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SUMMARY:"Body of War" with Filmmaker Dee Dee Halleck
DESCRIPTION: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 comes to terms with his disability and finds his own unique and passionate voice against the war. This documentary was produced and directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro. Legendary community media activist Dee Dee Halleck\, who played a major role in bringing this story to film\, will speak about the film. Iraq War vet Tyler Boudreau will sign copies of his new book Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley\, Women Against War and Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/body-of-war-with-filmmaker-dee-dee-halleck/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080912T180000
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SUMMARY:Opening for the Underground Gallery: "Don't Forget Us- Iraqi Children 2001- 2008 (Sanctions\, War\, Occupation and Exile)"\, 9/12/08-12/14/08
DESCRIPTION: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 (Sanctions\, War\, Occupation and Exile) on view from September 12 through December 14. The show is open to the public free of charge an hour before\, during\, and an hour after events and workshops at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. There will be an art opening and potluck at 6pm on Friday\, September 12 with Claudia Lefko\, director of the Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange. The Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange invites Iraqi and American youth to participate in art-inspired projects. Transcending the barriers of language\, culture\, and politics\, these projects create important learning opportunities\, help foster communication between countries at war\, and promote peace and non-violence. The Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange is based in Northampton\, Massachusetts. Opening includes a community potluck. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Women Against War\, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace and the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Albany Field Office.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/opening-for-the-underground-gallery-dont-forget-us-iraqi-children-2001-2008-sanctions-war-occupation-and-exile-9-12-08-12-14-08/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Gallery Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080909T213000
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SUMMARY:Doug Blackmon on "Slavery by Another Name"
DESCRIPTION: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.   \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Christ Church United Methodist in Troy. \n\n\n\nContrary to public understanding\, emancipation did not end slavery for hundreds of thousands of people in the southern U.S.   African Americans were arrested for minor offenses\, often for no offense at all\, and sentenced to hard labor in coal mines\, lumber camps\, farms\, and mills across the South.  Most were never released from deplorable working and living conditions.  This system\, which Blackmon calls Neo-Slavery\, did not end until the coming of World War II.  \n\n\n\nThe book is a sad story of a dark period in American history\, but it is a history that we all should know.  Doug has been a journalist for more than 20 years. He was editor of the Daily Record in Little Rock\, Arkansas\, and a reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before joining the Wall Street Journal in 1995. As a young journalist\, he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the civil war in Yugoslavia. His work has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written extensively about race in America\, religion\, the economy\, and numerous other social issues. In fact\, he has been writing and speaking about race since he was in the seventh grade in the Mississippi Delta. Douglas Blackmon lives in Atlanta with his wife\, Michelle\, and their children\, Michael and Colette.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/doug-blackmon-on-slavery-by-another-name/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080611T210000
DTSTAMP:20230626T155906Z
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SUMMARY:"Energy Reality Check: A CoRE Project Special Event"
DESCRIPTION: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 demand. When we look to our leaders for solutions\, the best they can come up with is a “Gas Tax Holiday”!!  \n\n\n\nThe folks at the CoRE Project think it’s time for an “Energy Reality Check.” There is mounting evidence that high energy prices are here to stay and that still higher prices are on the way. Prices for gasoline are already $8/gal in Ireland and $12 in England. Retired University of New Hampshire professor Clifford Wirth will be in Troy will present his analysis of just how serious is the predicament that we are facing\, followed by a panel discussion. Event includes a community potluck. \n\n\n\nClifford Wirth leads a group of professionals with diverse backgroundsin academics\, energy policy\, oil industry\, engineering\, electricutilities\, economic development\, applied policy analysis\,environmental science\, and local\, state\, and federal government. Thegroup is experienced in practical problem-solving\, contingencyplanning\, and risk management. They are dedicated to advisingindividuals and organizations on how to best handle the challenges ofPeak Oil. \n\n\n\nThe Community Renewable Energy (CoRE) Project is a loosely constitutedgroup of concerned citizens from the Hudson-Mohawk region who work toraise awareness of energy issues and advocate for conservation and amigration to less energy intensive public infrastructure.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/energy-reality-check-a-core-project-special-event/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080606T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080606T213000
DTSTAMP:20230626T154227Z
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SUMMARY:"The Lost Generation" with Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
DESCRIPTION: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). \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is co-sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace\, made possible by volunteer labor and small financial contributions from hundreds of patrons of The Sanctuary For Independent Media. \n\n\n\nSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first non-American journalist to be awarded the prestigious Livingston Award and the youngest recipient of the One World Media broadcast journalist of the year award in the United Kingdom. \n\n\n\nOver the past seven years she has produced and reported on 13 films for major networks in the United States and Britain including CNN\, PBS\, Channel 4 (U.K.) and the Discovery channel. Her work has earned her major awards in broadcast journalism including the Overseas Press Club Award\, The American women and Radio and Television award\, The Cine Golden Eagle Award\, The Banff TV Rockie award and the South Asian Journalist Award. \n\n\n\nIn her latest film–The Lost Generation (2008)–filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy investigates the biggest and most catastrophic refugee crisis in the Middle East since the Palestinian diaspora of 1948. \n\n\n\nIn the past five years more than four million Iraqis–20 per cent of the entire population–have been driven from their homes as a result of the war and sectarian bloodshed. Two million have become exiles\, living desperate lives across the border in Syria and Jordan. \n\n\n\nThe film travels to Syria and Jordan to investigate the plight of Iraqi refugees. These are the very people on whom the new\, democratic Iraq was to be built–the professional middle classes–nearly half of whom now live as desperate refugees\, driven out by the violence and civil breakdown. \n\n\n\nSharmeen’s work has taken her to more than ten countries around the world. Her career in documentary filmmaking began when she examined the plight of Afghani refugee children in Pakistan for one of her articles. Their situation was so dire\, and their stories so compelling\, that Sharmeen decided to return to Pakistan and create a film about them. She petitioned Smith College and New York Times Television production division for the grants that would allow her to accomplish her goals. Intrigued by her story\, both organizations gave her the funds as well as production equipment and training. \n\n\n\nBorn in Karachi\, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was the first woman in her Pakistani family to receive a Western education. Obaid graduated from Smith College with a bachelor of arts in economics and government and then went to complete two master’s degrees from Stanford University in International Policy Studies and Communication.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-lost-generation-with-filmmaker-sharmeen-obaid-chinoy/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080601T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080601T170000
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager and Devorah Hill: Digital Storytelling
DESCRIPTION: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. Youth and adults are welcome
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-jennifer-wager-and-devorah-hill-digital-storytelling/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080531T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080531T220000
DTSTAMP:20230626T153438Z
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SUMMARY:"Venezuela Rising" screening with Filmmaker Jennifer Wager
DESCRIPTION: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 recalled\, or NO–he will remain in office. Most in Venezuela feel that no less than the entire future of their country is at stake. \n\n\n\nIssues of democracy and politics are addressed–what constitutes a free and fair election–and is that enough to ensure citizen participation? How are elections the ultimate measure of a thriving democracy? \n\n\n\nVenezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and into the neighborhoods of Caracas to find out how participatory democracy works on the ground.Jennifer Wager is a NYC media educator and director of the film. She currently teaches video production and post-production at Manhattan Neighborhood Network\, the flagship community TV station in the U.S. \n\n\n\nShe also serves on the board of the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops\, with whom she has facilitated a community video oral history project\, producing a DVD and Web-based series of short films on the lives of immigrant and working class women from the Lower East Side. Since 1995\, Ms. Wager has created several online experimental education projects\, including the Smithsonian-award winning W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University. Ms. Wager holds a M.A. in African Studies from Ohio State University and a M.A. in Communication and Technology from Georgetown University. This is her second documentary on Venezuela. Her first\, Hij@s de Bolivar\, was shot in the months immediately following the 2002 coup.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/venezuela-rising-screening-with-filmmaker-jennifer-wager/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080530T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080530T213000
DTSTAMP:20230626T145254Z
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SUMMARY:Termite TV Collective Talk and Screening
DESCRIPTION: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 museums worldwide. The presentation will take place at Digital Artist Space\, 27 2nd Street in downtown Troy.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/termite-tv-collective-talk-and-screening/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080525T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080525T170000
DTSTAMP:20220330T155604Z
CREATED:20080525T195800Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop With Jennifer Wager: Digital Storytelling
DESCRIPTION: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. Youth and adults are welcome. (Track: Youth Media and Documentary.)
