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A Century of Sanctuary
One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1907, the MacDowell Colony of Peterborough, New Hampshire, the oldest artists’ colony in the country, welcomed its first residents — two sisters, a writer and a sculptor. Since that time, more than 6,000 artists of various disciplines have been in residence at the Colony, among them are Read more…
Camera as Witness
Ten years ago, Jasmina Bojic decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights by starting a film festival. Today, the festival has grown from an international showcase based in Stanford, to an eight-city traveling festival that helps illustrate the broad agenda of the United Nations. Cambridge hosted the traveling Read more…
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Industry News
Email news to news@newenglandfilm.com. What’s Happening Amy Geller and Gerald Perry are breathing in Rocky Mountain air at the Telluride Film Festival (August 31-September 3). But that’s not all. They’re also screening a work-in-progress of their feature doc, For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Read daily updates at http://blog.geraldpeary.com. At Read more…
Miracle of Musicals
Sasha Alpert was still juggling calls from enthusiastic viewers when she spoke with NewEnglandFilm.com on the phone from Los Angeles. Her latest production, Autism: The Musical, had just played four sold out screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival. “The film is extremely surprising,” she explained. “It’s not what people expect. It’s joyful. Nobody leaves sad.” Read more…
New England’s Student Films Find their Scene
On thousands of college campuses across the country and the world, students diligently write, shoot, and edit films. Often, the next step is to take these films onto the film festival circuit, but student filmmakers have trouble getting exposure at tremendously competitive fests such as Sundance, Slamdance, Telluride, and many others. Enter Chip Rives, Read more…
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Delivering Video on the Web
Back in early February I was sent a link to the The Machine is Us/ing Us video on YouTube by Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of anthropology at Kansas State University. This video is among the most recent examples of the viral video phenomenon. It follows in the fine tradition of the Chronicles of Narnia Read more…
Dorothea Gillim’s Stand-Out Heroines
On April 12th Dorothea Gillim will be showing episodes of her animated series Hey Monie at the Chicks Make Flicks series at MIT. Gillim directed this 2003 comedy about the adventures of Simone “Monie,” a single African American urban professional woman and her best friend Yvette. The show originally aired on the Oxygen Network and Read more…
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After AIVF
After more than 30 years of service to the independent film community and nearly a year of struggle to reorganize and raise emergency funds, the Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers (AIVF) announced its closure on July 26. The email blast was one of several updates sent to members from the board of directors regarding Read more…
Joppa Restored
Now that YouTube is a household word, any recording device can be a potential vehicle for mezzo-stardom. Maybe that’s how four guys wearing ties could prowl the streets of Newburyport unnoticed, shooting scenes for their comedy show Joppa with a consumer camcorder and $20 mic. But that was 20,000 or so fewer viewers ago. Now Read more…
Harvard to Hollywood
Seven years ago, Valerie Weiss made a major contribution to the local filmmaking community when she founded the Dudley Film Program at Harvard. Last week, from her home in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles, she talked about the trajectory of her career and life as a full time filmmaker. She had just wrapped Read more…
