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New and Renewing Members
Magic Box Productions
Founded in 2004 by documentary filmmaker and Executive Director Nelle Stokes, Magic Box Productions is an award-winning nonprofit that provides exemplary media arts workshops that help students bridge the digital divide.
Nerissa Street
Nerissa Street is an award-winning storyteller and state-certified educator, and mentor for Girls Call The Shots.
Dallas Shelby
Dallas is the director of a nonprofit that trains artists and arts leaders. He is also a past resident filmmaker at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore, a recipient of the Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.
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Workshops, Festivals, Convenings
Bethesda Film Fest (April 5 - April 6th, Bathesda MA)
Ivy Film Festival (April 8 – April 14, Providence, RI)
Capital City Film Festival (April 11 – April 21 Lansing, MI)
Tribeca Film Festival (Apr 24, 2019 – May 5, 2019, New York, NY)
USA Film Festival (April 24, 2019 - April 28, Dallas TX)
Newport Beach Film Festival (Apr 25, 2019 – May 2, 2019, Newport Beach, CA)
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Grants and Calls
IFP Episodic Lab
FP is looking for 10 debut or “breakthrough” series creators working independently on fiction and non-fiction episodic projects created for TV and digital platforms.
Deadline: April 3rd
Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund with support from the Oath Foundation will provide funding from $10,000 to $25,000 to 6-10 feature-length documentaries that highlight and humanize issues of social importance from around the world.
Deadline: April 5th
Chicago International Film Festival Open Call
The Chicago International Film Festival is seeking films in the categories of feature length narrative, feature length documentary, and short subject.
Deadline:April 8, 2019
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From the Alliance Blog
OFFBALANCE
By JASON WYMAN
Balance. I’ve never really been all that good at it. As a child, I would take a running leap off the public dock, curl myself up, and land cannonball-style into Lake Minnetonka at the first hint of spring. It was the way I knew how to confront its frigid temperature and get what I wanted: a swim in its fresh water.
The cold shock always made me catch my breath. My lungs in response quickened their rhythm. I’d emerge panting and shivering. If I fought the cold, I would have to expend all my energy just trying to breathe and swim quickly to shore. If I surrendered, I could calm my breath and go for a proper swim. It was either retreat or surrender.
Balance wasn’t to be found in its icy depths.
I worked for a youth media program that facilitated an intergenerational queer media making camp over the course of eight weeks. By the end of camp, there were four to five films created and edited by teams of youth and elders working together. These films were then screened as part of an international LGBTQIA film festival, which always sold out. It was thrilling for the participants to see their films, in all their messiness and glory, on the big screen.
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Storytelling Matters features original and curated writing and photography about global story culture and innovation in order to facilitate conversation about the ethical and responsible use of creative technologies in community. If you have a story to share, let us know! creative@thealliance.media
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Media Policy Watch
by Priscilla Genet
Google has recently announced that they will be partnering with newspaper publishing company McClartchy on project called Compass Experiment which will center around local news coverage. Their release stated that "The importance of local journalism and its essential impact on local communities has never been more vital. Google seeks to protect and expand local news using Compass to "provide local news coverage to three mid-sized communities in the US that currently suffer from a dearth of sources of information", according to endgaget.
Recently in China, the Freddy Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody began screening with "references to homosexuality edited out" according to the BBC. They continued "In recent years, Chinese authorities have embarked on a campaign to purge content it deems inappropriate. Explicit references to same-sex relationships are banned under Chinese regulations. Gay content is frequently removed or censored by Chinese media anxious to ensure compliance." The censorship of Bohemian Rhapsodies came after Chinese broadcaster Mango TV mistranslated the Oscar speech of star Rami Malik, replacing his reference to Mercury being a "gay man" with "special group."
Continuing the conflict around the controversial repeal of Net Netruality rules by the FCC in 2017, the U.S House of Representatives will be voting to reinstate Net Neutrality in April. According to Reuters, "House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a letter to colleagues on Thursday [...] that lawmakers will vote on the bill dubbed the 'Save the Internet Act' during the week of April 8." The bill will also stop the FCC from reinstating their order.
We want to hear from you. Are you concerned with any national media policy stories that are underreported? Are there any local stories in your area that need highlighting? Please let us know.
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THE JOYS OF ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP • Networked Web Portal—A robust website that visually showcases the impact stories of member organizations and individual artists serving marginalized and under-resourced communities across the country and around the world • Leadership Roundtables—Quarterly Creative Leadership Roundtables will be developed as a year-round participatory framework for peer-to-peer mentorship relevant to a range of arts and culture staff, from founders to mid-career leaders and next-gen emerging voices • Innovation Studio—A virtual and actual lab space to receive mentorship and support in the development of unique open source media/arts/tech initiatives, with an opportunity to present your ideas to funders and investors • Media Policy Action Hub—This very public action hub will aggregate breaking news, legislation and current campaigns in a live interactive map interface, focusing on issues like net neutrality, surveillance and human rights, censorship and free press • Global Artist Residency Program and Fund—To facilitate the most dynamic collaborations between artists, organizations and communities, The ALLIANCE will partner with trusted cultural exchange programs to design The ALLIANCE co-branded media arts residencies, with a companion fund to support collaborative projects between artists and NGOs • National Conference—Biennial gathering of the media arts and culture community
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This year, we are thrilled to introduce a vibrant group of 
I also want to shout out a number of our incredible Board members and devoted strategic partners who serve and guide this organization and also have full time jobs working with youth, creating programs, building opportunities and rising up unheard voices. Thank you Kasandra VerBruggen, Executive Director of 
