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filmmaking
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Daughter of China
Read more: Daughter of ChinaChen Boer’s first heroine film, which she co-wrote and directed, was “Daughter of China,” about female soldiers in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. They didn’t have much filmed material at the time, but as a feminist, Chen Boer clearly wanted…
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Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria
Read more: Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in SyriaOne of the most significant aspects of the wave of protests and uprisings that began in Syria in 2011 was the use of the cell phone camera as a tool of documentation, political activism, and creative expression. With professional journalists…
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When I Walk
Read more: When I WalkIn 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach with family when, suddenly, he fell down. He couldn’t get back up. His legs had stopped working; his disease could no longer be ignored. Just a few months earlier…
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Ghetto Film School
Read more: Ghetto Film SchoolThe mission of The Ghetto Film School is to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great American storytellers. External sources: http://www.ghettofilm.org/
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LA Rebellion
Read more: LA RebellionIn the late 1960s, in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising and against the backdrop of the continuing Civil Rights Movement and the escalating Vietnam War, a group of African and African American students entered the UCLA School of Theater,…
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Dubai Man Aims to Enable Filmmaking Skills Among West Bank Youngsters
Read more: Dubai Man Aims to Enable Filmmaking Skills Among West Bank YoungstersYoungsters on the West Bank will have the chance to benefit creatively from a new project this summer. From the beginning of July, Handheld Stories plans to teach filmmaking skills to groups between eight and 16 years old from youth…