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-jennifer-wager-digital-storytelling/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080517T223000
DTSTAMP:20230626T142212Z
CREATED:20080517T194300Z
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz at the Sanctuary Presents Trio Tarana Performance
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of Trio Tarana is co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI and made possible by volunteer labor and small financial contributions from hundreds of patrons of The Sanctuary For Independent Media\, along with support from the NY State Music Fund and the NY State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n* More Documentation Below.\n\n\n\nAbout Trio Tarana:\n\n\n\nTarana\, formed in 2003\, is led by Indian percussionist/composer Ravish Momin\, who currently resides in New York City. They primarily utilize Indian and East-Asian rhythms (including Japanese\, Afghani\, & Indonesian) as the foundation for a new creative musical experience; they also employ compositions that seamlessly blend written material with spontaneous group interaction. They released a critically acclaimed debut entitled “Climbing the Banyan Tree” in 2004\, on the Portugal-based CleanFeed Record Label. Of their debut CD\, AllAboutJazz.com said: “It is fair to say that Tarana is without precedent in the world of improvised music. A true synthesis of North African\, South and East Asian motifs with classical organization and the immediacy of free improvisation has probably not existed prior to “Climbing the Banyan Tree.” \n\n\n\nThe ensemble was recently awarded a US National Endowment for the Arts grant to perform at the Mediawave Festival in Hungary (2006). They have also performed at New York City’s Rubin Museum of Asian Art on multiple occasions\, the Jazzin’ Tondela (Portugal\, 2005)\, the prestigious Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery (Washington\, DC\, 2005)\, and the New Music Circle (St. Louis\, MO\, 2005)\, the Taipei Arts Festival (Taiwan\, 2004)\, the 9th Annual Asian American Jazz Festival (Chicago\, IL\, 2004) among other performances. They have toured Italy\, Portugal\, Poland\, Slovakia\, Canada\, and the US. They have also been featured in the Village Voice (New York)\, Jazz.pt (Portugal) and in JazzImprov (France)\, among various other domestic and international publications. \n\n\n\nAbout the Musicians:\n\n\n\nSam Bardfeld (violin) currently tours and records as a featured member of Bruce Springsteen’s “Seeger Sessions Band.” He is also a member of the Jazz Passengers and has worked with jazz and avant-garde legends John Zorn\, Anthony Braxton\, Ray Anderson and James Spaulding; pop icons John Cale\, Debbie Harry and Nancy Sinatra and Latin stars Johnny Pacheco and Dave Valentin among others. He has released two CDs of his own critically acclaimed music\, “Taxidermy” (CIMP\, 1999) and “Periodic Trespasses” (FreshSound/NewTalent\, 2006). Sam is also the author of “Latin Violin: How to Play Salsa\, Charanga and Latin Jazz Violin” (Gerard & Sarzin\, 2002)\, considered to be the definitive work in its field. \n\n\n\nBrandon Terzic (oud) is a founding member of avant-world music group “Howling Makams.” He has performed and/or recorded with world-renowned luminaries such as Hernan Romero\, Minu Cinelu (percussionist with Miles Davis)\, David Fiuczinski\, Al Mcdowell\, and Shane Shanihan (from Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble) to name a few. He has recorded with Ursel Schlicht’s Ex Tempore\, Ashley Davis\, and is currently working on two up and coming albums. He has also done television sound tracks for PBS. \n\n\n\nRavish Momin (percussion) has studied drumset with Andrew Cyrille and Bob Moses. He has also studied North Indian percussion with Misha Masud\, and Jim Dispirito (a disciple of Ustad Zakir Hussain). He has worked with a wide-range of musicians\, including vocalist Marie Afonso (ex-Zap Mama)\, percussionist Susie Ibarra\, bassists Wilber Morris and William Parker\, violinists Jason Kao Hwang and Billy Bang\, guitarists Brad Shepik and Ty Braxton\, saxophonists Kalaparush Maurice Mc Intyre (AACM)\, Peter Epstein and Sabir Mateen\, trumpeters Roy Campbell and Raphe Malik\, pianist Ursel Schlicht’s ExTempore Project\, Balafon-master Balla Kouyate\, and experimental hip-hoppers IsWhat?! (featuring MC Napolean). He has received grants from US Artists International (program funded by the National Endowment of the Arts)\, Arts International and Meet the Composer. He has also performed at the Sons D’Hiver Festival (Paris\, France\, Guelph Jazz Festival (Canada)\, Era Jazzu (Poland)\, the Kerava Jazz Festival (Finland)\, the Chicago Jazz Festival\, The Vision Festival (New York)\, Documenta XI (Germany)\, and The Kala Ghoda Festival (India).
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/trio-tarana-performance/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080508T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080508T200000
DTSTAMP:20230626T141411Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn: Blogs\, Vlogs\, and Other Web 2.0 Adventures\, Part Two
DESCRIPTION: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 from previous workshops who have produced short videos will post them online. (Track: Growing the Grassroots.)
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-andrew-lynn-blogs-vlogs-and-other-web-2-0-adventures-part-two/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080502T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080502T210000
DTSTAMP:20220404T153347Z
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SUMMARY:Madeleine Kunin Speaks on "Pearls\, Politics\, and Power"
DESCRIPTION: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? How do they raise money\, protect their families’ privacy\, deal with criticism and attack ads\, and work with the good old boys? Her new book is Pearls\, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead (2008). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Madeleine M. Kunin\n\n\n\nMadeleine M. Kunin was the first woman governor of Vermont\, and served as the Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. She is the author of Living a Political Life and is currently a Marsh Scholar Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont and lectures on history and women’s studies. She also serves as president of the board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)\, a nongovernmental organization that she founded in 1991. She lives in Burlington\, Vermont. \n\n\n\nAbout Pearls\, Politics\, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead \n\n\n\nHer new book\, Pearls\, Politics\, and Power (Chelsea Green)\, is a call to action for new political engagement and leadership from the women of America. Informed by conversations with elected women leaders from all levels\, former three-term Vermont Governor and Ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine M. Kunin asks: What difference do women make? What is the worst part of politics\, and what is the best part? What inspired these women to run\, and how did they prepare themselves for public life? How did they raise money\, protect their families’ privacy\, deal with criticism and attack ads\, and work with the good old boys? \n\n\n\nKunin’s core message is that America needs an infusion of new leadership to better address the major problems of our time. To see how women can achieve that goal\, she combines her personal experience in politics; the lessons of past women’s movements; the stories of young women today who have new ideas about their role in society; and interviews with a wide range of women in positions of power\, looking for clues to their leadership\, as well as the effects of gender stereotyping. She interviews Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton\, analyzes her campaign\, and addresses the question: “Is the country ready?” Other interviewees include U.S. Representatives Loretta Sanchez\, Linda Sanchez\, Deborah Pryce\, and Tammy Baldwin\, and U.S. Senators Susan Collins\, Amy Klobuchar\, and Carol Moseley Braun\, and Governors Kathleen Sibelius and Janet Napolitano. \n\n\n\n“Here’s the book we’ve been waiting for—an insider’s view of the role of women in politics by one of America’s most distinguished public servants. Governor\, federal executive\, ambassador\, Madeleine Kunin has seen it all. And her keen eye and her deep understanding of the challenge of gender in wielding power has produced a wonderfully insightful book that should be read by every women\, and man\, who wants to lead.” —Robert B. Reich\, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor\, Professor of Public Policy\, University of California at Berkeley
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/madeleine-kunin-speaks-on-pearls-politics-and-power/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080501T200000
DTSTAMP:20220330T155030Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn: Blogs\, Vlogs\, and Other Web 2.0 Adventures Workshop\, Part One
DESCRIPTION: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 short videos will post them online. (Track: Growing the Grassroots.)
