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How to Nail an Oscar Nomination

Paco de Onis and Pamela YatesPamela Yates and Paco de Onis, filmmakers for over 25 years and keynote speakers at the 2010 Making Your Media Matter (MYMM) conference, are taking a grassroots approach to fundraising for an Oscar nomination through Read more...

Advocacy Journalism in the Digital Age

Ted LeonsisWhat does advocacy journalism look like? Panelists at The Newseum's Advocacy Journalism in the Digital Age conference agree that it is traditional journalism, it is advocates creating media, it is crowd-sourced information, it is issue awareness, it is partnerships, it is powerful video and it is so much more. Read more...

Environmental Film Festival 2011

When exploring the strategies that make an effective social documentary, we have to also ask the question that the audience asks themselves, "Now what?" This year's Environmental Film Festival attempts to answer that question and many others, March 15-27 through film screenings and discussions across Washington, D.C.including at American University's Wechsler Theater. Read more...

From Challenge to Responsibility: Sundance 2011

Sing Your SongDocumentaries at Sundance did more than just challenge, they asked audiences to consider their personal responsibility, whether to history, to humanity, to women, to the environment or to people who are no longer with us. 
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Documentaries that Challenge: Sundance 2011

Sundance2011Sundance 2011 documentaries are about challenging audiences. They challenge your connection with the world, challenge your tolerance for forgiveness, challenge your perceptions of women. I was lucky enough to spend several days exploring the stories in competition at the festival and their messages to audiences.
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