Be The Media! Workshop with Carlos Pareja: Media Art in Your Activist Toolbox
You know that media is your #2 issue, but what can you do about it? This workshop will examine an array of highly successful strategies and models of using media […]
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The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States
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Author Michael Yates
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe road trip is a staple of modern American literature. In Michaels Yates’s Cheap Motels and a Hot Place: An Economist's Travelogue (monthly review press, 2006) an economist hits the […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA Map With Gaps (2006), directed by Alice Nelson, uses a combination of archive audio recordings, still photographs, drama reconstruction, and animation. This surreal and comic tale is an account […]
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Eye Music Portraits, 11/15 – 12/15/07
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesPhotographers Andrzej Pilarczyk and Don McKever have specialized in photographing musicians across a broad spectrum of musical styles for several decades. By combining the visual principles of portraiture with a […]
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“Meeting Resistance” with Filmmakers Molly Bingham and Steve Connors
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMeeting Resistance (2007) is set in the streets, alleyways and ubiquitous teashops of the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad. It enters the physical and psychological heart of the "insurgency" against the […]
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“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Iraq War” with Photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson
Arriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion, unaffiliated with any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the way, Ashley Gilbertson was one of the first […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesSisters in Law (Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi, 2005, Cameroon). "Men are going to get the message now." The lawyers and judges in one small courthouse in Kumba, Cameroon are […]
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The Thirteenth Assembly
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians (Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara) organized into four different and musically distinct small […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Victoria Kereszi, Andrew Lynn, and Branda Miller: Holiday Animation Camp
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesLearn do-it-yourself stop-motion animation techniques in this fast-paced hands-on workshop. Participants will work in small groups with clay, collage, and/or cut-outs to create animated scenes, characters and short stories. Youth […]
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFlock of Dodos (Randy Olson, 2006). Who are the dodos in the current debate over evolution versus intelligent design? With a Super Size Me - style good spirit, marine biologist […]
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“The Business of Being Born” Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesBirth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience […]
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“What Would Jesus Buy?” Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesWhat Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end […]
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Trio Tarana
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesTrio Tarana is led by percussionist/composer Ravish Momin, who currently resides in New York City but was born in India and has lived in the Middle-East and England. Therefore, the […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Jill Malouf: Nuts and Bolts for Shooters
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDo you own video camera or plan to purchase one soon? Want to become a filmmaker, but aren't sure where to start? Already a video shooter, but not as good […]
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Brian De Palma’s “Redacted”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe exclusive Capital Region release of Brian De Palma’s fictional documentary, Redacted (2007). De Palma (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, The Untouchables, Mission Impossible) won the Silver Lion for Best Director […]
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Free Jazz from the Sanctuary prsents Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesKahil El’Zabar formed the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble in 1973 to combine concepts of African American music making with traditional African music and make something new. After 35 years, this legendary […]
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“King Corn” Screening with Panel
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDirector Aaron Woolf’s entertaining feature-length documentary about the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation raises troubling questions about how we eat and how we farm. Complimentary organic popcorn and […]
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Be The Media! Workshop with Elizabeth Press: Citizen Journal Primer
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesDigital media tools are more accessible to amateur journalists and community organizers than ever before. In this workshop, participants will examine a variety of examples of citizen journalism, and learn […]
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“A Love During the War” Screening with Filmmaker Osvalde Lewat-Hallade
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesWhat are the consequences when rape is used as a weapon of war? Osvalde Lewar-Hallade's moving documentary A Love During the War (2005) explores the question from the perspective of […]
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Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet Performance
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThis group’s collective background spans a wide range of musical experiences, including performances with world music ensembles, 20th century chamber groups and leading artists in the jazz and rhythm & […]