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-andrew-lynn-blogs-vlogs-and-other-web-2-0-adventures-workshop-part-one/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080426T223000
DTSTAMP:20230310T162735Z
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz at the Sanctuary presents Fay Victor Ensemble
DESCRIPTION: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 “TA” Thompson\, drums.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Department of the Arts at RPI\, made possible in part by the NYS Music Fund and the Performance program at the NYS Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* More Documentation Below\n\n\n\nMore About the Fay Victor Ensemble:\n\n\n\nFay Victor is the rare singer who can instill silence and focused attention into an audience\, and she commands infectious joy and occasionally raucous energy whenever she performs. Ms. Victor\, armed with great communicative powers\, in charge of a full-tilt band\, resulting in something that Betty Carter might have done\, had she grown up in the seventies. Her new release Cartwheels through the Cosmos on the Artist share label is easily the consummate outing of her career\, bringing together in one concise package: the 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. \n\n\n\nMs. Victor started her first band “Venus” at the tender age of 9. For this outfit consisting of neighborhood girlfriends\, the precocious preteen wrote the songs\, and lead the band with a firm hand while belting out its anthem – Venusized. In the early 90’s Victor found herself back in NYC with a minor dance hit under her belt as vocalist/co-writer (“You make me happy”\, with producer David Anthony)\, and a budding career as a jazz vocalist in the traditional standards vein.During an eight-year stay in Europe\, Ms. Victor made the transition from singer of standards to the unique vocal artist she has become today. She expanded her musical interests into musical areas not commonly associated with jazz singing\, from rock and blues (Jimi Hendrix\, Howlin Wolf) to avant garde jazz (Eric Dolphy\, Ornette Coleman) and modern classical (Charles Ives\, Olivier Messiaen). 1998’s “In My Own Room” still featured a selection of sparsely arranged standards in a Carmen McRae influenced vocal style\, be it with an added warmth and loose style of phrasing all of Victor’s own. But 2001’s Darker than Blue and 2004’s Lazy Old Sun offered more advanced material\, with more and more self-penned tunes trickling through the standards and progressively far-fetched covers. JazzTimes called her a “real find\, a true original\,” and Dusted’s Derek Taylor hit the nail on the head with his assessment that is she’s “ a vocalist imbued with the best elements of past matriarchs like Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter with an ear tilted towards Euro-improv innovations.” \n\n\n\nFay Victor has appeared at venues/festivals including the Bowery Poetry Cub\, The Stone\, Zebulon\, Galapagos Art Space\, Barbes\, CBGB’s\, Cornelia Street Café\, Tonic\, the 55 Bar\, The HOWL Festival and the River to River Festival. Ms. Victor has performed with such notables as Lawrence “Butch” Morris\, Misha Mengelberg\, Gary Lucas\, Michael Moore and Steve Coleman. \n\n\n\nAnders Nilsson – guitar A bandleader in his own right\, Anders Nilsson heads up Swedish-based improv-rock-jazz outfit\, Aorta and he has had two recording with the band on the Swedish based-Kopasetic Label. Blood\, released in 2004 and the sophomore effort Janus was released in 2005. Currently Anders is teaching\, performing and writing for Aorta. Anders Nilsson grew up in Eslöv\, Sweden and early on joined a rock band. He studied Jazz studies at Malmö Academy of Music. In 2002\, he moved to New York City and since then he’s earned a Master of Jazz Studies at City College of New York. Anders has played with musicians including Kermit Driscoll\, Sabir Mateen\, Ken Filiano\, Michael Evans\, Raoul Björkenheim\, Ras Moshe\, Daniel Carter and Matt Lavelle\, amongst others. He has composed film music and collaborated with dancers and is a member of Sebastian Schunke’s Orchestra (Berlin). \n\n\n\nKen Filiano – double bass\, effects Noted for his accomplishments in jazz\, spontaneous improvisation\, classical\, and inter-disciplinary performance with dance and spoken word\, Ken Filiano fuses the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless\, often astonishing\, inventiveness. Ken leads two groups for which he also composes: a quartet with Michael Attias\, Tony Malaby\, and Michael T.A. Thompson\, and a quintet with Attias\, Jackson Krall\, Steve Swell\, and Tomas Ulrich. His prolific output also includes performances and/or recordings with Roy Campbell\, Nels Cline\, Ted Dunbar\, Bob Feldman\, Georgian Chamber Orchestra\, Dennis Gonzalez\, Vinny Golia\, Lou Grassi\, Hayes Greenfield\, Phil Haynes\, Fred Hess\, Jason Hwang\, Joseph Jarman\, Sheila Jordan (with the Aardvark Orchestra)\, Raul Juarena\, Joe Labarbera\, Joelle Leandre\, Frank London\, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra\, Tina Marsh\, Warne Marsh\, Bob Meyer\, Dom Minasi\, Hafez Modirzadeh\, Butch Morris\, Barre Phillips\, Roberta Piket\, Don Preston\, Bob Rodriguez\, Roswell Rudd\, ROVA Saxophone Quartet\, Ursel Schlicht\, Paul Smoker\, Chris Sullivan\, Peeter Uuskyla\, Biggi Vinkeloe\, Kenny Wessel\, Andrea Wolper\, Pablo Ziegler. Ken has also been a guest lecturer\, performer\, and workshop leader at the Actor’s Institute of New York\, San Francisco State University\, UCLA\, Centro de Arte Moderna (Lisbon)\, and at Rutgers University\, where he received his Master’s Degree. \n\n\n\nMichael TA Thompson – drums Drummer/Percussionist Michael Thompson is an anomaly. You might find him in the company of a wide variety of musical artists which include Joe McPhee\, John Stubblefield\, Henry Grimes\, Daniel Carter\, Alex Foster\, Roy Campbell Jr.\, Matthew Shipp\, Uri Caine\, John Patitucci\, William Parker\, Harvie Swartz\, Barbara Sfraga\, Mala Waldron; legendary Calypsonians The Mighty Sparrow\, The Shadow\, Becket; reggae artist Owen Gray. He has also played with Pauline Oliveros\, and Deep Listening Music. He has recorded for television including shows such as Blues Clues (Nickelodeon)\, commercials and film scores. \n\n\n\nPress:\n\n\n\n“It’s a borderless\, cacophonous\, in-your-face experiment in tone poetry and free-form expression. It’s tough. It’s gutsy. It’s brilliant.” –Christopher Loudon\, JazzTimes \n\n\n\n“Complex\, ambitious record…we can add Victor to the Betty Carter family of jazz singers\, if we could find anyone else to fill out a family.” (A-) –Tom Hull\, Village Voice \n\n\n\n“…actually stretches the definition of jazz vocals” –JazzWise\, UK \n\n\n\n“Victor is the traffic director of a group methodology that surges into the interstellar regions of sound.” –Glenn Astarita\,New & Noteworthy Monthly Column\, March 2007\, www.allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“Taking jazz singing forward with a unique form of expression\, Fay Victor delivers with authority. She reaches out with open arms to celebrate the freedom that comes with singing what you feel.” –Jim Santella\, Cadence \n\n\n\n“Cartwheels Through the Cosmos is that rarity amongst contemporary vocal jazz releases: an album that doesn’t rely on a tired repertoire and looks\, instead\, for innovation in every corner. The beauty of Victor…is her blending of soulful delivery with avant-garde tactics. Her fearless exploration of a myriad of musical nexus points makes Cartwheels Through the Cosmos an album for those who normally stay away from vocal jazz.” –John Kelman\, allaboutjazz.com \n\n\n\n“I love it. It’s very special what you are doing. It’s a killer band and the whole concept is just fantastic!” –Dave Douglas\, Trumpeter Lazy Old Sun \n\n\n\n“…but a handful of albums by women including: Gunda Gottschalk’s Wassermonde\, Satoko Fujii’s Illusion Suite\, Susie Ibarra’s Folklorico and Fay Victor’s Lazy Old Sun earned my unreserved admiration. The first and last in the list were particularly revelatory. Gottschalk’s skills on violin\, exhibiting incredible incisiveness in a solitary recital setting\, blew my mind. Victor’s European swan song with a crack Dutch combo in tow exposed a vocalist imbued with the best elements of past matriarchs like Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter with an ear-tilted toward Euro-improv innovations. –Derek Taylor\, Dusted Magazine-The Year in Music Feature 2004 \n\n\n\n“A boldly inventive Betty Carter-Billie Holiday hybrid…the tremendously versatile Victor takes off into all sorts of curiously exciting directions…she’s a real find\, a true original.” –Christopher Louden\, JazzTimes\, March ‘05 \n\n\n\n“Lazy Old Sun puts a fresh new twist on jazz singing…her rich alto and perfect pitch allow the 4tet to play with the fringes of dissonance…it keeps hope alive that something fresh may still be coming for jazz singing. –Phillip McNally\, Cadence magazine\, March 2005 \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor is a gifted musician\, possessed of flawless intonation\, musical imagination\, and inventive phrasing … this album deserves a first\, a second\, and a third listening.” –William Grim\, allaboutjazz.com\, April 2005 \n\n\n\n“Unlike so many vocal CD’s on the market\, this is a true collaboration. That speaks volumes about Victor’s maturity and confidence\, trusting and then delivering on the idea that she can hang with such a