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THIS WEEK AT DCTV 12/8 - 12/15
Dec 11, 2006 11:39AM
DCTV WILL BE CLOSED for the holidays: December 16th - January 1st
NEW SPRING WORKSHOPS will be posted on our website next week.
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Join us for DCTV Presents: A “MADE AT DCTV” screening of
TAKING THE HILL
Tuesday, December 12th @ DCTV’s Studio
Reception @ 7pm, Screening @ 8pm
Q&A with Producers/Directors Brent & Craig Renaud to follow
In November 2006, more than 50 veterans of the U.S. armed forces from around the country competed for seats in Congress. Since WWII, never have so many veterans run for national office at the same time. The award-winning, DCTV Productions filmmaking team of Brent and Craig Renaud (OFF TO WAR, DOPE SICK LOVE) followed five of these candidates, most with no prior political experience or aspirations, who chose political action as a means to further answer the call of service to their country. TAKING THE HILL is about a group of outsiders fighting political battles, motivated by a desire to serve their country — this time not by going to war, but by going to Washington, D.C.
United by their shared disagreement with the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war, and their dismay with continued cuts to veterans' programs back home, candidates including Eric Massa, Rick Bolanos, and Tammy Duckworth, fight their respective political battles. They are self-described “underdogs,” "no-name, no-money" candidates. Nevertheless, they believe they have what it takes to win.
Also featured are many prominent personalities, with whom the candidates come into contact with during their Congressional campaigns. This list includes President Bill Clinton, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, and triple amputee and Vietnam veteran, Sen. Max Cleland, who serves as a mentor to some.
TAKING THE HILL premieres on Discovery-Times at 9pm this same evening. But DCTV will screen the film without commercial interruption, with a reception beforehand and a Q&A to follow. We are also hoping to have two of the candidates that are followed in the film, to be in attendance with us.
So please be our guests. Admission is FREE. All are welcome to this important screening.
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APPLICATION AVAILABLE NOW!
PRO-TV’s MEDIA FELLOWS
Downtown Community Television Center has been providing youth video training for over thirty years through its Professional Television (PRO-TV) Youth Media Productions program.
We offer students an opportunity to work intensely with an instructor working in the media field. Students learn different storytelling styles and are able to take their skills into the professional media world.
PRO-TV has won two Student Emmy's and garnered awards from international and national festivals such as Sundance Film Festival, Hot Springs Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival, and ACTUA Short Film Festival, etc.
If you are a teen or know of a teen interested in producing documentaries, learning video technology and would like to tell stories about your community, please apply now.
Eligibility: A freshman or sophomore in High School, able to attend weekday and weekend classes, can commit to a two-year program
To learn more and download the application, visit http://www.dctvny.org/PROGRAMS/apps.html
For a mailed application please email protv@dctvny.org
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DCTV INTERNS WANTED
APPLICATIONS DUE: January 12th, 2007
If you’d like to be part of a real live community of independent media producers, a DCTV Internship is a great opportunity. We are currently seeking interns for Winter/Spring 2007 to assist us in many of our departments. DCTV Interns work 2-days-per-week (10am - 6pm, Monday - Friday) for approximately 16 weeks.
To check out more about our Internship Program and all that it has to offer, and information on how to apply, go to http://www.dctvny.org/ABOUT/internships.html
***
CALL FOR ENTRIES
DOCU-JAM: A YOUTH DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Early Submission postmarked by December 15th, 2006 - $5 per entry
Late Submission postmarked by January 15th, 2007 - $7 per entry
The 7th Annual Docu-Jam is a unique youth documentary showcase presented each year in May by Downtown Community Television Center in association with the Museum of Television & Radio, as part of our commitment to the documentary form. We seek outstanding documentaries produced by young people nationwide that will be screened and discussed in a public seminar and become part of the Museum’s permanent collection.
Docu-Jam will be curated by Pro-’TV youth, a media program here at DCTV.
Entries must meet the following criteria:
+ Filmmakers must be 21 years old or younger
+ Documentaries must be less than 20 minutes in length
+ Documentaries must have been completed after September 1, 2005
+ Entries are limited to three tapes per organization/group/school
+ Entries must be in VHS or DVD format.
