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MIT event "Grassroots Coverage of Global Events"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Tue Oct 30 17:54:30 2001
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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:54:19 -0500
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
This looks great if you can make it!
Become the media!
Aimee
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MIT Communications Forum
Grassroots Coverage of Global Events
Thursday, November 1, 2001
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab
20 Ames Street
Speakers: Dee Dee Halleck, Paper Tiger Television
Rick Rowley, Big Noise Films
Over the past several decades, independent film and video makers have used
local-access television to provide alternative perspectives on topics of vital
interest in their communities. A national or even international network of
local-access producers has now emerged; these video activists share tapes,
collaborate on productions, and participate in larger policy debates.
Paper Tiger Television has been a leading force among this community, and
during the Gulf War it demonstrated how such a network could provide
alternative news coverage of an international conflict.
Big Noise's film about the Seattle WTO protests, This Is What Democracy Looks
Like, showed how lightweight digital cameras can give a street-level
perspective on political activism.
Now, the events of September 11 and their aftermath have focused attention on
the limitations of mainstream media coverage and have led to fresh demands for
alternative news sources. In this Forum, we will examine how grassroots
documentary makers such as such as Paper Tiger Television and Big Noise Films
are responding to the attacks and the war against terrorism, and what
challenges they face in forming grassroots media organizations for covering
international developments.
Speakers
Dee Dee Halleck, Paper Tiger Television
Rick Rowley, Big Noise FIlms
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