solid cast of improvisers(…)LAZY OLD SUN has been in heavy rotation since it arrived(…)It accounts both for the wide technical toolkit she employs (…)and for why this music hits such a poignant spot within the listener. –Charles Walker\, www.Sudden-thoughts.com\, April 2005 \n\n\n\n“Sounds like a young Betty Carter with a bad case of wanderlust…a live set strong enough to win over all but the most anti-vocal jazz-fans…” –Kurt Gottschalk\, Signal to Noise\, Spring 2005 \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor is clearly a singer who holds abstraction and soulfulness in equally high regard…Victor finds the jazz vocal possibilities in everything… (There’s) a lot to admire about LAZY OLD SUN.” –Alex Henderson\, All Music Guide\, January 2005 \n\n\n\n“…some intriguing vocalizing…invests every song with such emotional commitment that they all sound like her own originals even if they are an evergreen…the message from this session is clear—check out Fay Victor.” –David Dupont\, www.onefinalnote.com\, November 2004 DARKER THAN BLUE \n\n\n\n“She applies freedom and improvisation and constantly attacks her songs from unexpected directions…This is a fine CD from a singer who takes chances.” –Cadence Magazine \n\n\n\n“The music is almost self-propelled\, sporting a sharp efficiency (…) a certain economy that can only derive from practice and reference. Fay Victor is a thinking persons’ jazz vocalist. –C. Michael Bailey\, allaboutjazz.com IN MY OWN ROOM \n\n\n\n“4 and a half stars… She bends the lyrics\, swings\, sings ballads and the blues. Her delivery can be strong\, sassy\, smokey or sophisticated depending on the musical situation and the musical picture she wants to paint. Fay Victor has all the tools to be a major player in the jazz vocal scene.” –Dave Nathan\, All Music Guide \n\n\n\n“Fay Victor emphasizing the lyrics as if she wrote them…identifies herself as a worthy addition to a legacy of fine jazz vocalists that are worth hearing.” –Glenn Astarita\, All about jazz.com \n\n\n\n“From Miles Davis’ “All Blues” until Cole Porter’s “Everytime We Say Goodbye”\, Fay Victor effortlessly puts her own stamp on them…proves jazz is timeless…” –Elegance Magazine\, the Netherlands
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/fay-victor-ensemble-performance/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:African Film Festival Featuring "Les Saignantes\," Plus "Meokgo and the Stick Fighter"
DESCRIPTION: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 display of excess\, committed to aesthetics of cool\, this is one of the first science fiction films to come out of Africa. \n\n\n\nScreened with Teboho Malatshi’s Meokgo and the Stick Fighter (2006)\, the story of Kgotso\, a recluse stick fighter who lives a solitary life high up in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. Whilst tending sheep and playing his concertina\, he sees a beautiful and mysterious woman staring at him dreamily from the water. This story of unrequited love and sacrifice captures both the cruelty and the beauty of African magical beliefs. Part of the African Film Festival program. \n\n\n\nBecause the Sanctuary has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union\, historic A.M.E. Zion Church at 189 Fifth Avenue (corner of 103rd Street in north Troy) has offered sanctuary to the Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the African Film Festival is made possible with volunteer labor and hundreds of individual donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI\, A.M.E. Zion Church and the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilm still from Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s Les Saignantes (2005).\n\n\n\nAbout the African Film Festival:\n\n\n\nThe African Film Festival (AFF) is a New York non-profit arts organization. The organization\, established in 1990\, began as an ad hoc committee of African and American artists and scholars. In the 1950s and ’60s\, African filmmakers began to create images of post-colonial Africa with nuanced understanding of Africa’s cultural diversity. Over the last half a century\, having sliced through stereotypes with exacting social critique\, African cinema has become a unique blend of aesthetic experimentation\, history\, and politics. As African nations have constructed modern identities from traditional and colonial experiences\, the role of visual culture in communicating these new transitional identities has immediacy for audiences around the world. The impetus for themes such as colonialism\, post-independence corruption\, and chronicles of “tribal” customs often erupts from the ironies of contemporary life. But African filmmakers also draw from springs of myth\, fantasy\, humor\, and magic to nourish a narrative sensibility in which tradition and modernity encounter each other. The oral traditions\, unique pacing\, and non-linear style of African story-telling have in fact become classifying characteristics of African filmmaking. This kind of art is a powerful intellectual and emotional force for social change.  \n\n\n\nAs the twenty-first century begins\, we are witnessing a great revolution in mass communications capabilities that drastically reduces the distances between cultures. Images\, sounds\, and ideas are being exchanged almost instantaneously\, creating dynamic hybrid cultures. As Western consumer culture has influenced global society\, so it has been invigorated by the differing sensibilities\, traditions\, and styles of other cultures. Likewise\, African film has evolved from its early exploration of colonialism into a new\, diasporic\, and international consciousness. For the past decade\, the African Film Festival has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF’s unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture. We are particularly mindful of the many ways in which cinema is as much a medium of cultural exchange as an educational gate-way. \n\n\n\nAbout the AME Zion Church of Troy\, NY:\n\n\n\nDevoted to religious\, educational and social causes\, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and its members have been instrumental in many of the freedom struggles of this nation\, dating back to the days when former slaves Frederick Douglass\, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman led the first wave of Black social activism. Since that time\, A.M.E. Zion members have made other significant contributions. AME Zion Bishop Alexander Walters\, along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois\, helped to found the NAACP. Bishop Walters was also a pioneering member of the Pan-African Congress\, and many of the denomination’s clergy and lay people were active participants in the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s. \n\n\n\nA.M.E. Zion Church made the salvation of the whole person–mind\, body and spirit–its top priority. At the crux of its ministry lay racial justice\, peace and harmony\, thus earning it the title\, the Freedom Church. \n\n\n\nAs the ministry expanded\, so did the denomination’s emphasis on education. “In order to succeed in American society as productive citizens\, we [the newly freed slaves] need to become an educated citizenry\,” an early AME Zion member once said. In keeping with that goal\, the Church maintains four colleges and universities today\, which are Livingstone College in Salisbury\, N.C.\, Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill\, S.C.\, and Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville\, Alabama\, and A.M.E. Zion University in Monrovia\, Liberia. Additionally it maintains two theological seminaries\, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury\, NC and Hood Speaks Theological Seminary in Akwa Ibom State\, Nigeria. \n\n\n\nAlong with its emphasis on ministry and social change here in the United States\, the denomination has focused much of its attention and energies on outreach abroad. To date\, the A.M.E. Zion Church has member churches on all continents except Australia. In West Africa\, in particular\, the denomination has set up numerous schools and clinics throughout Ghana and Nigeria. The Church also has facilities in Liberia\, though some of its main structures have been destroyed by civil war. Overseas missions are a crucial component of the A.M.E. Zion Church’s outreach\, but the denomination believes in charity starting at home. That is why\, over the years\, several individual churches have implemented programs to help families to find low-income housing\, jobs\, financial planning assistance\, health care and day care services. “Our concern is for the whole person\,” says Bishop Cecil Bishop\, the (retired former) senior bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church. “We have a holistic approach and a holistic gospel. We don’t feel that we live in a kind of compartmentalized sense\, but that life is a complete whole. So we have to be concerned about all of those amenities of life that help make up wholeness in an individual.” \n\n\n\nAbout The Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts\, located in an historic former church in north Troy\, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. On March 11\, 2008 the City of Troy closed The Sanctuary for Independent Media for alleged code violations just hours after the opening of a controversial series focusing on government intimidation and censorship under the guise of counter-terrorism. While the matter is being investigated by the NY Civil Liberties Union\, public events are being presented at Sanctuaries-in-exile throughout the Capital Region. \n\n\n\nAbout Rensselaer Polytechnic’s Department of the Arts:\n\n\n\nThe Department of the Arts at Rensselaer was founded in 1972. It is built around a world class faculty and is dedicated to interdisciplinary creative research in electronic arts\, offering a unique environment in which to develop and realize innovative art within a technological university. iEAR Presents! is a series of public performances\, exhibitions\, screenings and lectures. Curated by artist faculty\, iEAR Presents! seeks to bring artists into a creative dialogue regarding integrated electronic arts practice and theory with a participatory community of faculty and students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and members of the general public.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/african-film-festival-featuring-les-saignantes-plus-meokgo-and-the-stick-fighter/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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SUMMARY:African Film Festival featuring "Juju Factory\," plus "Menged"
