Future of Public Media

CMSI is excited to be a community partner for Filmfest DC selection Motley's Law, screening on Apr 18 & 20 and Rebel Citizen, screening on Apr 22 & 23! Check it out!  

Partner Event

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 8:15pm - 9:45pm

Location: American University School of Communication, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC

Come hear four people who are part of the local documentary filmmaking community – Bill Gentile (American University), Erica Ginsberg (Docs In Progress), Kiley Kraskouskas (Thinking Forward Media), and Jeff Krulik (Led Zeppelin Was Here) – speak about what makes Washington DC a special place to be a documentary filmmaker.

Partner Event

Date: Monday, October 6, 2014 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: Room 101, McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016

The Center is pleased to announce that Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices Online and expert on journalism in the digital age, is coming to American University. She will be speaking about government and corporate control over Internet communication, the issues she explores in her book Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom.

CMSI @ Getting Real

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Location: Pickford Center, 1313 Vine St., Los Angeles, CA 90028

Public media has long been the showcase for underrepresented viewpoints and a home for independent documentary, and in the U.S. PBS, CPB, ITVS and POV are all critical components of a large and complex public media system reaching over 98% of American homes. How is public media different from private commercial broadcast? What do filmmakers expect from public media, and what does public media expect from filmmakers as both creators and citizens?

CMSI @ Getting Real

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Location: Pickford Center, 1313 Vine St., Los Angeles, CA 90028

Are you an ethical filmmaker? This session confronts the issue of ethics and documentary filmmaking by grappling with several challenging ethical scenarios and then asking whether it’s possible — or even desirable — for the documentary community to agree upon a set of common ethical standards. Moderated by Center Director Patricia Aufderheide.