August 6-28: Screenings of select MTM8 films during the Scribe Video Center’s annual Street Movies event
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August 6-28: Screenings of select MTM8 films during the Scribe Video Center’s annual Street Movies event
The Scribe Video Center will be hosting screenings of numerous Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival shorts from August 6th to August 28th as part of their annual Street Movies event. The Scribe Video Center’s objective is to provide the knowledge, tools, and support necessary for both emerging and experienced media artists to pursue all aspects of successful film, video and audio production. For twelve summers, Scribe has held free outdoor screenings of independent films in vibrant public space throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This year, Scribe’s Street Movies series is featuring an exciting line-up of documentary, animated and experimental films that explore issues of environmental justice, immigration, the effects of violence on communities, militarism, policing, prisons and green modes of transportation. This year’s line-up of independent films and videos is especially notable because it features a number of short films from the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival. The schedule of Media That Matters screenings is as follows:
Wednesday, August 6
Hosted by the Walt Whitman Arts Center
Walt Whitman Arts Center, Camden
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal by Magee McIlvaine, Ben Herson & Chris Moore
Thursday, August 7
Hosted by Montesorri Genesis II School
3529 Haverford Avenue, Mantua
E-Waste Animated by Ian Lynam, Produced by Morgan Currie & Lindsay Utz, GOOD Magazine
Saturday, August 9
Hosted by Bra Buddha Ransi Temple
Mifflin Square Park
6th and Ritner Streets, South Philadelphia
A Loud Color by Brent Joseph
Thursday, August 14
Hosted by Why Not Prosper and Social Re-entry
717 E. Chelten Avenue, Germantown
Perversion of Justice by Rev. Melissa Mummert
Friday, August 15
Hosted by Newbold Neighbors Association
DiSilvestro Park
15th and Morris Streets, South Philadelphia
Hammoudi by Anwar Saab
Wednesday, August 20
Hosted by Friends Neighborhood Guild and Friends Housing Cooperative
8th Street & Fairmount Avenue, East Poplar/ Northern Liberties
A Loud Color by Brent Joseph
Thursday, August 21
Hosted by Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust
Leon H. Sullivan Human Services Bldg.
1415 N. Broad Street, North Philadelphia
Hammoudi by Anwar Saab
A Loud Color by Brent Joseph
Friday, August 22
Hosted by Jubilee School and Neighborhood Bike Works
Clark Park
43rd & Baltimore Avenue, West Philadelphia
E-Waste Animated by Ian Lynam, Produced by Morgan Currie & Lindsay Utz, GOOD Magazine
Water Warriors by Liz Miller (a short film from the Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival)
Saturday, August 23
Hosted by First African Baptist Church
16th & Christian Streets, South Philadephia
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal
by Magee McIlvaine, Ben Herson & Chris Moore
Thursday, August 28
Hosted by WPEB 88.1 FM Community Radio Station
Malcolm X Park, West Philadelphia
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal by Magee McIlvaine, Ben Herson & Chris Moore
Screenings start at 8:30 PM and include discussions about the films. Filmmakers are often in attendance.
July 24: Color of Change organizes campaign against racial smears on Fox News
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July 24: Color of Change organizes campaign against racial smears on Fox News
Color of Change is an organization devoted to ensuring that all Americans are represented, protected and served equally despite differences in race or class. Currently, more than 100,000 of their members have united in a campaign to end the racist smears on Fox News. On July 24th, after a graphic on Fox News referred to Michelle Obama as Barack’s “baby mamma,” rapper Nas joined the campaign against Fox News as well. Nas told MTV that he was also angered by the way in which Bill O’Reilley uses the term “lynching party” with regards to women. Nas and the rest of Color of Change believe that Fox’s racist slurs are not only offensive to African Americans, but to all Americans alike. With offenses like this so prevalent in today’s world, the dissemination of Media That Matters Film Festival shorts that promote a greater awareness of racism and its consequences is more important than ever. The Media That Matters Film Festival website features numerous films which expose issues of racial justice and injustice. Some examples of these include: We Were Humans, Silence Speaks, Is My Neighbor Latino?, Holla Back Dubai!., Face to Face: Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy and CopWatch from the Third Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; Books Not Bars, Day of Remembrance, and The Children of Birmingham from the Fourth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; System Failure and Something Other Than Other from the Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; A Girl Like Me, Eyes on the Fair Use of the Prize and The Rules of the Game from the Sixth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; The Apollos and Rapping at Fear from the Seventh Annual Media That Matters Film Festival; and A Loud Color, African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal, Perversion of Justice and Something’s Moving from the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival.
