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New and Renewing Members
Women Make Movies
WMM is also committed to facilitating innovation, collaboration, strategic growth and cultural impact for the media arts field in the US and around the world.
Stephen Grey
Stephen is the founder The Positive Identity, a movement dedicated to creating positive race relations by sharing inspiring stories from Asian, Black, Hispanic, White people and beyond.
Marlene Graham (New York, NY)
Marlene is the Manager of Full time Education for the International Center of photography, the world's leading institution dedicated to the practice and understanding of photography and the reproduced image in all its forms.
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Workshops, Festivals, Convenings
Kino Short Film Festival (May 4th -- 5th, 2019, Moscow, ID)
Maryland Film Festival (May 8 – 12, 2019, Baltimore, MD)
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (May 8, 8:30 PM – May 11, Philadelphia, PA)
NYC Independent Film Festival (May 5-12, 2019,New York City, New York)
Festival De Cannes (May 14th-25th, Cannes, FR)
Albany Film Festival (March 17-24, Albany, CA)
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Grants and Calls
The Jerome Foundation’s Film, Video and Digital Production Grant*
The Jerome Foundation is offering production grants of up to $30,000 to early career film, video and digital production directors from Minnesota or New York City.
Deadline: May 1st, 2019
National Film Board of Canada Filmmaker Assistance Program
Film Board of Canada is offering emerging filmmakers $3,000-$5,000 in technical services and support.
Deadline: May, 15th
Miller / Packan Film Fund
The Miller/Packan Fund is offering documentary filmmakers between $5,000 to $25,000 for work that addresses social issues and inspires others.
Deadline: May 15th, 2019.
Latino Public Accepting Application for their Curent Issues and Public Media Content Funds
Latino Public Broadcasting is now accepting applications for the 2019 LPB Funding Cycle which consists of two funding initiatives, the Current Issues Fund (CIF) and the Public Media Content Fund (PMCF).
Deadline: June 3, 2019
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From the Alliance Blog
TRANSITIONS
By Aden Suchak
Aden Suchak is an Alliance Youth Media Fellow
I recently picked up Adrienne Marie Brown’s Emergent Strategies. In it, Brown describes a way of thinking and organizing that she calls fractal. A fractal is “a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole.” Brown discusses the word in context of organizing, and she asserts, “How we are at the small scale is how we are at the large scale.”
She sees that democracy in the United States is too similar at the small (local) as at the large (state, federal) levels. This specific analysis leads Brown to discuss ways that organizations can organize using practices that reflect their stated values, initiating a “transformation from good intentions to good practice.”
read more at thealliance.media
The Internship
By Kapio'Olani (Pio) Lee
Kapi’olani (Pio) Lee is an Alliance Youth Media Fellow
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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
A group of high school journalists from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, KY published an editorial this month after being barred from an "Open Press" conversation between Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Governor Matt Bevin.Upon arriving at the event, they were were informed it was "invitation only." In their article for the PLD Lamplighter, they stated "[As] students, we are the ones who are going to be affected by the proposed changes discussed at the roundtable, yet we were not allowed inside."
In an article recently published by Bloomberg, the potential necessity of charity funding sustaining local news source as a response to the death of local news was explored. This possibility is manifested with the recent New York publication The City garnering $10 million in donations from philanthropic organizations and individuals. According to Bloomberg, "Many of these donors have reached a sobering conclusion: In-depth reporting on such beats as education, the environment or local government will never be profitable and must adopt the National Public Radio model to exist." This model is not necessarily new-- Texas Tribune has been functioning as a nonprofit local news source for ten years, but it seems like donors are showing a greater level of enthusiasm.
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.
read more at thealliance.media
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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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