Sanctuary TV producer Yaminay Nasir Chaudhri is reporting regularly from Pakistan, where she is staying with family while developing a new documentary project. This, the first of her visual narratives of life as a migrant in cities she calls home, focuses on a worrisome phone call she received days before embarking on her journey… …
Youth Media Sanctuary/ Project VoiceScape filmmaker
Madena Henderson
Youth Media Sanctuary producer Madena Henderson was one of 15 youth selected as a Project VoiceScape winner– and she’ll present her work at a national premiere in Washington, D.C. this October 6, 2011
Madena was chosen because they saw …
At a time when hard-core, investigative journalism is in peril, the Sanctuary’s Underground Gallery presents “Media Nodes,” a view behind the curtain, beyond the front page, to the interior landscape of a news industry in transition.
Award-winning photographer Sean Hemmerle, …
August 11, 2011/ Zucchini and Corn Pancakes
Today we had two stations going on–Ellie making zucchini pancakes and Amy making corn pancakes. But before we started cooking, the kids measured and made their own pancake mix to take home. They also took home a cookbook with all the recipes we made …
Pinapizza
Okay — out of dozen kids maybe 3 tried seaweed, but it made for good conversation and beautiful art. 🙂
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Spinach Quesadillas with black beans salsa
Spinach Quesadillas
Serves 8, but we made more 🙂
Sprinkle cheese over one tortilla, …
at the Collard City Growers lot
Veggie Slaw
Today we had another hot afternoon, but we had a nice shade at the CCG lot where we worked on our slicing, grating and combining skills. Here the recipe:
Slaw
at the Missing Link Ministry | Photos by Brian Jones
For our smoothies we start with one banana
Add ½ cup of liquid of choice—we used orange juice and grapefruit
½ cup of yogurt (we used low fat vanilla)
½ cup of mix of different fruits …
at Collard City Growers lot
Today we made Date Cocoa Truffles, right after a thunderstorm dumped a lot of rain in the Capital Region. The past week we experienced very high temperatures, so we celebrated the much needed rain with mud looking treats. The kids were “not eating that” or “not …
Today was Abby’s birthday and she had requested something refreshing like watermelon for hot days of summer; so we made a twist to the cold soup gazpacho. We were out again at the Collard City Growers and came just in time to fill the hot workers with a cool treat and energy …
Amy and Ellie made hummus with the kids at the Missing Link today. Thank you Capital District Community Gardens for a donation of vegetables and fruits.
Kids were great at trying the cooked chickpeas before it became hummus, but several thought it was not that …
Homemade Soft Pretzels
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2007
All the edits look great so far! The students reviewed scenes and discussed as a workshop together on what will come in future edits and scenes. A lot is happening for the projects at hand and things are really coming together with the help of professional filmmakers …
This past week marked the last days of shooting on campus. From now on, until the end of the session, classes will be dedicated to post-production, editing, and after effects. Though there still may be shots that must be picked up if needed as the young filmmakers find that they are missing vital images that …
Today’s Class was exciting- lots of activity, very productive. The highlight of the class for me was when Corey’s group shot their special effects- the smashed bowl was fantastic! The students definitely enjoyed creating the artistic and symbolic aspects of …
Today was another shooting day- few problems today, as kids are comforatble with the equipment and finding places to shoot. Grant set a cool photoshop background for a spoof newscast with a video projector- it actually looked much more authentic than I expected! We continued shooting videos in the tech support lab, in the hallways, …
Sheba Marx, workshop participant of our last Be the Media! workshop, “Rediscivoering the Every Day: Basic Documentary Photography, with Brenda Ann Kenneally, created a post on her blog including her workshop photos:
On Sunday, I was lucky to attend a photography workshop at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New …
Today was a great day of watching clips and giving feedback. We had some great discussions. Branda really helped our kids today with a wide array of production tips… We talked about camera moves, sound, Lighting, costumes, and cutaways. Some of our kids have already incorporated text- I was impressed and moved by their maturity- …