DESCRIPTION: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 complex and tormented souls that he meets at all crossings. Through his writing\, he meditates upon the invisible connections between Congolese history and its ghosts. How is it possible to stand upright in this chaotic history? By having the “juju”\, self confidence\, and Beatrice’s love.  \n\n\n\nScreened with Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s Menged (2006). Adopted from an Ethiopian folktale\, this film is very much a parable for Ethiopia today. A country in transition between modernism and traditional belief.  \n\n\n\nBecause the Sanctuary has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union\, historic A.M.E. Zion Church at 189 Fifth Avenue (corner of 103rd Street in north Troy) has offered sanctuary to the Sanctuary.  \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the African Film Festival is made possible with volunteer labor and hundreds of individual donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI\, A.M.E. Zion Church and the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStill from Balfua Bakupu-Kanyinda’s film Juju Factory. \n\n\n\nAbout the African Film Festival:\n\n\n\nThe African Film Festival (AFF) is a New York non-profit arts organization. The organization\, established in 1990\, began as an ad hoc committee of African and American artists and scholars. In the 1950s and ’60s\, African filmmakers began to create images of post-colonial Africa with nuanced understanding of Africa’s cultural diversity. Over the last half a century\, having sliced through stereotypes with exacting social critique\, African cinema has become a unique blend of aesthetic experimentation\, history\, and politics. As African nations have constructed modern identities from traditional and colonial experiences\, the role of visual culture in communicating these new transitional identities has immediacy for audiences around the world. The impetus for themes such as colonialism\, post-independence corruption\, and chronicles of “tribal” customs often erupts from the ironies of contemporary life. But African filmmakers also draw from springs of myth\, fantasy\, humor\, and magic to nourish a narrative sensibility in which tradition and modernity encounter each other. The oral traditions\, unique pacing\, and non-linear style of African story-telling have in fact become classifying characteristics of African filmmaking. This kind of art is a powerful intellectual and emotional force for social change.  \n\n\n\nAs the twenty-first century begins\, we are witnessing a great revolution in mass communications capabilities that drastically reduces the distances between cultures. Images\, sounds\, and ideas are being exchanged almost instantaneously\, creating dynamic hybrid cultures. As Western consumer culture has influenced global society\, so it has been invigorated by the differing sensibilites\, traditions\, and styles of other cultures. Likewise\, African film has evolved from its early exploration of colonialism into a new\, diasporic\, and international consciousness. For the past decade\, the African Film Festival has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF’s unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture. We are particularly mindful of the many ways in which cinema is as much a medium of cultural exchange as an educational gate-way. \n\n\n\nAbout the A.M.E. Zion Church of Troy\, NY:\n\n\n\nDevoted to religious\, educational and social causes\, the A.M.E. Zion Church and its members have been instrumental in many of the freedom struggles of this nation\, dating back to the days when former slaves Frederick Douglass\, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman led the first wave of Black social activism. Since that time\, A.M.E. Zion members have made other significant contributions. AME Zion Bishop Alexander Walters\, along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois\, helped to found the NAACP. Bishop Walters was also a pioneering member of the Pan-African Congress\, and many of the denomination’s clergy and lay people were active participants in the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s. A.M.E. Zion Church made the salvation of the whole person–mind\, body and spirit–its top priority. At the crux of its ministry lay racial justice\, peace and harmony\, thus earning it the title\, the Freedom Church.  \n\n\n\nAs the ministry expanded\, so did the denomination’s emphasis on education. “In order to succeed in American society as productive citizens\, we [the newly freed slaves] need to become an educated citizenry\,” an early AME Zion member once said. In keeping with that goal\, the Church maintains four colleges and universities today\, which are Livingstone College in Salisbury\, N.C.\, Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill\, S.C.\, and Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville\, Alabama\, and A.M.E. Zion University in Monrovia\, Liberia. Additionally it maintains two theological seminaries\, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury\, NC and Hood Speaks Theological Seminary in Akwa Ibom State\, Nigeria. Along with its emphasis on ministry and social change here in the United States\, the denomination has focused much of its attention and energies on outreach abroad. To date\, the A.M.E. Zion Church has member churches on all continents except Australia.  \n\n\n\nIn West Africa\, in particular\, the denomination has set up numerous schools and clinics throughout Ghana and Nigeria. The Church also has facilities in Liberia\, though some of its main structures have been destroyed by civil war. Overseas missions are a crucial component of the A.M.E. Zion Church’s outreach\, but the denomination believes in charity starting at home. That is why\, over the years\, several individual churches have implemented programs to help families to find low-income housing\, jobs\, financial planning assistance\, health care and day care services. “Our concern is for the whole person\,” says Bishop Cecil Bishop\, the (retired former) senior bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church. “We have a holistic approach and a holistic gospel. We don’t feel that we live in a kind of compartmentalized sense\, but that life is a complete whole. So we have to be concerned about all of those amenities of life that help make up wholeness in an individual.” \n\n\n\nAbout The Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts\, located in an historic former church in north Troy\, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. On March 11\, 2008 the City of Troy closed The Sanctuary for Independent Media for code violations just hours after the opening of a controversial series focusing on government intimidation and censorship under the guise of counter-terrorism. While the matter is being investigated by the NY Civil Liberties Union\, public events are being presented at Sanctuaries-in-exile throughout the Capital Region. \n\n\n\nAbout the Rensselaer Polytechnic Department of the Arts\n\n\n\nThe Department of the Arts at Rensselaer was founded in 1972. It is built around a world class faculty and is dedicated to interdisciplinary creative research in electronic arts\, offering a unique environment in which to develop and realize innovative art within a technological university. iEAR Presents! is a series of public performances\, exhibitions\, screenings and lectures. Curated by artist faculty\, iEAR Presents! seeks to bring artists into a creative dialogue regarding integrated electronic arts practice and theory with a participatory community of faculty and students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and members of the general public.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/african-film-festival-featuring-juju-factory-plus-menged/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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SUMMARY:African Film Festival Presents Mamadou Diabate Ensemble
