http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org Just another Center for Asian American Media weblog Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:25:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Director H.P. Mendoza on the set of FRUIT FLY with the omnipresent boombox. Photo by Muhammad Asranur Guest blogger Chihiro Wimbush writes about lights! camera! action! on the set of FRUIT FLY: THE MUSICAL FRUI T FLY, the new musical from H.P. Mendoza, is the third of a series of CAAM ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/guest-filmmaker-blog/2008/06/13/fruit-fly-behind-the-scenes/ A DREAM IN DOUBT Award-Winning Documentary - National Broadcast Check Local Listings Here (or See Select Cities Below) Dear Friend, We are excited to announce that A DREAM IN DOUBT will have its national broadcast premiere on PBS' Emmy-Award winning series Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 20. We hope you will ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/events/2008/05/21/caam-media-fund-project-on-pbs/ 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 ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/guest-filmmaker-blog/2008/05/18/among-b-boys-busy-as-a-b-boy/ 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. The Initiative will bring to public broadcasting ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/nmc-election-initiative/2008/05/07/the-diversity-beat-national-minority-consortia-election-initiative-2008/ 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 ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/guest-filmmaker-blog/2008/05/06/whatever-it-takes-there-can-only-be-one/ CAAM Media Fund documentary Calavera Highway premieres Sunday, May 4, 6:15 pm at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St. at Fillmore, San Francisco More screenings: Wed, May 7, 1 pm, Kabuki; Thu May 8, 6:30 pm, Pacific Film Archives Tickets - http://fest08.sffs.org, 925-866-9559; group rates available CALAVERA HIGHWAY a film by Renee Tajima-Peña & ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/events/2008/04/23/caam-media-funded-project-calavera-highway-at-sfiff/ 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. Last month, our ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/guest-filmmaker-blog/2008/04/14/whatever-it-takes-we-got-into-sundance/ 2008 CPB/PBS Producers Academy Scholarship 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. Seminars will include contact with some of public media's most experienced individuals, focusing each day on specific areas ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/filmmaker-opportunities/2008/03/12/2008-cpbpbs-producers-academy-scholarship/ WETA News Academy 2008 June 16-21, 2008 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 ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/filmmaker-opportunities/2008/03/12/weta-news-academy-2008/ 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! Since it's SFIAAFF time, here's 3 B-Boy related films I want to see... some of which are ... http://mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/guest-filmmaker-blog/2008/03/09/among-b-boys-crashing-the-festival/