+ A submission form must accompany each tape/DVD.
Download the submission form at: http://www.dctvny.org/PROGRAMS/protv/docujam_2007.html
Please send entries to:
Attn: Docu-Jam/Pro-TV
Downtown Community Television Center
87 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013
For more info, please contact:
Rebekah Fisk, The Museum of Television & Radio
212-621-6663
rfisk@mtr.org
or email: docujam@dctvny.org
NEW SPRING WORKSHOPS will be posted on our website next week.
***
Join us for DCTV Presents: A “MADE AT DCTV” screening of
TAKING THE HILL
Tuesday, December 12th @ DCTV’s Studio
Reception @ 7pm, Screening @ 8pm
Q&A with Producers/Directors Brent & Craig Renaud to follow
In November 2006, more than 50 veterans of the U.S. armed forces from around the country competed for seats in Congress. Since WWII, never have so many veterans run for national office at the same time. The award-winning, DCTV Productions filmmaking team of Brent and Craig Renaud (OFF TO WAR, DOPE SICK LOVE) followed five of these candidates, most with no prior political experience or aspirations, who chose political action as a means to further answer the call of service to their country. TAKING THE HILL is about a group of outsiders fighting political battles, motivated by a desire to serve their country — this time not by going to war, but by going to Washington, D.C.
United by their shared disagreement with the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war, and their dismay with continued cuts to veterans' programs back home, candidates including Eric Massa, Rick Bolanos, and Tammy Duckworth, fight their respective political battles. They are self-described “underdogs,” "no-name, no-money" candidates. Nevertheless, they believe they have what it takes to win.
Also featured are many prominent personalities, with whom the candidates come into contact with during their Congressional campaigns. This list includes President Bill Clinton, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, and triple amputee and Vietnam veteran, Sen. Max Cleland, who serves as a mentor to some.
TAKING THE HILL premieres on Discovery-Times at 9pm this same evening. But DCTV will screen the film without commercial interruption, with a reception beforehand and a Q&A to follow. We are also hoping to have two of the candidates that are followed in the film, to be in attendance with us.
So please be our guests. Admission is FREE. All are welcome to this important screening.
***
APPLICATION AVAILABLE NOW!
PRO-TV’s MEDIA FELLOWS
Downtown Community Television Center has been providing youth video training for over thirty years through its Professional Television (PRO-TV) Youth Media Productions program.
We offer students an opportunity to work intensely with an instructor working in the media field. Students learn different storytelling styles and are able to take their skills into the professional media world.
PRO-TV has won two Student Emmy's and garnered awards from international and national festivals such as Sundance Film Festival, Hot Springs Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival, and ACTUA Short Film Festival, etc.
If you are a teen or know of a teen interested in producing documentaries, learning video technology and would like to tell stories about your community, please apply now.
Eligibility: A freshman or sophomore in High School, able to attend weekday and weekend classes, can commit to a two-year program
To learn more and download the application, visit http://www.dctvny.org/PROGRAMS/apps.html
For a mailed application please email protv@dctvny.org
***
DCTV INTERNS WANTED
APPLICATIONS DUE: January 12th, 2007
If you’d like to be part of a real live community of independent media producers, a DCTV Internship is a great opportunity. We are currently seeking interns for Winter/Spring 2007 to assist us in many of our departments. DCTV Interns work 2-days-per-week (10am - 6pm, Monday - Friday) for approximately 16 weeks.
To check out more about our Internship Program and all that it has to offer, and information on how to apply, go to http://www.dctvny.org/ABOUT/internships.html
***
CALL FOR ENTRIES
DOCU-JAM: A YOUTH DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Early Submission postmarked by December 15th, 2006 - $5 per entry
Late Submission postmarked by January 15th, 2007 - $7 per entry
The 7th Annual Docu-Jam is a unique youth documentary showcase presented each year in May by Downtown Community Television Center in association with the Museum of Television & Radio, as part of our commitment to the documentary form. We seek outstanding documentaries produced by young people nationwide that will be screened and discussed in a public seminar and become part of the Museum’s permanent collection.