DESCRIPTION: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 calabash\, and Noah Jarrett on bass. Mamadou Diabate is a master of the kora\, the ancient 21-string West African harp. He was born in 1975 in Kita\, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates\, Mamadou comes from a family of griots\, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people’s consciousness of the past\, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali\, covering much of West Africa.  \n\n\n\nBecause The Sanctuary for Independent Media has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union\, historic A.M.E. Zion Church at 189 Fifth Avenue (corner of 103rd Street in north Troy) has offered sanctuary to the Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the Mamadou Diabate Ensemble is co-sponsored by the AME Zion Church and made possible by volunteer labor\, small financial contributions from hundreds of patrons of The Sanctuary For Independent Media. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMamadou Diabate. Photo by Johndan Johnson-Eilola.\n\n\n\nAbout Mamadou Diabate:\n\n\n\nMamadou Diabate is a master of the kora\, the ancient 21-string West African harp. He was born in 1975 in Kita\, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates\, Mamadou comes from a family of griots\, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people’s consciousness of the past\, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali\, covering much of West Africa. The stories of these glory days and the times since remain important touchstones for people today\, not only for the Manding\, but for many citizens of Mali\, Guinea\, Gambia\, and Senegal. So to be born to a distinguished jeli family in Kita is already an auspicious beginning. \n\n\n\nMamadou’s father Djelimory played the kora\, the jeli’s venerable 21-string harp. He was widely known as N’fa Diabate\, performing in the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and recording on the National Radio of Mali. At the age of four\, Mamadou went to live with his father in Bamako\, where the Ensemble was based. When it came time for him to return to Kita and go to school\, Mamadou knew that the kora was his destiny. His father had taught him how to play the instrument\, and from there he listened and watched and devoted himself to practicing the kora\, to the point that his mother worried that he was not concentrating enough on school. When she took it away\, it only reduced his interest in studying\, and he quickly resorted to making his own kora so he could continue. \n\n\n\nBefore long\, Mamadou left school and began playing kora for local jeli singers\, and traveling throughout the region to play at the ceremonies where modern jelis ply their trade\, mostly weddings and baptisms. When he was fifteen\, Mamadou won first prize for his kora playing in a regional competition and instantly became something of a local celebrity. The next year\, he went to Bamako\, and under the tutelage of his famous kora playing cousin\, Toumani Diabate\, he worked the jeli circuit\, backing singers at neighborhood weddings and baptisms and entertaining the powerful at the city’s posh Amitié Hotel. Toumani gave his cousin the nickname “Djelika Djan” meaning “Tall Griot\,” a reference to Mamadou’s impressive physical stature. The name has stuck. \n\n\n\nIn 1996\, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States with a group of Manding musicians and cultural authorities. Following a successful tour\, Mamadou decided to continue his work in the United States and\, since then\, he’s made his home in and around New York. Mamadou gets frequent invitations to perform with visiting Malian stars including Ami Koita\, Tata Bambo Kouyate\, Kandia Kouyate\, and Babani Koné. He has performed at the United Nations\, Lincoln Center\, the Metropolitan Museum\, and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. In addition\, he’s delved into uncharted waters\, jamming with all manner of expert musicians\, including jazz luminaries Donald Byrd and Randy Weston\, Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo\, and blues masters Eric Bibb and Guy Davis. Mamadou’s recording credits have expanded as he has laid tracks with artists ranging from Irish soloist Susan McKeown\, jazz bassist Ben Allison\, and Benin’s celebrated Angélique Kidjo. \n\n\n\nMamadou says that his father advised him to listen to all the best kora players and to learn from each one. The kora itself came to Mali from Gabu\, the region centered between Gambia\, Senegal\, and Guinea Bissau\, and the Malian kora tradition has always put a premium on holding onto the old ways while constantly innovating and developing the art. \n\n\n\nHe recorded his debut\, “Tunga” (Alula Records\, 2000)\, where he was joined by an impressive cast of handpicked musicians and friends who helped him show both reverence for the traditional sounds of his craft and to display an adventurous spirit in keeping with the practice of always furthering the griot’s art. \n\n\n\nMamadou Diabate’s solo kora recording ‘Behmanka’ (World Village\, 2005) was nominated in the 2005 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2005 World Music category. \n\n\n\nMamadou Diabate’s kora recording “Heritage” (World Village\, 2006) showcases his ensemble work with trio. Heritage features Mamadou’s touring band\, Guinean guitarist Djikoryam Mory Kante\, balafonist Bala Kouyaté\, Baye Kouyaté on calabash and talking drum\, and on bass\, American jazz musician Noah Jarrett. \n\n\n\nAbout the AME Zion Church of Troy\, NY:\n\n\n\nThe location of this event in north Troy has special significance. \n\n\n\nDevoted to religious\, educational and social causes\, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and its members have been instrumental in many of the freedom struggles of this nation\, dating back to the days when former slaves Frederick Douglass\, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman led the first wave of Black social activism. Since that time\, A.M.E. Zion members have made other significant contributions. AME Zion Bishop Alexander Walters\, along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois\, helped to found the NAACP. Bishop Walters was also a pioneering member of the Pan-African Congress\, and many of the denomination’s clergy and lay people were active participants in the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s. \n\n\n\nA.M.E. Zion Church made the salvation of the whole person–mind\, body and spirit–its top priority. At the crux of its ministry lay racial justice\, peace and harmony\, thus earning it the title\, the Freedom Church. \n\n\n\nAs the ministry expanded\, so did the denomination’s emphasis on education. “In order to succeed in American society as productive citizens\, we [the newly freed slaves] need to become an educated citizenry\,” an early AME Zion member once said. In keeping with that goal\, the Church maintains four colleges and universities today\, which are Livingstone College in Salisbury\, N.C.\, Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill\, S.C.\, and Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville\, Alabama\, and A.M.E. Zion University in Monrovia\, Liberia. Additionally it maintains two theological seminaries\, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury\, NC and Hood Speaks Theological Seminary in Akwa Ibom State\, Nigeria. \n\n\n\nAlong with its emphasis on ministry and social change here in the United States\, the denomination has focused much of its attention and energies on outreach abroad. To date\, the A.M.E. Zion Church has member churches on all continents except Australia. In West Africa\, in particular\, the denomination has set up numerous schools and clinics throughout Ghana and Nigeria. The Church also has facilities in Liberia\, though some of its main structures have been destroyed by civil war. Overseas missions are a crucial component of the A.M.E. Zion Church’s outreach\, but the denomination believes in charity starting at home. That is why\, over the years\, several individual churches have implemented programs to help families to find low-income housing\, jobs\, financial planning assistance\, health care and day care services. “Our concern is for the whole person\,” says Bishop Cecil Bishop\, the (retired former) senior bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church. “We have a holistic approach and a holistic gospel. We don’t feel that we live in a kind of compartmentalized sense\, but that life is a complete whole. So we have to be concerned about all of those amenities of life that help make up wholeness in an individual.” \n\n\n\nAbout The Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts\, located in an historic former church in north Troy\, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. On March 11\, 2008 the City of Troy closed The Sanctuary for Independent Media for alleged code violations just hours after the opening of a controversial series focusing on government intimidation and censorship under the guise of counter-terrorism. While the matter is being investigated by the NY Civil Liberties Union\, public events are being presented at Sanctuaries-in-exile throughout the Capital Region.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/african-film-festival-presents-mamadou-diabate-ensemble/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:African Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Penny Lane: Editing Basics\, Part Two
DESCRIPTION: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 have a laptop\, bring it! Includes the fundamentals of selecting material\, planning the sequence of a story\, and setting up a basic editing project. (Track: Documentary.)