This Color of Change campaign against Fox News also raises questions about the inherent flaws of the news industry and the power of harmful propaganda. These sorts of media issues are also explored in several Media That Matters Film Festival Shorts, such as the Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival short The News Is What We Make It and the Fourth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival shorts Spring in Awe and Popaganda: The Art and Subversion of Ron English.
July 24 – July 27: African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal screening at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi
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July 24 – July 27: African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal screening at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi
The Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival’s award-winning documentary short, African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal will be screened at the 7th Annual National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi. This conference, which aims to clarify and further the ways that Hip Hop music can influence and spark action in local and national communities, will take place in Biloxi’s Treasure Bay Hotel from July 24th through July 27th. It includes a variety of activities and workshops on assorted facets of Hip Hop culture, the music industry, the work of the Hip Hop Congress, media coalitions, digital distribution, and ways to positively influence communities using Hip Hop. In addition, there will be nightly performances by artists on the cutting edge of independent music and special addresses by Cheri Honkala, the National Coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, and Bakari Kitwana of Rapsessions. This year’s musical performers include: DLabrie, Kamikaze, Shamako Noble, B-Girl Media/Knox Family, Silent Lambs, Darkside, Quanstar, F.E.W., and Truth Universal. A headlining performer is yet to be announced, but previous years’ performers include Blueprint, Zion I, and Jurassic 5.
This year’s Hip Hop Congress Conference is hosted by the Mississippi Artists and Producers Coalition. Hip Hop Congress President, Shamako Noble, hopes that the southern location of this year’s conference will help to build a lasting Hip Hop influence in Mississippi and connect the South to the rest of the national Hip Hop movement. He has said that he is especially excited to hold this year’s conference in the South because most Hip Hop organizations are afraid to go there. The Hip Hop Congress, a prominent and key voice in the nation’s Hip Hop activism scene, offers after school programs, cultural services for schools, and resources for artists and communities.
People interested in attending the conference can register here. Artists interested in performing at the conference can find information on submission here.
July 23: Washington, DC premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, E Street Cinema, Washington DC.
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July 23: Washington, DC premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, E Street Cinema, Washington DC.
Campus Progress, an organization devoted to helping young people make their voices heard, is hosting the Washington, DC premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival on July 23 at E Street Cinemas (555 11th Street NW). The eighth annual Festival will be shown in its entirety, and a Media That Matters staff member will be there to speak about our work and answer questions.
July 22: Screening of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, Lotus Petal Cinema, Nashville, IN; 6:00 & 8:00 PM.
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July 22: Screening of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, Lotus Petal Cinema, Nashville, IN; 6:00 & 8:00 PM.
The eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival will be screened in its entirety at Lotus Petal Cinema in Nashville, Indiana on July 22 at 6 PM and 8 PM.
Lotus Petal Cinema, an independent cinema, also recently screened the seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival.
July 10: San Francisco Premiere of the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival at BAVC, San Francisco, CA: 6:00PM – 8:00PM
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July 10: San Francisco Premiere of the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival at BAVC, San Francisco, CA: 6:00PM – 8:00PM
The Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival will be screened for free at the Bay Area Video Coalition on Thursday July 10th from 6pm to 8pm.
Media That Matters staff and possibly some filmmakers from past festivals will be in attendance to discuss the Festival and the films in this year’s collection.
BAVC was found in 1976 by a group of activists and media makers who hoped to find civic-minded, alternative ways to utilize new technology. BAVC believes that the communication of compelling stories through media is an important process for both the media maker and the audience. Therefore, it strives to provide underserved communities with media instruments, so that they may more fully participate in cultural and economic discussions. Throughout the years, BAVC’s programs have united artists, educators, low-income citizens, non-profit organizations, and media professionals in the pursuit of its admirable mission.
BAVC had been a long-time partner of Arts Engine and the Media That Matters Film Festivals. In fact, the award-winning Seventh Annual Media That Matters Film Festival documentary short, The Apollos was made by two of BAVC’s students.
BAVC is located on the corner of Mariposa and Bryant streets in the Mission/Potrero district in San Francisco.
CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon – KRS-One
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07.24.08
CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon – KRS-One
@ East River Park [Bandshell]
CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon – Grammy-nominated rapper, KRS-One is a significant figure in hip hop, often considered one of the greatest rappers to pick up a microphone. An outspoken MC, KRS-One has been a mainstay in anything hip hop over the last 15 years. Hip-Hop Lives, his 2007 collaboration with fellow veteran, Marley Marl, met with positive reviews. Adventures in Emceein and Conflosation with Buckshot, are KRS-One’s most recent releases.
