It hardly seems possible to imagine social justice advocacy without music and art. Creating at the intersection of artistic practice and social justice is an essential impulse for many artists. Whether
Barbizon Lighting has compiled a resource list of discounted or free educational opportunities and tools for our industry. If you are aware of one not listed below send an email to
Responding to the “Virus Crisis,” the Independent Writers of Chicago (IWOC) and the Chicago Creative Coalition (C3) have teamed up to come to the rescue of freelancers particularly hard hit in
“Drug fueled fights, guns a-blazing, and middle of the night visits by Robin Williams defined much of her childhood” “Director Erin Sax is a ‘Rock Star’ in more ways than
Joyce Porter is a busy and well-known actor in the Chicago film community. After receiving her M.A. in Theater from Northwestern, she had a long and satisfying career as a
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of the Oct. 13-27 Chicago International Film Festival is the “Shorts 1: City & State” program of eight films produced by Chicago / Illinois
The concept behind TV pioneer Tom Weinberg’s Media Burn Archive was simply to preserve independently produced videos. “What we’ve been doing for the past 40 years matters,” he
Chicago agencies and post houses overwhelmed last week’s International Television Awards, scoring 10 out of 12 top awards for excellence in TV commercials. The awards were held Wednesday, April 20,
ON THE HEELS of Energy BBDO losing the Bud Light business to BBDO’s flagship New
Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) — a collaboration between the Community Film Workshop and Kartemquin Films providing professional development
Media Burn — the only U.S. organization with its particular mission of preserving and access of independently produced, aristically significant work on videotape –
The doc, “Jens Jensen the Living Green,” the story of the pioneering conservationist who created many neighborhood Chicago parks, gets a
9-15 THE CHICAGO CRITICS FILM FESTIVAL the first festival programmed entirely by Chicago
Now in its tenth year, the SilverDocs Film Festival, held June 18-24 in Silver Springs, Maryland attracts 27,000 cinefiles who come to catch the world’s buzziest documentaries before they
Next September, The School of the Art Institute (SAIC) will be one of nine major institutions participating in the Sony Digital Media Academy (SDMA) that will
Maria Finitzo makes films that wrestle with complex social issues, like Terra Incognita, about how stem cells are mapped, and In The Game, how Title IX rules affect women and
INVALUABLE FUNDING ADVICE straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, will come from top-level representatives of four national foundations known for providing grant money to documentary filmmakers.
At the “Breaking
DIGITAL KITCHEN’S EXPANSION into all things digital started with the hiring of interactive heavy-hitter Jeff Brecker for the newly created position of executive producer/general manager.
A short film examining the issues of free speech while chronicling a veteran’s protest to a flag hung upside down, won the grand prize in the 2010 Illinois Humanities Council’s
The Illinois Humanities Council is seeking entries for its second annual “Looking for Democracy: How to Make It, How to Sustain It” short film/video contest.
The grand