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-penny-lane-editing-basics-part-two/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
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SUMMARY:African Film Festival Featuring "Clouds Over Conakry\," plus "Mama Put"
DESCRIPTION: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 worthy successor. But he refuses to accept his destiny\, preferring to fight to exert his trade freely and to live his love for the beautiful young computer scientist\, Kesso\, to the full. Presented with Seke Somolu’s Mama Put  (2006). The power of food to transform\, rescue\, and wreak revenge is eloquently demonstrated in this Nigerian film.  \n\n\n\nBecause the Sanctuary has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union\, historic A.M.E. Zion Church at 189 Fifth Avenue (corner of 103rd Street in north Troy) has offered sanctuary to the Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the African Film Festival is made possible with volunteer labor and hundreds of individual donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI\, A.M.E. Zion Church and the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilm still from Clouds Over Conakry.\n\n\n\nAbout the Films:\n\n\n\nClouds Over Conakry (Cheick Fantamady Camara\, Guinea. 2007\, 113″). A romantic twist on the standby theme of African cinema\, traditionalism vs. modernism\, as a lovestruck cartoonist learns the spirits have chosen him instead of his religious older brother to succeed his father as imam of Guinea’s capital\, Conakry. But he refuses to accept his destiny\, preferring to fight to exert his trade freely and to live his love to the full. \n\n\n\nMama Put (Seke Somolu\, Nigeria. 2006\, 26″). The power of food to transform\, rescue and wreak revenge is eloquently demonstrated in this Nigerian film. A single woman\, who makes and sells street food\, is struggling to bring up her family. Her young son desperately needs kidney treatment\, and just when it seems things can get no worse\, a gang of armed youths break in to the house. The mother decides that the gang must go\, and prepares a meal to send them on their way. \n\n\n\nAbout the African Film Festival\n\n\n\nThe African Film Festival (AFF) is a New York non-profit arts organization. The organization\, established in 1990\, began as an ad hoc committee of African and American artists and scholars. In the 1950s and ’60s\, African filmmakers began to create images of post-colonial Africa with nuanced understanding of Africa’s cultural diversity. Over the last half a century\, having sliced through stereotypes with exacting social critique\, African cinema has become a unique blend of aesthetic experimentation\, history\, and politics. As African nations have constructed modern identities from traditional and colonial experiences\, the role of visual culture in communicating these new transitional identities has immediacy for audiences around the world. The impetus for themes such as colonialism\, post-independence corruption\, and chronicles of “tribal” customs often erupts from the ironies of contemporary life. But African filmmakers also draw from springs of myth\, fantasy\, humor\, and magic to nourish a narrative sensibility in which tradition and modernity encounter each other. The oral traditions\, unique pacing\, and non-linear style of African story-telling have in fact become classifying characteristics of African filmmaking. This kind of art is a powerful intellectual and emotional force for social change.  \n\n\n\nAs the twenty-first century begins\, we are witnessing a great revolution in mass communications capabilities that drastically reduces the distances between cultures. Images\, sounds\, and ideas are being exchanged almost instantaneously\, creating dynamic hybrid cultures. As Western consumer culture has influenced global society\, so it has been invigorated by the differing sensibilities\, traditions\, and styles of other cultures. Likewise\, African film has evolved from its early exploration of colonialism into a new\, diasporic\, and international consciousness. For the past decade\, the African Film Festival has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF’s unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture. We are particularly mindful of the many ways in which cinema is as much a medium of cultural exchange as an educational gate-way. \n\n\n\nAbout the AME Zion Church of Troy\, NY:\n\n\n\nDevoted to religious\, educational and social causes\, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and its members have been instrumental in many of the freedom struggles of this nation\, dating back to the days when former slaves Frederick Douglass\, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman led the first wave of Black social activism. Since that time\, A.M.E. Zion members have made other significant contributions. AME Zion Bishop Alexander Walters\, along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois\, helped to found the NAACP. Bishop Walters was also a pioneering member of the Pan-African Congress\, and many of the denomination’s clergy and lay people were active participants in the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s. \n\n\n\nA.M.E. Zion Church made the salvation of the whole person–mind\, body and spirit–its top priority. At the crux of its ministry lay racial justice\, peace and harmony\, thus earning it the title\, the Freedom Church. \n\n\n\nAs the ministry expanded\, so did the denomination’s emphasis on education. “In order to succeed in American society as productive citizens\, we [the newly freed slaves] need to become an educated citizenry\,” an early AME Zion member once said. In keeping with that goal\, the Church maintains four colleges and universities today\, which are Livingstone College in Salisbury\, N.C.\, Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill\, S.C.\, and Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville\, Alabama\, and A.M.E. Zion University in Monrovia\, Liberia. Additionally it maintains two theological seminaries\, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury\, NC and Hood Speaks Theological Seminary in Akwa Ibom State\, Nigeria. \n\n\n\nAlong with its emphasis on ministry and social change here in the United States\, the denomination has focused much of its attention and energies on outreach abroad. To date\, the A.M.E. Zion Church has member churches on all continents except Australia. In West Africa\, in particular\, the denomination has set up numerous schools and clinics throughout Ghana and Nigeria. The Church also has facilities in Liberia\, though some of its main structures have been destroyed by civil war. Overseas missions are a crucial component of the A.M.E. Zion Church’s outreach\, but the denomination believes in charity starting at home. That is why\, over the years\, several individual churches have implemented programs to help families to find low-income housing\, jobs\, financial planning assistance\, health care and day care services. “Our concern is for the whole person\,” says Bishop Cecil Bishop\, the (retired former) senior bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church. “We have a holistic approach and a holistic gospel. We don’t feel that we live in a kind of compartmentalized sense\, but that life is a complete whole. So we have to be concerned about all of those amenities of life that help make up wholeness in an individual.” \n\n\n\nAbout The Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts\, located in an historic former church in north Troy\, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. On March 11\, 2008 the City of Troy closed The Sanctuary for Independent Media for alleged code violations just hours after the opening of a controversial series focusing on government intimidation and censorship under the guise of counter-terrorism. While the matter is being investigated by the NY Civil Liberties Union\, public events are being presented at Sanctuaries-in-exile throughout the Capital Region. \n\n\n\nAbout Rensselaer Polytechnic Department of the Arts:\n\n\n\nThe Department of the Arts at Rensselaer was founded in 1972. It is built around a world class faculty and is dedicated to interdisciplinary creative research in electronic arts\, offering a unique environment in which to develop and realize innovative art within a technological university. iEAR Presents! is a series of public performances\, exhibitions\, screenings and lectures. Curated by artist faculty\, iEAR Presents! seeks to bring artists into a creative dialogue regarding integrated electronic arts practice and theory with a participatory community of faculty and students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and members of the general public.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/african-film-festival-featuring-clouds-over-conakry-plus-mama-put/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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SUMMARY:African Film Festival Featuring "Bling\, A Planet Rock\," with Filmmaker Raquel Cepeda and "Growing Stronger"
DESCRIPTION: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 from Wu-Tang Clan on a journey to Sierra Leone’s diamond mining communities\, introducing them to former child soldiers\, refugees\, and local hip-hop artists.  \n\n\n\nIncluded in this screening is Growing Stronger (2005) by Tsitsi Dangarembga. After living a high profile life as a model and wife to the coach of the Zimbabwe national football team\, Tendayi Westerhof stunned the nation by becoming the first high profile person to go public about her HIV-positive status in 2002. Part of the African Film Festival program. \n\n\n\nBecause the Sanctuary has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union\, historic A.M.E. Zion Church at 189 Fifth Avenue (corner of 103rd Street in north Troy) has offered sanctuary to the Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nLocal presentation of the African Film Festival is made possible with volunteer labor and hundreds of individual donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI\, A.M.E. Zion Church and the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProduction still from Bling: A Planet Rock. Photograph by Irena Mihova.