The National Media Education Conference (NMEC) is an annual project of the Partnership for Media Education (PME), a collaboration of private and public sector organizations. Formed in 1997, PME founders saw the need for an annual conference so that educators could learn the principles of media education. The 1999 NMEC conference took place June 27 through June 30, 1999, in St Paul, Minnesota. Media education experts, educators, youth leaders, prevention specialist and young adults attended the conference. Turner Broadcasting System, Channel One Network, The New York Times, Discovery
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IDA scored its first sale on behalf of filmmakers they represented at the second annual MipDoc. The IDA presence at the two-day screenings event, held April 10-11 at Cannes, preceded the six-day MipTV, and provided an opportunity for independent documentary makers to have their works seen by buyers from around the world. Thanks to the continued support of the Reed Midem Organization (an alliance conceived by IDA Trustees Ron Devillier and Brian Donegan last year), IDA was able to pursue its initial foray into the world of television by representing 10 of its members’ programs. The single
As director of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Bruni Burres knows how the event can appear to those who've never attended. "Depressing and dogmatic," she says flatly. "I think that the title, Human Rights, can be really off-putting. People think that the films will be these preachy documentaries showing all the terrible things happening around the world. But people usually come out of the festival inspired, not depressed." Now in its tenth year, the festival offered a grab bag of dramas and documentaries on such disparate subject matter as war widows and Serbian psychos
June 28th, 1999 marked a new watershed for the International Documentary Association, when the New York documentary community banded together to officially welcome the East Coast office of the IDA. Hosted by HBO, in conjunction with the Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, our rooftop party was treated to a stunning view of the classic Oscar winner, All About Eve which was projected across a giant screen. Over 150 guests attended this opening gala, including many of our East Coast members, Board of Trustees, Board of Directors as well as a number of TV and film company executives from HBO, The
Congratulations to all of the documentary nominees in the 71st Academy Awards®' For best achievement in documentary features: Dancemaker, Matthew Diamond & Jerry Kupfer The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus The Last Days, June Beallor, James Moll & Ken Lipper Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, Robert B. Weide Regret to Inform, Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole For best achievement in documentary short subjects: The Personals, Keiko Ibi A Place in the Land, Charles Guggenheim Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square, Shui-bo Wang & Donald McWil liams. For a few minutes on Sunday, March
Dear IDA Members: Change seems to be the rule around the IDA headquarters these days. We have just opened our New York Office, staffed by Susan Berry, our East Coast coordinator. Additionally, we have completed our search for our new editor, and welcome Kathleen Fairweather to the helm of the magazine. Kathleen brings an innate understanding of the non-fiction media world through her career as a film journalist, college film instructor, and documentary filmmaker. Kathleen has written about the documentary and entertainment industry for American Cinematographer, Written By, the Writer 's Guild
As a medium of expression and exploration, documentary film is compelling for its breadth of subject matter and diversity of style. Nowhere was this more evident than at the second annual New York International Documentary Festival, otherwise known as docfest. The screenings took place June 2-6 in Manhattan, and included gritty reportage pieces, experimental films and poetic works. Sixteen films screened at the festival, and all were impressive for their insightful, wide-ranging investigations into the human condition. Launched in part to fill the void left by the demise of the Global Village
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but for first-time documentary filmmaker Erin Calmes, the camera is the most effective way to affect global change. Calmes had originally traveled to the Philippines to photograph and document the lifestyle of an ancient headhunter tribal village located high in the mountains. Her goal at the time was to produce a coffee table book of photos. After shooting, Calmes took a day of much needed rest and relaxation at an obscure beach resort. That day changed her life, as well as Philippine fishing and export laws, and ultimately saved the gentle whale shark
In August 1910, Sir William MacKenzie whose transcontinental railway, the Canadian Northern, was then in the initial stages of construction, commissioned the writer to undertake an expedition to the East Coast of Hudson Bay to examine deposits of certain islands upon which iron ore were supposed to be located. All told I made four expeditions on Sir William's behalf, during a period of six years, along the East Coast of Hudson Bay, through the barren lands of the hitherto unexplored peninsula of Ungava, along the west coast of Ungava Bay and along the southern coast of Baffin Land. This work
The IDA is on the move-quite literally. And if you happened to be on the East Coast on June 28, you probably heard IDA members, trustees and guests marking the opening of our new East Coast office. June 28th was also an evening in HBO's annual Bryant Park outdoor screening series ( The 1999 HBO Summer Festival) . To celebrate, IDA trustee Sheila Nevins graciously hosted a reception on the terrace of the New York Public Library overlooking Bryant Park. What a great place to enjoy an early summer evening in New York! After the rousing reception, we all settled in for an outdoor screening of what