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George Stoney 90th Birthday Bash
George Stoney 90th Birthday Bash
The Sanctuary for Independent Media celebrates a living legend, the one and only George Stoney, one of America’s greatest documentary filmmakers! Stoney has been making films since 1946, and was one of the early advocates of using video as a tool for social change. The screenings will take place over two evenings with the themes […]
“Notes Against the Threshold of Dreams” with Zevin Polzin
“Notes Against the Threshold of Dreams” with Zevin Polzin
Composer Zevin Polzin's overnight concert, Notes Against the Threshold of Dreams, will be an exploration of the liminal zone between waking consciousness and dream. This process involves the sonification of states of consciousness into contrapuntal melodies that bend and warp over the course of sleep, finally re-emerging as new melodies created by REM brainwaves. The […]
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Be the Media! Workshop with Jim de Séve: Essential Documentary Tools
Be the Media! Workshop with Jim de Séve: Essential Documentary Tools
Curious about documentaries? Thinking of making one or in the middle of production? Examine fundamental issues critical to planning, producing and marketing a documentary. Topics include: Subject - Choosing a topic that's realistic; Taglines and treatments - grabbing people with the written description of your film; Technique - How to pull of shooting your doc; […]
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Mansour Farhang on Iran
Mansour Farhang on Iran
Professor Mansour Farhang is an Iranian-born author and former diplomat who served as revolutionary Iran's first ambassador to the U.N. after the fall of the Sha and before Khomeini. He now teaches international relations and Middle Eastern politics at Bennington College. He will speak on the “Iran Nuclear Program and U.S.-Iranian Relations” and answer audience […]
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George Stoney on “Urban Renewal”
George Stoney on “Urban Renewal”
A new edit of the 1964 documentary What Do You Tear Down Next, documenting the prelude to destruction of hundreds of downtown buildings in Troy, Schenectady, and Albany. Followed by the 1954 classic, How to Live in a City, which visualizes the practical results of the philosophy of Jane Jacobs (who died earlier this year). […]
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George Stoney on “Prison Action”
George Stoney on “Prison Action”
The 2005 documentary Getting Out by Stoney and his former student David Bangall holds true to one of the basic precepts of community media: giving a forum to unheard voices and stories. This film about Rehabilitation Through the Arts, an experimental theater program at the Sing Sing correctional facility designed to prepare inmates for their […]