Event Information:
Thursday, July 24, 2008
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
All Ages
cover: FREE
music: Hip Hop
Contact Email:
summer@orchardstrategies.com
Venue Information:
East River Park [Bandshell]
631 E 9th St.
FDR Drive between Montgomery St. to East 12th St – LES [Bus access: M14A/D, M22]
New York, NY
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Links:
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/index1.asp
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org
Free Zimbabwe March in DC!
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FREE ZIMBABWE MARCH AT THE ZIMBABWEAN EMBASSY
TRANSAFRICA FORUM and the COALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS
Call to Action
JUSTICE FOR ZIMBABWE
Monday, July 21, 2008 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The Embassy of Zimbabwe 18th Street and New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC
The people of Zimbabwe have been betrayed, by the government that claims to represent them and by Western governments that claim to support their desires for economic development and democracy. Post-independence promises made by the international community were not kept; the imposition of economic structural adjustment policies further entrenched inequality and reversed the initial gains made by the country. Internally, corruption, government mis-management, military excesses, and poor economic decisions have furthered the country’s multiple social and economic crises. Today, after an illegitimate presidential runoff the country stands in economic ruin, wide spread political violence continues, and the only way forward is through a national dialogue and a political negotiation. Please join us in our standing with the people of Zimbabwe in their call for change!
Co-Sponsored by:
A. Philip Randolph Institute; AFL-CIO; Africa Action; Foreign Policy in Focus;
Metropolitan Washington, AFL-CIO; Priority Africa Network
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
TransAfrica Forum 1629 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-223-1960 ext .137
info@transafricaforum.org/www.transafricaforum.org
Please join us!
Waaw Band Live at Rose!
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The WAAW Band preforms original M’Balax Music direct from the streets of Dakar, Senegal….”Pure & Tuff!”
Rose Live Music
Saturday, July 19th, 10pm
345 Grand St (btw Havermeyer and Marcy)
Brooklyn//Williamsburg, NY 11211
**L train to Bedford, G to Metropolitan, J to Marcy
Everybody say WAAW WAAW!
WAAW Band will be doing a special performance in Brooklyn this Saturday, 7/19 at Rose Live Music as the show will be recorded for a forthcoming live CD! So come on out and yell really loud so you can hear yourself on it when its released! Rose is one of our favorite places to play, with great ambiance, food and wine bar downstairs and as always, drink specials! The show will start at 10pm and WAAW Band will perform 2 blistering sets of original Mbalax, funk and Reggae. Our main man, DJ Ben Herson of Nomadic Wax and African Underground productions will keep the night bouncing before and after, spinning the best in Global Hip-hop and music from around the world. Please look at the attached flyers and the details below for more information. Hope to see you there!
Jerejeff,
WAAW Band
www.myspace.com/thewaawband
WAAW Band is:
Thierno Camara (Bass, vocals)
Mahanta Faye (drumkit)
Arona N’Diaye (Marimba Keyboards)
Raja Kassis (Guitar)
Samba Guisse (Sabar, Talking Drum)
Passport Fridays – BRAZIL
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Passport Fridays – BRAZIL
Friday, July 18, 6:30 – 10 pm
MUSIC: Blending banging beats with sharp lyrics, Eli Efi & Laylo bring forth the best of Brazilian Hip Hop. Eli Efi hails from Sao Paulo, and founded the legendary rap group DMN. Now with Laylo, a Domincana DJ, activist, and filmmaker from the Bronx, they bring hip hop back to a place where MCs rocked alongside DJs to move the crowd but with an international flavor with Eli Efi rhyming in Portuguese and Laylo always finding a way to blend some Samba or Salsa into the brew.
DANCE: Carioca Capoeira & Samba Group featuring Mestre Cariaoca, Mestre Bom Jesus and Mestre Ariranha in a presentation of live Brazilian martial arts, music, and dance.
FILM: Antonia (Tata Amaral, Brazil, 2006, 90 min, Portuguese with English ST)
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities … until they discover that out of struggle comes strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
Preceded by trailer to Estilo Hip Hop, a documentary directed by DJ Laylo, which chronicles the revolutionary Hip Hop movements of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Cuba. Funded in part by the ITVS, it will air nationally on PBS in 2008. Co-presented by Nomadic Wax and Cinema Tropical.
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