It’s A Video Festival In Your Blog

Community Cinema has amassed quite a collection of videos from our free documentary screening events. We’ve talked to community leaders, performers, a few DJs, and audience members just like you. Here are a few of the short video clips we’ve collected from this exciting season of Community Cinema. We’ll have videos from our current film selection A Village Called Versailles coming very soon.

We asked audience members at last month’s events for The Horse Boy about what brought them to the event, how the film affected their feelings about the topic of autism and alternative healing, and finally what was their experience at Community Cinema.

In March, we presented Dirt! The Movie in dozens of communities nationwide. One of our most successful events was at the San Francisco Public Library. This video is an edited wrap-up of the event including speakers, the audience, and what people were talking about after watching the powerful film.

We presented the award winning documentary Garbage Dreams in January. This edited video captures the activities surrounding our event in Oakland, California.

December’s gift to Community Cinema goers was the delightful and touching Young@Heart about the Young@Heart chorus which is made up of older folk who sing punk, rock, and a lot of roll. We were so fortunate to be joined by many talented seniors at our events. Including Legendary jazz musician Willie Pickens at Community Cinema Chicago.

In Seattle, Young@Heart audiences were treated to a few numbers by Seattle’s Raging Grannies.

And in West Hollywood we were inspired by a number fo talented seniors at the Community Cinema Senior Talent Show.

In November, the runaway smash hit of the Fall was Between The Folds a compelling documentary about paperfolding and origami. Many of our events included interactive paperfolding workshops with local experts sharing their talents. Here’s a glimpse of the paperfolding activities.

Copyright Criminals asked, “Is sampling stealing?” at dozens of events throughout October. We had some stellar DJs and other artists speak and perform at events around the country. We talked to Seattle’s DJ Hypen who was the host of our event.

The audience also weighed in on the question of music as an artform and/or a business.

We want to hear from you.

Tags: audience feedback, community cinema, free events, video, youtube

ITVS Partners With telegraph21

ITVS is proud to announce a partnership with telegraph21 (t21), a curated website that features documentaries and art videos from around the world as well as films from Independent Lens, Community Cinema, and other ITVS initiatives.

Part-gallery and part-video magazine, t21 will launch January 11 and offer short (10 minutes or less), interactive video package three times a week that provide viewers access to hard-to-find videos, and the ability to get involved and contribute their own ideas.
The site will feature works from award-winning journalists, filmmakers, and artists and provide an ongoing platform for media producers and film festivals to promote their work and interact with viewers –– providing an invaluable resource to those in the independent film community.

Ultimately, t21 plans to offer it’s viewers a new kind of “cinematic” experience –– online and offline –– using qualities of the digital space (mobility, flexibility, engagement and social interaction) to personalize the experience of watching full-length documentaries.

Currently two Independent Lens broadcasts Between the Folds and Young@Heart are featured on t21 with exclusive interviews from the directors and interactive features. P Star Rising by Gabriel Nobel will be featured in the coming month.
Visit the t21 website for more information >>

Tags: art, telegraph21, video

Community Classroom Engages Students Through Film

Despite the spread of globalization, democracy and digital communication, many women and girls are left out of important advancements that have deep implications on their quality of life. Furthermore, women represent only 16 percent of world parliamentarians but 60-70 percent of the world’s uneducated and poor. With a unique strategy to help educate, inspire and change, COMMUNITY CLASSROOM’s International Edition: Women’s Empowerment combines award-winning documentaries and innovative partnerships with dozens of impact-oriented NGOs and hundreds of educators.

COMMUNITY CLASSROOM’s International Edition: Women’s Empowerment highlights stories of women’s leadership around the world and engages young people in exploring their potential to become leaders, global citizens and active participants in the global movement for women’s rights. The four documentaries featured will introduce students to: an indigenous Bolivian leader fighting for labor rights; a young Israeli-Arab karate champion with feminist ideas; three Egyptian women working for fair elections and a Kenyan leader sparking a nationwide environmental movement.

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Tags: classroom, politics, video, women