\n\n\n\nAbout the African Film Festival at the Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media’s annual African Film Festival begins in Troy on Tuesday\, April 8\, 2008. We will be presenting four feature films (including\, on the opening night of the festival\, Bling: A Planet Rock director Raquel Cepeda)\, four short subjects and an evening of African music with Grammy Award-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate and his quartet. \n\n\n\n“From Egypt to South Africa\, veteran filmmakers are using film to address the issues changing the face of the African continent today\,” said Mahen Bonetti\, founder and executive director of the AFF. “Additionally\, technology is empowering emerging filmmakers to add their voices to those telling Africa’s stories.” \n\n\n\nEach evening of the Festival features one full-length film and one short: on Tuesday\, April 8; Wednesday\, April 9; Tuesday\, April 15 and Wednesday\, April 16. Films begin at 7 PM. In addition\, the music of Malian kora great Mamadou Diabate and his ensemble will be featured live in a concert at 8 PM on Friday\, April 11. The film lineup includes: \n\n\n\nBling: A Planet Rock (Raquel Cepeda\, Sierra Leone/USA. 2007\, 90″) A documentary about American hip-hop culture’s obsession with diamonds—“blinging”—and all its social trappings\, and how this infatuation correlated with the ten-year conflict in Sierra Leone\, West Africa. The film follows three rappers—Paul Wall\, Tego Calderon\, and Raekwon—as they trek to the country to meet the survivors\, perpetrators and diamond miners in the country. The film also features Kanye West\, Juelz Santana\, Jadakiss and former child soldier/author Ishmael Beah. \n\n\n\nGrowing Stronger (Tsitsi Dangarembga\, Zimbabwe. 2005\, 30″) After living a high profile life as a model and wife to the then-coach of the Zimbabwe national football team\, Tendayi Westerhof stunned the nation by becoming the first high profile person to go public about her HIV positive status in 2002. Her enemies increased\, some going to the extent of calling her disclosure a publicity gimmick. This beautiful woman has gone on to become a public figure in a very different way\, as an elegant and glamorous AIDS activist in the world of modeling and the public media. \n\n\n\nAbout the Filmmakers:\n\n\n\nRaquel Cepeda is an award-winning editor and multi-media journalist\, producer and filmmaker\, as well as a multi-cultural media consultant specializing in translating news and social/global issues into an authentic language that is palatable to younger generations—18-34 years of age—stateside and abroad. Cepeda is the director and writer Bling: A Planet Rock\, co-produced with a19\, VH1\, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She also served as a creative consulting producer on From Mambo to Hip-Hop\, directed by Henry Chalfant (Style Wars) for PBS (2007). \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Cepeda is in production on BLOW US UP!\, a wartime concert documentary starring platinum selling rapper Paul Wall and TV Johnny who will journey into the past to see the future—in Iraq and Johnny’s homeland\, Vietnam. Following in the tradition of the highly acclaimed Bling: A Planet Rock\, BLOW US UP! uses the medium of hip-hop to engage a new audience in the history of two American wars\, a generation and musical genre apart from each other. \n\n\n\nMalian kora musician\, Mamadou Diabate is a member of the Mandinka West African jeli (musician caste) family. His musical lineage goes back seven centuries to the time of Sunjata Keita\, the conqueror of the Malian empire. Now based in the United States\, Mamadou performs around North America and Europe. Interested in bringing the kora to new audiences\, he has played with jazz and other contemporary artists\, however he remains rooted in the traditions of the Manding kora and his griot heritage. He is one of a handful remaining kora players that are keeping alive the kora tradition. \n\n\n\nAbout the African Film Festival\n\n\n\nThe African Film Festival (AFF) is a New York non-profit arts organization. The organization\, established in 1990\, began as an ad hoc committee of African and American artists and scholars. In the 1950s and ’60s\, African filmmakers began to create images of post-colonial Africa with nuanced understanding of Africa’s cultural diversity. Over the last half a century\, having sliced through stereotypes with exacting social critique\, African cinema has become a unique blend of aesthetic experimentation\, history\, and politics. As African nations have constructed modern identities from traditional and colonial experiences\, the role of visual culture in communicating these new transitional identities has immediacy for audiences around the world. The impetus for themes such as colonialism\, post-independence corruption\, and chronicles of “tribal” customs often erupts from the ironies of contemporary life. But African filmmakers also draw from springs of myth\, fantasy\, humor\, and magic to nourish a narrative sensibility in which tradition and modernity encounter each other. The oral traditions\, unique pacing\, and non-linear style of African story-telling have in fact become classifying characteristics of African filmmaking. This kind of art is a powerful intellectual and emotional force for social change.  \n\n\n\nAs the twenty-first century begins\, we are witnessing a great revolution in mass communications capabilities that drastically reduces the distances between cultures. Images\, sounds\, and ideas are being exchanged almost instantaneously\, creating dynamic hybrid cultures. As Western consumer culture has influenced global society\, so it has been invigorated by the differing sensibilities\, traditions\, and styles of other cultures. Likewise\, African film has evolved from its early exploration of colonialism into a new\, diasporic\, and international consciousness. For the past decade\, the African Film Festival has bridged the divide between post-colonial Africa and the American public through the medium of film. AFF’s unique place in the international arts community is distinguished not only by leadership in festival management but a comprehensive approach to the advocacy of African film and culture. We are particularly mindful of the many ways in which cinema is as much a medium of cultural exchange as an educational gate-way. \n\n\n\nAbout the AME Zion Church of Troy\, NY:\n\n\n\nDevoted to religious\, educational and social causes\, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and its members have been instrumental in many of the freedom struggles of this nation\, dating back to the days when former slaves Frederick Douglass\, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman led the first wave of Black social activism. Since that time\, A.M.E. Zion members have made other significant contributions. AME Zion Bishop Alexander Walters\, along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois\, helped to found the NAACP. Bishop Walters was also a pioneering member of the Pan-African Congress\, and many of the denomination’s clergy and lay people were active participants in the Civil Rights Movement of the ’60s. \n\n\n\nA.M.E. Zion Church made the salvation of the whole person–mind\, body and spirit–its top priority. At the crux of its ministry lay racial justice\, peace and harmony\, thus earning it the title\, the Freedom Church. \n\n\n\nAs the ministry expanded\, so did the denomination’s emphasis on education. “In order to succeed in American society as productive citizens\, we [the newly freed slaves] need to become an educated citizenry\,” an early AME Zion member once said. In keeping with that goal\, the Church maintains four colleges and universities today\, which are Livingstone College in Salisbury\, N.C.\, Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill\, S.C.\, and Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville\, Alabama\, and A.M.E. Zion University in Monrovia\, Liberia. Additionally it maintains two theological seminaries\, Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury\, NC and Hood Speaks Theological Seminary in Akwa Ibom State\, Nigeria. \n\n\n\nAlong with its emphasis on ministry and social change here in the United States\, the denomination has focused much of its attention and energies on outreach abroad. To date\, the A.M.E. Zion Church has member churches on all continents except Australia. In West Africa\, in particular\, the denomination has set up numerous schools and clinics throughout Ghana and Nigeria. The Church also has facilities in Liberia\, though some of its main structures have been destroyed by civil war. Overseas missions are a crucial component of the A.M.E. Zion Church’s outreach\, but the denomination believes in charity starting at home. That is why\, over the years\, several individual churches have implemented programs to help families to find low-income housing\, jobs\, financial planning assistance\, health care and day care services. “Our concern is for the whole person\,” says Bishop Cecil Bishop\, the (retired former) senior bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church. “We have a holistic approach and a holistic gospel. We don’t feel that we live in a kind of compartmentalized sense\, but that life is a complete whole. So we have to be concerned about all of those amenities of life that help make up wholeness in an individual.” \n\n\n\nAbout The Sanctuary for Independent Media:\n\n\n\nThe Sanctuary for Independent Media is a telecommunications production facility dedicated to community media arts\, located in an historic former church in north Troy\, NY. The Sanctuary hosts screening\, production and performance facilities\, training in media production and a meeting space for artists\, activists and independent media makers of all kinds. On March 11\, 2008 the City of Troy closed The Sanctuary for Independent Media for alleged code violations just hours after the opening of a controversial series focusing on government intimidation and censorship under the guise of counter-terrorism. While the matter is being investigated by the NY Civil Liberties Union\, public events are being presented at Sanctuaries-in-exile throughout the Capital Region. \n\n\n\nAbout Rensselaer Polytechnic’s Department of the Arts:\n\n\n\nThe Department of the Arts at Rensselaer was founded in 1972. It is built around a world class faculty and is dedicated to interdisciplinary creative research in electronic arts\, offering a unique environment in which to develop and realize innovative art within a technological university. iEAR Presents! is a series of public performances\, exhibitions\, screenings and lectures. Curated by artist faculty\, iEAR Presents! seeks to bring artists into a creative dialogue regarding integrated electronic arts practice and theory with a participatory community of faculty and students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and members of the general public.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/african-film-festival-featuring-bling-a-planet-rock-with-filmmaker-raquel-cepeda-and-growing-stronger/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening,Speaker
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