Pulitzer Center Film Festival Premieres Shiho Fukada and MediaStorm’s “Japan’s Disposable Workers”

There's still time to enjoy the Pulitzer Center Film Festival “Global Crises, Human Stories” - a week-long celebration of reporting from around the world featuring feature-length films and shorts by Pulitzer Center journalists. A special shorts program features work by award-winning photojournalists, including the premiere of Shiho Fukada's Japan's Disposable Workers, produced in collaboration with MediaStorm. Event Details Screenings take place September 20th - 26th, 2013. Tickets are $5 general admission, and $3 for students and seniors. All films will be shown at the West End Cinema ( 2301 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. -- closest metro stop: Foggy Bottom (blue/orange lines) Screening Times Wednesday, September 25: 3 pm: Outlawed in Pakistan 7 pm: No Fire Zone Thursday, September 26: 5 pm: Seeds of Hope 9:20 pm: The Abominable Crime See full listing for schedule and description of other films. About Pulitzer Center The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an American…

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Support Philly: Friends of Philly 7th Annual Golf Outing

Philly Mayer’s story made A Thousand More one of our most powerful workshop projects to date. The short film documents his family’s determination to give their son a whole and vital life after Philly was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disease that leaves the spine underdeveloped.

Philly is still going strong and you can join in his fight against Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a disease occuring in an estimated 1 out of every 6,000 births. The Friends of Philly 7th Annual Golf Outing supports the Philly Fund’s commitment to lifting some of the financial and emotional burdens on families who care for these special children.

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AI-AP Motion Art Awards Opens Call for Entries

American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP), the leading juried annuals in North America, presents the second International Motion Art Awards (IMAA) celebrating photographers, illustrators and designers who make their work move in all media.

Entries of the year’s best photography, illustration, animation and design in motion can be submitted for award consideration through August 30, 2013.

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WKU Mountain Workshops Accepting Applications July 1st

Every autumn Western Kentucky University’s (WKU) Mountain Workshops draw a team of dedicated teachers and determined learners to a small Kentucky town to explore the richness of community, the beauty of landscape, and the possibilities and challenges of visual storytelling. This year’s workshops will take place October 15 - 20, 2013. Application Guidelines Applications will be accepted online started July 1, 2013. Registration will remain open until all three classes reach capacity. Workshop Details Participants can select from one of three workshops: The Photojournalism Workshop focuses on still photography, as coaches and participants explore individual character, the give and take of relationships, the deeply-felt sense of belonging to a place and the pride of participating in a shared heritage. The Picture Editing Workshop draws on the design sensibilities and electronic publishing expertise of its coaches to help participants learn to weave photographs and text together into memorable narratives. The Multimedia Workshop challenges…

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Awa Balde, 5, cries after being circumcised. Once a girl passes through the rite of circumcision, she is considered a respectable prospect for marriage. A future husband will sometimes pay a dowry to claim a bride before she becomes a teenager. Ami Vitale/Alexia Foundation

Alexia Foundation Hosts Exhibition: Eyes on the World

The Alexia Foundation will host the opening night of “Eyes on the World” at 25CPW Gallery on June 20th, 2013 in New York, New York. The evening will feature current work on the clothes factory collapse in Bangladesh, an intimate look at domestic violence, and 2011 Alexia Foundation grant award winner Amanda Berg’s story on teenage binge drinking entitled “Keg Stand Queens.” Event Details "Eyes on the World" 25CPW Gallery (located at 62nd Street and Central Park West) Thursday, June 20th, 2013 6:00 to 9:00pm “Eyes on the World” will be on display at 25CPW Gallery Friday - Sunday, June 21st to June 23rd, 2013. A lecture by photographer Amanda Berg will be open to the public on Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 at 4:00pm. RSVP Admission is free. Donations to support The Alexia Foundation are encouraged. Please RSVP to sarahbeth@alexiafoundation.org or 718-753-7607. More Information For more information, see the Alexia Foundation event…

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