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The Paley Center Celebrates
Arts Engine's 10th Anniversary
All events take place at The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52 Street, NYC
The Paley Center is proud to present eight award-winning documentaries from Arts Engine's Big Mouth Films and highlights from their renowned Media That Matters Film Festival, the premier showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. This series is in celebration of the organization's ten years of dedication to social-issue media. Arts Engine emphasizes empathy and inquiry in filmmaking, bringing audiences to films that tell it like it is, in ways that haven't been seen before. Find out more at www.artsengine.net/tenyear.
Media That Matters Staff Development Workshop for Educators
Thursday, May 1, 2008
4:30 to 6:00 pm, reception immediately follows
Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action. Media That Matters staff and Paley Center educators will copresent this workshop for teachers using films that focus on human rights issues. The workshop will include screenings, discussion, and classroom extensions. Participating teachers will receive an Educator Pass to the Paley Center and curriculum materials.
Reservations: E-mail eduny@paleycenter.org or call 212.621.6664.
Screenings from Arts Engine
Included with general admission.
Paley Center Members free; $10 for adults; $8 for students and senior citizens; $5 for children under fourteen.
Friday, May 2, 2008
2:00 pm
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Shot in the People's Republic of China and the U.S., this documentary depicts the wide range of traditional Chinese medical practices in China and shows their influence in the U.S. today. (2001, 58 min., dir. Katy Chevigny) Premiere: Asia Society and Museum, New York
Featured Media That Matters Films: Spring in Awe, Luckiest Nut in the World, and Recycle
4:00 pm
Brother Born Again
Personal documentary about a Jewish woman's search for her brother, who converted to Christianity and joined a separatist Christian community on a remote island in Alaska. (2000, 76 min., dir. Julia Pimsleur) Premiere: South by Southwest Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Films: Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) and Popaganda
Saturday, May 3, 2008
12:00 pm
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Takes a critical look at the U.S. criminal justice system through the eyes of a young black public defender in Washington, DC, at a time when an astonishing number of African-American men are under criminal justice supervision. (1999, 67 min., dir. Kirsten Johnson) Premiere: 1999 Berlin International Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Films: Vision Test and A Girl Like Me
2:00 pm
Nuyorican Dream
Chronicles five years of the struggles and aspirations of a New York Puerto Rican family as they contend with the devastating effects of urban poverty. (2000, 82 min., dir. Laurie Collyer) Premiere: 2000 Sundance Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Films: I Promise Africa and Slip of the Tongue
4:00 pm
Election Day
Combines eleven stories into one cross-country portrait of American democracy in action. Factory workers, ex-felons, harried moms, Native American activists, and diligent poll watchers, from South Dakota to Florida, take the process of democracy into their own hands. The result is an entertaining, inspiring, and sometimes unsettling story of citizens determined to vote on one fateful day. (2007, 84 min., dir. Katy Chevigny) Premiere: 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Film: Battleground Minnesota
Sunday, May 4, 2008
12:00 pm
Outside Looking In
Introducing three families with transracially adopted children of three different generations, this documentary explores the effects of white parents adopting African-American children, as seen through the eyes of director and transracial adoptee Phil Bertelsen. (2001, 56 min., dir. Phil Bertelsen) Premiere: Hollywood Black Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Films: A Girl Named Kai and Something Other Than Other
2:00 pm
Arctic Son
In a tiny village 80 miles north of the Arctic Circle, a father and his son are reunited after almost 25 years apart. They share a name and a bloodline, but the worlds they know and the lifestyles they lead are as different as their respective hometown climates. (2006, 75 min., dir. Andrew Walton) Premiere: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Film: Garbage Dreams
4:00 pm
Deadline
What would you do if you discovered that thirteen people slated for execution had been found innocent? That was exactly the question that Governor George Ryan faced in his final days in office as Illinois's top politician. Deadline is a compelling look inside America's prisons, highlighting one man's unlikely, courageous, and historic actions. (2004, 90 min., directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson) Premiere: 2004 Sundance Film Festival
Featured Media That Matters Film: Pizza Surveillance Feature
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MEDIA: Overseas Conversations (V)
An International Conference on Media,
Education, & Youth
June 5 to 7, 2008 / New York City
www.mocnyb.org
This conference provides an open forum for exploring media, education, and youth within an international context. It includes screenings of youth-produced media, as well as panels on media literacy education initiatives from the Arab and Gulf region, Asia, and Europe.
Open conversations and discussions will explore the potential of media as socio-economic equalizer in education, the global relevance of media literacy education, design as media, and cross-cultural perceptions of media in formal education.
All panels and screenings are free of charge and open to all audiences.
For complete schedule visit: www.mocnyb.org (RSVP required, rsvp@mocnyb.org).
For additional information, please contact Aneka Flamm, Conference Coordinator, at info@mocnyb.org.
Friday, June 6
Screenings at The Paley Center for Media (25 West 52nd Street, NYC)
10:30 to 11:30 am
Highlights of OETI/ITVB 2007 – Presented by Valenti Gomez i Oliver
The Barcelona International Television Festival is an annual event of the European Observatory on Children's Television. It includes the award of the prestigious UNICEF Prize, which goes to audiovisual productions devoted to children and youth that highlight ethical values and the defense of human rights according to the Convention of the Rights of Children.
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Highlights Reel Teens Festival 2007 – Presented by Jordi Torrent
The Reel Teens Festival is an annual three-day event held in early June that celebrates the creative genius of young people by screening films and videos made by teenagers from around the world.
4:00 to 5:30 pm
Afghan Chronicles –Presented by Shahir A. Zahine (Founder, The Killid Group)
The documentary Afghan Chronicles tells the story of the press agency Killid Media, dedicated to fighting ignorance and illiteracy and its daily struggles within the changing Afghan society.
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Arts Engine's Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival
– Presented by Maia Ermita and Leah Sapin
Arts Engine supports, produces, and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators, and the general public. By fostering the production and use of independent film, video, and new media, Arts Engine connects media makers and active audiences in order to spur critical consideration of pressing social issues.
The Media That Matters Film Festival is the premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action.
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