FESTIVAL NEWS
May 30: Tickets to Festival Premiere Available Now!
Join us for the World Premiere of the seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival. Be among the first to see the 16, inspiring short films we selected this year. There will be take action tables, give aways and a chance to meet the festival filmmakers! Seventh Annual Media That Matters Film Festival World Premiere May 30, 2007 7 pm IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd street New York, NY $11 Buy Your Tickets at movietickets.com!Published on May 30, 2007
Seventh Annual Media That Matters Film Festival: Complete Lineup
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL FILM LINEUP Congratulations to the final sixteen films selected for this year's Media That Matters Film Festival. Join us as we celebrate their visions and stories! GARBAGE DREAMS Egypt | 2006 | 8:05 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Mai Iskander Egypt�s resident garbage recyclers, the Zaballeen, struggle as Cairo modernizes its waste disposal system. SUSTAINABILITY AWARD RAPPING AT FEAR Colombia | 2006 | 6:44 | Documentary | Directed by Andres Tabares, Produced by Listen Up! & Polimorfo In Andr�s Tabares' barrio in Colombia, "social cleansing" groups wage war. When this thirteen-year-old raps against violence, people listen. SPEAK THE PEACE AWARD SPONSORED BY GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS FOUNDATION STILL STANDING USA | 2006 | 7:44 | Documentary | Directed & Produced the Educational Video Center's Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) Program Ms. Gertrude returns to what remains of her New Orleans home and fights to rebuild what she can in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. JURY AWARD SUPPORTED BY ADOBE YOUTH VOICES THE APOLLOS USA | 2006 | 6:00 | Documentary | Directed by Nick Parker & Jazmin Jones, Produced by BAVC Meet the trailblazing students who, over twenty years ago, fought to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. FAIR USE AWARD SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SOVEREIGN NATION / SOVEREIGN NEIGHBOR USA | 2006 | 7:00 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Kendall Moore The Narragansett tribe defends its sovereignty only to encounter violent resistance and entrenched misunderstanding from their home state of Rhode Island. INDEPENDENCE AWARD RIGHTS ON THE LINE: VIGILANTES AT THE BORDER USA | 2005 | 3:55 | Documentary | Produced by American Friends Service Committee, ACLU and WITNESS What happens when people cross the line? Vigilantes take the law into their own hands on the U.S.-Mexican border. IMMIGRATION AWARD SPONSORED BY SEIU POWER UP Australia | 2006 | 1:39 | Animation / Mix | Directed & Produced by Sverre Fredriksen "Bomber Man" strikes again! Who will stop him this time? CHANGEMAKER AWARD SPONSORED BY WORKING FILMS MASSACRE AT MURAMBI Rwanda & USA | 2007 | 5:10 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Sam Kauffmann Does the way we respond to the genocide in Rwanda predict our response to Darfur? GLOBAL JUSTICE AWARD BY-STANDING: THE BEGINNING OF AN AMERICAN LIFETIME USA | 2006 | 5:00 | Spoken Word | Directed by Karen Lin, Produced by Karin Chien Kelly Tsai speaks truth to power as she raises her voice against war and complacency. WAR AND PEACE AWARD SPONSORED BY NETFLIX GRACE USA | 2006 | 3:12 | Animation | Directed & Produced by Kathleen Hulka Three women's lives share an unwanted and violent thread. WOMEN'S JUSTICE AWARD I�M NOT A BOY USA | 2006 | 6:10 | Documentary | Directed by Julie Joyce, Produced by Listen Up! & Frame by Frame Fierce Julie Joyce is not a boy. As a transgendered youth, she just wants what all young people want � to have a positive space to live and grow. EMPOWERMENT AWARD ASHRAY USA | 2006 | 6:00 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Ambika Samarthya Affected or infected, the children of Ashray in Bombay live together as one family, despite their HIV status. GLOBAL HEALTH AWARD SPONSORED BY THE GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION TYTT�NEN (THE YOUNG GIRL) Germany | 2006 | 5:03 | Narrative | Directed by Fabian Giessler, Produced by Mika Pettissalo A woman, trapped by time and age, searches for freedom in her childhood memories. SEEDS OF TOLERANCE AWARD SUPPORTED BY THIRD MILLENIUM FOUNDATION THE FINAL FRONTIER: EXPLORERS OR WARRIORS? USA | 2006 | 8:10 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Trace Gaynor & Stephen Sotor Two teens from Chicago ask senators, scientists and science fiction fans: Could space be the new battleground? THE NEXT GENERATION AWARD SUPERSTAR USA | 2006 | 6:15 | Documentary | Directed by Naiquan Greene, Produced by Reel Works Teen Filmmaking With the support and guidance of his family, nothing will stop Naiquan from becoming a superstar. EMERGING VOICE AWARD SUPPORTED BY THE N THE FARM SANCTUARY USA | 2006 | 5:31 | Documentary | Directed & Produced by Fly Up Media & the Students of Saint Ignatius Fifth graders from the Bronx go upstate to meet rescued farm animals and try out veganism, at least for the weekend. GOOD FOOD AWARD SUPPORTED BY W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION HONORABLE MENTION OUTLAWED: EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION, TORTURE AND DISAPPEARANCES IN THE "WAR ON TERROR" USA | 2006 | 4:41 | Documentary | Produced by WITNESS in association with fourteen other human rights groups worldwide Are there any limits to injustice when innocent people are taken into custody in the name of freedom?Published on May 29, 2007
MAY 30: seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival World Premiere
Join us for the World Premiere of the seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival. Be among the first to see the 16, inspiring short films we selected this year. There will be take action tables, give aways and a chance to meet the festival filmmakers! Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7pm IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue (at West 3rd Street) New York, NY Buy Your Tickets Today at movietickets.com! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// AWARDS CEREMONY & MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE WORKSHOP We will also be honoring winning films and filmmakers dedicated to social change at HBO Headquarters May 31, 2007. Co-hosted by the International Center for Tolerance and Education will be connecting filmmakers, educators, young people and non-profit organizations through our outreach and impact workshop on June 1, 2007. Contact us for more detailsPublished on May 29, 2007
Student Outreach Journal: A Girl Like Me
"I am happy that this film has been able to reach so many people, especially as a short film and a youth-made film — two aspects that usually work to a film's disadvantage. In this case, these were its greatest strengths."— Kiri Davis, director of A Girl Like Me Read the full outreach journal at MediaRights.org.
Published on May 28, 2007
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