Worth Watching #145: I Am Unbeatable by Donna Ferrato
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MediaStorm’s Fight Hate with Love Reaches Kickstarter Goal!
Thank you to everyone who pledged support for MediaStorm’s Kickstarter campaign for Fight Hate with Love! Your support allows us to begin the next phase of post-production. It allows us to take this film from rough cut to fine cut, and we are so grateful for your support and your belief in us. This has been such an important month for us at MediaStorm and we owe it all to you, our fans and supporters. A decade of storytelling has led us to this moment - the creation of our first original film, Fight Hate with Love. We are eager to get back to work, finish what we started over a year ago, and give you the opportunity to watch the story of one family trying to come together and heal itself from the traumas and scars of incarceration. We’d like to give a very special shout-out to Howard and Sheri Schultz…
United in the Fight: Films for World AIDS Day
Thirty years after the first cases of HIV, the World Health Organization estimates 35 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 3.2 million are children under the age of 15. Today we commemorate World AIDS Day by remembering those who have succumbed to the virus and supporting our amazing collaborators working to treat and prevent this destructive disease. AIDS and Family is Kristen Ashburn's intimate portrait of African mothers, fathers and children being crushed by AIDS. Ashburn's work connects us to these people deeply; we learn that only through such connection is hope possible. GAIA takes the medical breakthroughs of the developed world and brings them to The Far End of the Road. Their focus is one district in Malawi where 1 out of 6 adults are HIV-positive and healthcare can be hours away. 24,000 children under the age of five will die today, many from preventable diseases. In 2009, Save the…
MediaStorm 2016 Workshop Dates Announced
2016 marks our ninth training year at MediaStorm. Each year our workshops attract leading industry professionals looking to advance their multimedia and storytelling skills. Over 250 participants have come through our professional workshops and we continue to be humbled by how much they take away from the experience.
Meredith Hogan, Senior Multimedia Editor at NBCNews.com, told us that our Methodology Workshop was “a creativity adrenaline shot for doing storytelling at the highest level and for the right reasons.”
In 2016 we’ll be offering two Methodology workshops as well as five One-Day workshops in Brooklyn, NY. We are looking forward to another exciting, innovative and challenging training year. We hope you’ll be able to join us.
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Offers New Documentary Award
The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film is now accepting applications for its 2016 grant program. Their call for 2016 entries is now open for both documentary photography and short film submissions. The foundation seeks outstanding entries focusing on the lives and populations ravaged by human suffering and unrest, forgotten communities, exploited lands and people, on communities ravaged by war, poverty, famine, disease, and the exploitation of global resources. One winning submission in each category will be selected by a jury. The foundation awards a $5000 grant for the production or completion of a documentary photography project, and a $5000 prize for a social documentary film. 2016 entries must be received by March 31, 2016. Learn more and apply at www.mrofoundation.org. About the Foundation The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Profit Organization committed to positive social discourse in underrepresented communities throughout the world by…
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