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CAAM and ITVS funded project A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES featured on Frontline World

Posted September 2, 2008 by Luis in Uncategorized

As part of the soon to be launched Abroad at Home series, Frontline World Rough Cut features S. Leo Chiang’s A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES.
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NMC fellow LeValdo focuses on funding for tribal schools

Posted August 21, 2008 by Luis in Uncategorized

National Minority Consortia fellow, Rhonda LeValdo, reports from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas focusing on the presidential race and how federal funding for education impacts many students on campus.
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CAAM Media Fund recipient PROJECT KASHMIR Screening in NYC and LA

Posted August 11, 2008 by Luis in Uncategorized

From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel comes PROJECT KASHMIR, a feature documentary that explores war between countries and war within oneself by delving into the fraught lives of young people caught in the social/political conflict of one of the most beautiful, and most deadly, places on earth. Screening in NYC and LA in August.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: Almost There

Posted July 30, 2008 by chriswong in Guest Filmmaker Blog

So I need to apologize again for the long absence between blog posts here… As you might imagine, things have been incredibly busy as we get to the very end of the film. Right now, we are consumed with three major tasks: finishing the edit, crafting the animation, and choosing a composer.
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PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA European Distribution

Posted July 22, 2008 by Luis in Featured

Director Wayne Wang's film, PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA, has been released in Europe! The film was already released in Spain by Karma Films, but will be released in France by Diaphana next week.
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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 Uncategorized

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 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 Uncategorized

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 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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