TWN sponsors a walk-in series of workshops on various production topics each spring and fall. All are either sliding scale or free, and are presented at various locations.
Thursday, October 2nd, 6:30 PM
Arthur Jafa on the Making of DREAMS ARE COLDER THAN DEATH
AJ, filmmaker and renowned DP of
Crooklyn and
Daughters of the Dust, an artist and more, will show clips from his new film on what it means to be Black in America today.
Free, but RSVP required to
[email protected].
City College of NY, Rm 291 Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue @ 138th St.
Cosponsored with the Documentary Forum at CCNY, the Black Studies Program at CCNY, and the Media and Communication Arts Department at CCNY.
Saturday, October 18th, 2-5 PM
Sound Recording / Taller de Grabaci�n de Sonido para su Pel�cula
Get helpful tips, learn best practices in this bilingual production workshop, and see new gear.
Consejos �tiles sobre c�mo grabar buen sonido para su pelicula y cu�les son las nuevas tecnolog�as de grabaci�n de sonido. El taller ser� presentado por la cineasta Judith Escalona y la sonidista JT Takagi.
$25, RSVP a
[email protected].
Location/Lugar: PRDream, 1355 Park Ave @ 102 street.
Presentado con el patrocinio de PRDream.
Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:00 PM
OF KITES AND BORDERS Screening with Director Yolanda Pividal
This documentary, which won the Best Documentary Award at the Havana Film Festival New York, examines the struggle of children living on the US-Mexico border through the eyes of four working children in Tijuana. Director Pividal will speak about the production, the border, and life as a CCNY alum filmmaker. This film was a fiscally sponsored project of TWN.
Free, with reception starting at 6 PM.
Location: City College of NY, Rm 291 Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave @ 138th Street.
Cosponsored with the Documentary Forum at CCNY.
Wednesday, November 5th, 7:00 PM
The Making of NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC with the Filmmakers
Join Director/Producer One9, Producer/Writer Erik Parker and Associate Producer Martha Diaz (founder of the NYU Hip-Hop Education Center) as they screen clips and offer insight into the making of NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC, a documentary that tracks the inspiration behind Nas' classic debut album,
Illmatic, and the conditions that created it. Light refreshments at 6 PM.
Free but RSVP required to
[email protected].
Location: City College of NY, Rm 291 Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave @ 138th Street.
Cosponsored with the Documentary Forum at CCNY, the Black Studies Program at CCNY, and the Media and Communication Arts Department at CCNY.
Wednesday, November 12th, 6:00 PM
Cynthia Lopez, Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Film,Theater and Broadcasting
Hear from the woman who knows everyone in film and on opportunities in film and media in NYC. Ms. Lopez, also a former TWN advisory board member, was the co-executive producer of the premiere documentary series POV as it won 15 Peabody awards and 11 DuPont awards. Reception at 6 PM. Free!
Location: City College of NY, Rm 250 Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave @ 138th Street.
Cosponsored with the Documentary Forum at CCNY, and the Media and Communication Arts Department at CCNY.
Wednesday, November 19th, 6:30 PM
FREEDOM SUMMER Screening and Director Stanley Nelson
Over 10 weeks in the summer of 1964, hundreds of students from across the U.S. came to work with organizers and local African American communities to challenge racism and segregation in the South. Emmy winning director and CCNY alum Stanley Nelson will speak after the screening about the challenges of making this documentary and give tips and advice to emerging filmmakers. Refreshments provided at 6 PM.
Free, but RSVP required to
[email protected].
Location: City College of NY, Rm 291 Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Ave @ 138th Street.
Cosponsored with the Documentary Forum, the Black Studies Program at CCNY, and the Media and Communication Arts Department at CCNY
Past workshop: Monday, September 15th at 6:30 PM
Kevin B. Lee and TRANSFORMERS: THE PRE-MAKE desktop documentary
Filmmaker-scholar-critic Kevin B. Lee uses Transformers: Age of Extinction, to examine the interaction of social media, reality and film economics - all via his desktop tools. Kevin shared his concept of "desktop documentary" and what it reveals about Hollywood and its consumer/audience.
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