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FRUIT FLY: Behind the Scenes

Posted June 13, 2008 by mediafund in Guest Filmmaker Blog

Guest blogger Chihiro Wimbush writes about lights! camera! action! on the set of the upcoming FRUIT FLY: THE MUSICAL by filmmaker H.P. Mendoza.
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CAAM Media Fund Project on PBS

Posted May 21, 2008 by rsotelo in Events

CAAM Media Fund Project A DREAM IN DOUBT airs on PBS in the month of May. We hope you will mark your calendars and forward this message to your friends and colleagues.
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AMONG B-BOYS: Busy as a B-Boy

Posted May 18, 2008 by Christopher Woon in Among B-Boys, Guest Filmmaker Blog

I've been alerted by my all so loyal blogging fans that I've been slacking in my duties, and to that I apologize. So some of the stuff going on in the world of Among B-Boys and Christopher Woon. I've been finishing a video for a client (OASES 25th Anniversary celebration tonight!) and been chasing that funding paper trail. I'm also set to join a team promoting the ever so entertaining B-Boy Hella Hung, and projects revolving Hung that are in development.
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The Diversity Beat - National Minority Consortia Election Initiative 2008

Posted May 7, 2008 by rsotelo in NMC Election Initiative

Watch the latest stories produced by the National Minority Consortia (NMC) Election Initiative fellows. In anticipation of the 2008 Presidential Election, the National Minority Consortia (NMC) presents the Diversity Beat - a multi-platform initiative to incorporate diversity in public media as a central premise to covering a national news event, while also signaling public media’s commitment to diversity in public affairs reporting.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: There Can Only Be One

Posted May 6, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

What’s more interesting in a documentary? A story about one person or many? If you capture the lives of four or five individuals, it seems like you would have an interesting mix of narrative threads to follow. But if you follow just one person around, you might not get enough action to fill out your film.
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CAAM Media Fund project CALAVERA HIGHWAY at SFIFF

Posted April 23, 2008 by rsotelo in Events

CAAM Media Funded documentary Calavera Highway premieres Sunday, May 4, 6:15 pm at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St. at Fillmore, San Francisco
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: We got into Sundance!!!

Posted April 14, 2008 by chriswong in Whatever It Takes, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Well, kind of… I should explain. Since July 2007, WHATEVER IT TAKES has been supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Besides CAAM, Sundance has been our other major backer, providing us with not only a large grant, but also much needed creative and technical assistance.
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2008 CPB/PBS Producers Academy Scholarship

Posted March 12, 2008 by rsotelo in Filmmaker Opportunities

Up to twenty scholarships will be offered to station-based and independent producers for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar at WGBH in Boston, June 21 - June 27, 2008.
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WETA News Academy 2008

Posted by rsotelo in Filmmaker Opportunities

WETA News Academy 2008 is an intensive, five day residential course designed to offer applicants experience in the practical and technical capabilities of contemporary local news gathering and reporting, both on TV and online. Participants will explore the underlying principles of modern news programming with some of the nation's premier journalists and producers.
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AMONG B-BOYS: Crashing the Festival!

Posted March 9, 2008 by Christopher Woon in Among B-Boys, Guest Filmmaker Blog

Among B-Boys is smashin' your average B-boy vids! But here's a few that might be able to compete... It's been a long time... I shouldn't have left you, without some dope films to step to! films to step to! Since it's SFIAAFF time, here's 3 B-Boy related films I want to see...
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