Docu-Jam will be curated by Pro-’TV youth, a media program here at DCTV.
Entries must meet the following criteria:
+ Filmmakers must be 21 years old or younger
+ Documentaries must be less than 20 minutes in length
+ Documentaries must have been completed after September 1, 2005
+ Entries are limited to three tapes per organization/group/school
+ Entries must be in VHS or DVD format.
+ A submission form must accompany each tape/DVD.
Download the submission form at: http://www.dctvny.org/PROGRAMS/protv/docujam_2007.html
Please send entries to:
Attn: Docu-Jam/Pro-TV
Downtown Community Television Center
87 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013
For more info, please contact:
Rebekah Fisk, The Museum of Television & Radio
212-621-6663
rfisk@mtr.org
or email: docujam@dctvny.org
The New York Times: Army Concerned About HBO War Film
Dec 11, 2006 09:46AM
By EDWARD WYATT
Published: May 14, 2006
Senior Army officials have scaled back their planned participation in an advance screening of a documentary about an Army combat Support Hospital in Baghdad out of concern that its grim medical scenes could demoralize soldiers and their families and negatively affect public opinion about the war, Army officials said Friday.
Two senior Army officers, who were granted anonymity to publicly discuss the private deliberations of Army leaders, said the secretary of the Army, Francis J. Harvey, had declined to attend the screening by HBO, scheduled for Monday night at the National Museum of American History in Washington.
High-ranking military officers, including Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, who is the Army chief of staff, and Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the surgeon general of the Army, had been expected to attend the screening but now will not, people involved in preparations for the event said.
The documentary, titled “Baghdad ER,” chronicles two months at the 86th Combat Support Hospital, where filmmakers were given broad access to follow doctors, nurses, medics and others as they treated soldiers wounded by roadside bombs and in combat. As one nurse, Specialist Saidet Lanier, says in the film: “This is hardcore, raw, uncut trauma. Day after day, every day.”
The Army officials said that concerns about the documentary – which includes footage of an amputation and of wounded soldiers undergoing surgery and, in some cases, dying – were also raised by the wives of top Army officers who had seen the film.
“Given the subject matter, it’s not something you’re going to cheer at the end,” said one senior Army official.
Richard L. Plepler, an executive vice president at HBO, said the screening would take place as planned on Monday, but he said he expected far fewer people to attend than the 300 or so that Army officials told him to expect after an initial screening at the Pentagon.
“We had discussed a larger degree of participation from senior members of the Army when we first visited the Pentagon in March,” Mr. Plepler said. “One retired general who was there told us the film ‘captured the soul of the United States Army.’ Therefore, we’re a little surprised by the change in plans.”
Paul Boyce, a public affairs specialist at the Pentagon, said the screening on Monday was planned as a tribute to the medical personnel featured in the film and did not require the participation of senior Army officials.
Several doctors featured in the film are planning to attend the screening, Mr. Boyce said.
A screening has also been scheduled at Fort Campbell, Ky., where the 86th Combat Support Hospital is based, and the documentary has been sent to medical teams at about 20 other bases for screenings.
The film, directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill, will be shown May 21 on HBO.
HBO has been promoting the documentary as a tribute to the heroism of the soldiers and medical personnel who are shown working under severe stress. But the producers acknowledge that its harrowing scenes could be interpreted differently. “Anything showing the grim realities of war is, in an sense, antiwar,” said Sheila Nevins, president of HBO’s documentary and family unit. “In that way, the film is a sort of Rorschach test. You see in it what you bring to it.”
David S. Cloud and Eric Schmitt contributed reporting for this article.
Army Concerned About HBO War Film
Published: May 14, 2006
Senior Army officials have scaled back their planned participation in an advance screening of a documentary about an Army combat Support Hospital in Baghdad out of concern that its grim medical scenes could demoralize soldiers and their families and negatively affect public opinion about the war, Army officials said Friday.
Two senior Army officers, who were granted anonymity to publicly discuss the private deliberations of Army leaders, said the secretary of the Army, Francis J. Harvey, had declined to attend the screening by HBO, scheduled for Monday night at the National Museum of American History in Washington.
