council for the Social Studies and National Council of Teachers of English. MIX, MINGLE & MUNCH... Friday February 27, 2009 The Studio at Colton - Studio 208 $5 Voluntary Donations will be accepted to benefit the LOUISIANA FILM FESTIVAL - Student Division GET HOOKED UP! This monthly informal social event brings New Orleans artists, activists, non-profits, and community residents together in the same space for a "speed-dating style" networking event. CONNECT, COLLABORATE and CONTRIBUTE to the Community-at-large with the Charitable Film Network. Enjoy FREE refreshments, make new contacts and promote your creative projects. For more information contact mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org or (504) 896-7333. Hosted by Charitable Film Network.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 and 31, 2009 Featuring video from the documentary HIP HOP: Beyond Beats & Rhymes, by Byron Hurt. ITVS Community Classroom is an educational resource providing new documentary video content and accompanying curricular materials, lesson plans and homework assignments to high school and community college instructors and youth-serving, community-based organizations. Video content will include approximately 15 minutes excerpted from an independently-produced documentary film scheduled for broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Content is grouped into subject-specific segments that correspond to lesson plans and educational activities. All materials are designed with key education standards in mind and available, along with the video content, on a DVD-ROM and online. For more information or to RSVP contact mail@chairtablefilmnetwork.org ITVS Community Classroom is a product of the Independent Television Service and KQED Education Network, with support from PBS Teachers, the National Council of Churches, American Association of Community Colleges, 4-H, National Council for the Social Studies and National Council of Teachers of English.
ITVS Salon for SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2009 Join ITVS's Director of Programming, Erica Deiparine-Sugars and area filmmakers to discuss producing for public television. Erica will give a brief introduction to ITVS and its place in the public media landscape. She will also discuss the funding opportunities for independent producers available at ITVS. ITVS funded producers, including Kelly Whalen (TULIA, TEXAS), Lolis Eric Elie (FAUBOURG TREME) and Rebecca Snedeker (BY INVITATION ONLY), will be on hand to share their experiences with taking their documentaries to the public television audience. Hosted by: ITVS, PBS, CPB, Zeitgeist and the Charitable Film Network. For more information about the Charitable Film Network contact: mail@charitablefilmnetwork.org
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