Name: “Body of War” with Filmmaker Dee Dee Halleck
Start: 2008-09-12T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2008-09-12T21:00:00-04:00
Location: The Sanctuary

April 2008
African Film Festival Featuring “Bling, A Planet Rock,” with Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda and “Growing Stronger”

April 8, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

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 […]
African Film Festival Featuring “Clouds Over Conakry,” plus “Mama Put”

April 9, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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 […]
Be The Media! Workshop with Penny Lane: Editing Basics, Part Two

April 10, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

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 […]
African Film Festival Presents Mamadou Diabate Ensemble

April 11, 2008 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm EDT

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 […]
African Film Festival featuring “Juju Factory,” plus “Menged”

April 15, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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 […]
African Film Festival Featuring “Les Saignantes,” Plus “Meokgo and the Stick Fighter”

April 16, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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 […]
Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Fay Victor Ensemble

April 26, 2008 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm EDT

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 […]
May 2008
Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn: Blogs, Vlogs, and Other Web 2.0 Adventures Workshop, Part One

May 1, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

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, […]
Madeleine Kunin Speaks on “Pearls, Politics, and Power”

May 2, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

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

May 8, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

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 […]
Free Jazz at the Sanctuary Presents Trio Tarana Performance

May 17, 2008 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm EDT

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 […]
Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager: Digital Storytelling

May 25, 2008 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

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 […]
Termite TV Collective Talk and Screening

May 30, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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 […]
“Venezuela Rising” screening with Filmmaker Jennifer Wager

May 31, 2008 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

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 […]
June 2008
Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager and Devorah Hill: Digital Storytelling

June 1, 2008 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

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 […]
“The Lost Generation” with Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

June 6, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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. […]
“Energy Reality Check: A CoRE Project Special Event”

June 11, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

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 […]
September 2008
Doug Blackmon on “Slavery by Another Name”

September 9, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

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 […]
Opening for the Underground Gallery: “Don’t Forget Us- Iraqi Children 2001- 2008 (Sanctions, War, Occupation and Exile)”, 9/12/08-12/14/08

September 12, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Underground Gallery at the Sanctuary for Independent Media features an exhibition organized by curator Claudia Lefko and the Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange called Don’t Forget Us: Iraqi Children 2001-2008 […]
“Body of War” with Filmmaker Dee Dee Halleck

September 12, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Tomas Young, 25 years old, was paralyzed by a bullet to his spine after serving in Iraq for less than a week. Body of War (2007) follows Tomas as he […]

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April 2008

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

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

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

African Film Festival Presents Mamadou Diabate Ensemble

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

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

Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Fay Victor Ensemble

May 2008

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

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

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

Free Jazz at the Sanctuary Presents Trio Tarana Performance

Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager: Digital Storytelling

Termite TV Collective Talk and Screening

“Venezuela Rising” screening with Filmmaker Jennifer Wager

June 2008

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

“The Lost Generation” with Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

“Energy Reality Check: A CoRE Project Special Event”

September 2008

Doug Blackmon on “Slavery by Another Name”

Opening for the Underground Gallery: “Don’t Forget Us- Iraqi Children 2001- 2008 (Sanctions, War, Occupation and Exile)”, 9/12/08-12/14/08

“Body of War” with Filmmaker Dee Dee Halleck

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