High-ranking military officers, including Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, who is the Army chief of staff, and Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the surgeon general of the Army, had been expected to attend the screening but now will not, people involved in preparations for the event said.
The documentary, titled “Baghdad ER,” chronicles two months at the 86th Combat Support Hospital, where filmmakers were given broad access to follow doctors, nurses, medics and others as they treated soldiers wounded by roadside bombs and in combat. As one nurse, Specialist Saidet Lanier, says in the film: “This is hardcore, raw, uncut trauma. Day after day, every day.”
The Army officials said that concerns about the documentary – which includes footage of an amputation and of wounded soldiers undergoing surgery and, in some cases, dying – were also raised by the wives of top Army officers who had seen the film.
“Given the subject matter, it’s not something you’re going to cheer at the end,” said one senior Army official.
Richard L. Plepler, an executive vice president at HBO, said the screening would take place as planned on Monday, but he said he expected far fewer people to attend than the 300 or so that Army officials told him to expect after an initial screening at the Pentagon.
“We had discussed a larger degree of participation from senior members of the Army when we first visited the Pentagon in March,” Mr. Plepler said. “One retired general who was there told us the film ‘captured the soul of the United States Army.’ Therefore, we’re a little surprised by the change in plans.”
Paul Boyce, a public affairs specialist at the Pentagon, said the screening on Monday was planned as a tribute to the medical personnel featured in the film and did not require the participation of senior Army officials.
Several doctors featured in the film are planning to attend the screening, Mr. Boyce said.
A screening has also been scheduled at Fort Campbell, Ky., where the 86th Combat Support Hospital is based, and the documentary has been sent to medical teams at about 20 other bases for screenings.
The film, directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill, will be shown May 21 on HBO.
HBO has been promoting the documentary as a tribute to the heroism of the soldiers and medical personnel who are shown working under severe stress. But the producers acknowledge that its harrowing scenes could be interpreted differently. “Anything showing the grim realities of war is, in an sense, antiwar,” said Sheila Nevins, president of HBO’s documentary and family unit. “In that way, the film is a sort of Rorschach test. You see in it what you bring to it.”
David S. Cloud and Eric Schmitt contributed reporting for this article.
Army Concerned About HBO War Film
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In 'Baghdad ER,' the War Is Brought In, Stretcher by Stretcher
Dec 06, 2006 03:02PM
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Published: May 20, 2006
At one point in the documentary "Baghdad ER," on HBO tomorrow night, the camera finds a young emergency room doctor making his way into the 86th Combat Support Hospital with the tempered expedience of someone about to catch his evening train. "We're off shift, we just actually came back from the gym," the doctor, James Hill, reports. "We had a call on our cellphone telling us we had some casualties coming in, they didn't know how many. We ran back five blocks from the gym, and, uh, to get back to the E.R. and take care of business." The business of the E.R. at the Army's central medical facility in Iraq is a business of immeasurable horror. Limbs are routinely removed, shrapnel extracted from innards and eye sockets, blood mopped and remopped from the floor like spilled water in a taxed kitchen. Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, "Baghdad ER," which chronicles two months in the life of the hospital, is as intimate a depiction of the war's miseries as we have seen. And it has arrived as a news event in itself. Full NY Times Article
Published: May 20, 2006
At one point in the documentary "Baghdad ER," on HBO tomorrow night, the camera finds a young emergency room doctor making his way into the 86th Combat Support Hospital with the tempered expedience of someone about to catch his evening train. "We're off shift, we just actually came back from the gym," the doctor, James Hill, reports. "We had a call on our cellphone telling us we had some casualties coming in, they didn't know how many. We ran back five blocks from the gym, and, uh, to get back to the E.R. and take care of business." The business of the E.R. at the Army's central medical facility in Iraq is a business of immeasurable horror. Limbs are routinely removed, shrapnel extracted from innards and eye sockets, blood mopped and remopped from the floor like spilled water in a taxed kitchen. Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill, "Baghdad ER," which chronicles two months in the life of the hospital, is as intimate a depiction of the war's miseries as we have seen. And it has arrived as a news event in itself. Full NY Times Article
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