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  • “Promised Paradise: How Can One Believe That Terrorism Leads To Heaven?” with Filmmaker Leonard Helmrich

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Leonard Retel Helmrich is an internationally recognized Indonesian filmmaker. His featured documentary The Eye of the Day (2001) made him famous in the documentary film world. The follow-up, Shape of the Moon (2004), was selected for many important festivals and won the top documentary award at the Sundance Film Festival. In Helmrich’s Promised Paradise: How […]

  • African Film Festival Featuring “Bling, A Planet Rock,” with Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda and “Growing Stronger”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda presents Bling A Planet Rock (2007), a feature documentary by Raquel Cepeda, takes a hard-hitting look at how “blinging” in the flashy world of commercial hip-hop played a role in the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone. This film takes U.S. hip-hop celebrities Paul Wall, Latin hip-hop artist Tego Calderon, and Raekwon […]

  • African Film Festival Featuring “Clouds Over Conakry,” plus “Mama Put”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Part of the African Film Festival, a screening of Clouds Over Conakry (2007) by Cheick Fantamady Camara. At the age of 25, the artist-caricaturist BB finds himself faced with an impossible choice. Son of Karamo, the inflexible imam (who is also the guardian of his village’s ancestral traditions), BB is chosen to be his father’s […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop with Penny Lane: Editing Basics, Part Two

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    A continuation of the editing workshop. Have great footage, but need to put it all together? This basic editing class is for you. Participants work individually and in groups over two lab sessions to learn the basics of audio and video editing. Bring any footage shot over the course of the workshop series; if you […]

  • African Film Festival Presents Mamadou Diabate Ensemble

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    As part of the African Film Festival, we present a live performance by Grammy-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate from the West African country of Mali with his ensemble as part of the 2008 African Film Festival. The Mamadou Diabate Ensemble includes Mamadou Diabate on kora, Balla Kouyate on balafon, Baye Kouyate on talking drum and […]

  • African Film Festival featuring “Juju Factory,” plus “Menged”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    As part of the African Film Festival, we present a screening of Balfua Bakupu-Kanyinda’s film Juju Factory (2007). Kongo Congo lives in Brussels, in the Matange district on which he is writing a book. His editor wants a kind of traveler’s book spiced with ethnic ingredients. However, the writer is inspired by the vision of […]

  • African Film Festival Featuring “Les Saignantes,” Plus “Meokgo and the Stick Fighter”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s Les Saignantes (2005) is a superbly photographed, stylishly edited, and tastefully scored film about two young femmes fatales who set out to rid a futuristic country of its corrupt and sex-obsessed powerful men. Young, attractive, fashionable, and lethal, they are on a mission to change the destiny of their country. Reveling in its […]

  • Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Fay Victor Ensemble

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The Fay Victor Ensemble uses vocal jazz tradition as a basis for improvising in the sense of Ornette Coleman/late Coltrane and beyond, held in check by a healthy earthy soulfulness expressed through a focused set of originals that offer taut construction and witty lyrics. Featuring Fay Victor, vocals; Anders Nilsson, guitar; Ken Filiano, bass; Michael […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn: Blogs, Vlogs, and Other Web 2.0 Adventures Workshop, Part One

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about an array of free resources available for getting media out to the world. Discussion and demonstrations include techniques for compression, syndication, promotion, and more. Each participant will have a chance to create a blog. Have your own laptop? Bring it! Participants from previous workshops who have produced […]

  • Madeleine Kunin Speaks on “Pearls, Politics, and Power”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The former three-term Vermont Governor asks: What will it take for women to assume their rightful places in the corridors of political power? What difference do women make? What is the worst part of politics, and what is the best part? What inspires women to run, and how do they prepare themselves for public life? […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn: Blogs, Vlogs, and Other Web 2.0 Adventures, Part Two

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Part two of Andrew Lynn’s workshop. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about an array of free resources available for getting media out to the world. Discussion and demonstrations include techniques for compression, syndication, promotion and more. Each participant will have a chance to create a blog. Have your own laptop? Bring it! Participants […]

  • Free Jazz at the Sanctuary Presents Trio Tarana Performance

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Utilizing Indian rhythms as the foundation for a new creative musical experience, this group finds that ground where fiery solos, sonic explorations and exciting group interactions occur with the creation of a modern music that is respectful of tradition, yet constantly searching to re-invent itself. With Sam Bardfeld, violin; Ravish Momin, percussion; Brandon Terzic, oud. […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager: Digital Storytelling

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Everyone has a story to tell! The goal of the workshop is to design and produce a 3-5 minute digital story. Students craft and record first-person narratives, collect still images and music with which to illustrate their pieces, and are guided through computer tutorials which enable them, with teacher support, to edit their own stories. […]

  • Termite TV Collective Talk and Screening

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Termite TV is a video collective with members based in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Buffalo. Founded in 1992 with a mission to create experimental and activist work to challenge the status quo and provide an alternative to corporate media. Termite TV has produced more than 40 programs broadcast nationally on television and screened at festivals and […]

  • “Venezuela Rising” screening with Filmmaker Jennifer Wager

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    As seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar, the documentary Venezuela Rising follows her and her compatriots five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized–will it be SI–yes he will […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager and Devorah Hill: Digital Storytelling

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Everyone has a story to tell! The goal of the workshop is to design and produce a 3-5 minute digital story. Students craft and record first-person narratives, collect still images and music with which to illustrate their pieces, and are guided through computer tutorials which enable them, with teacher support, to edit their own stories. […]

  • “The Lost Generation” with Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Internationally-celebrated filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will speak at a screening of her new film The Lost Generation at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 7 PM. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income). Local presentation of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is co-sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, made possible by volunteer […]

  • “Energy Reality Check: A CoRE Project Special Event”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    So the cost of a gallon of gas has reached $4.00. Yet our nation is consuming imported oil and natural gas at a steadily increasing rate. Meanwhile, we may now have passed through the pivotal point of "Peak Oil," leaving the world with an inexorably diminishing supply of oil in the face on continuously growing […]

  • Doug Blackmon on “Slavery by Another Name”

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Filled with archival photographs, Doug Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name is the true account of the re-enslavement of African Americans from the end of the Civil War until World War II.  Co-sponsored by Christ Church United Methodist in Troy. Contrary to public understanding, emancipation did not end slavery for hundreds of thousands of people in […]