FESTIVAL NEWS
July 17: Screening of numerous Media That Matters Film Festival shorts at Netroots Nation 2008 in Austin, Texas
The third annual Netroots Nation gathering will be held from July 17 to July 20 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. As part of the progressive film screening component of its program, numerous short films from the Media That Matters Film Festival will be screened on Thursday July 17th at 3PM. This screening will feature: Hammoudi, A Loud Color, Perversion of Justice, Diana, and Every Third Bite from the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; Still Standing from the Seventh Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; Permission and Slip of the Tongue from the Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; and Battleground Minnesota from the Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival. Angela Tucker, a representative from Arts Engine's Production Department, will be in attendance as a panelist at this screening.
Netroots Nation is a three-day event that celebrates the best in progressive visual media and examines new tools with which progressive activists, candidates and officeholders can communicate their messages. This event amplifies the nation's most prominent progressive voices by providing venues for the exchange of ideas and instructing key thinkers on ways in which they can better wield technology to affect the public debate. For three years, this event has sparked action, fortified community and developed progressive ideas with the potential to create positive social change. In addition to screening numerous shorts from the Media That Matters Film Festival, Netroots Nation 2008 includes four days of discussions, regional and identity issue caucuses, panels, issue and policy-oriented keynote speakers, a progressive film screening series and media events.
By, Christina Capatides
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