Film&Arts: McDonald & Dodds, drama criminal y humor llegan con la serie británica todos los jueves a partir del 9 de mayo a las 22:00 horas
Cuando de realizar el trabajo se trata, se puede decir que preferimos trabajar solos pero es menester reconocer que no siempre es así, no siempre ha sido así, y si de algo estamos orgullosos es de trabajar siempre con los mejores, porque tal es la experiencia que nos deja el resultado, pues no solo complementamos labores sino que aprendemos algo, siempre, ya sea de quienes nos aventajan en horas…
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Episode- 67 Sandow Birk
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In this episode, Jason spoke with Sandow Birk over the phone. Sandow approaches his themes and subject matter like gang violence, war, political and social issues through his painting, drawing, printmaking, film and sculpture. They talk about his humble beginnings in art, what his work says about his ideas and what challenges he faces doing socially…
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San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival 2024
SLO (that’s what the local’s call it), pulled out all the stops for their 30th annual Film Festival.
It wasn’t a difficult decision to drive 4 hours down the coast from San Francisco for a double bill of films and touristing.
First stop, Hotel Granada. Cue angels singing! Yep, made the right choice. Beautiful architecture, tons of exposed brick, friendly staff, art, restaurant, free parking,…
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Two MIT films nominated for New England Emmy Awards
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Two MIT films nominated for New England Emmy Awards
Two films produced by MIT were honored with Emmy nominations by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Boston/New England Chapter. Both “We Are the Forest” and “No Drop to Spare” illustrate international conversations the MIT community is having about the environment and climate change.
“We Are the Forest,” produced by MIT Video Productions (MVP) at MIT Open Learning, was one of six nominees in the Education/Schools category. The documentary highlights the cultural and scientific exchange of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, MIT Wind Ensemble, and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble in the Brazilian Amazon. The excursion depicted in the film was part of the ongoing work of Frederick Harris Jr., MIT director of wind and jazz ensembles and senior lecturer in music, to combine Brazilian music and environmental research.
“No Drop to Spare,” created by the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), was nominated in the Environment/Science and Video Essayist categories. The film, produced by John Freidah, MechE senior producer and creative lead, follows a team of researchers from the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center working in Kenya, Morocco, and Jordan to deploy affordable, user-driven smart irrigation technology.
“We Are the Forest” tells the story of 80 MIT student musicians who traveled to Manaus, Brazil in March 2023. Together with Indigenous Brazilian musicians and activists, the students played music, created instruments with found objects from the rainforest, and connected their musical practice to nature and culture. The trip and the documentary culminated with the concert “Hearing Amazônia: Art and Resistance.”
“We have an amazing team who are excited to tell the stories of so many great things that happen at MIT,” says Clayton Hainsworth, director for MVP. “It’s a true pleasure when we get to partner with the Institute’s community on these video projects — from Fred [Harris], with his desire for outreach of the music curriculum, giving students new perspectives and getting beyond the lab; to students getting to experience the world and seeing how that affects their next steps as they go out and make an impact.”
The documentary was produced by Hainsworth, directed by Jean Dunoyer, staff editor at MVP, and filmed by Myles Lowery, field production videographer at MVP. Hainsworth credits Dunoyer with refining the story’s main themes: the universality of music as a common human language, and the ways that Indigenous communities can teach and inform the rest of the globe about the environment and the challenges we are all facing.
“The film highlights the reach of how MIT touches the world and, more importantly, how the world touches MIT,” says Hainsworth, adding that the work was generously supported by A. Neil Pappalardo ’64 and Jane Pappalardo.
“No Drop to Spare” evoked a similar sentiment from Freidah. “What I liked about this story was the potential for great impact,” says Freidah, discussing the MechE film’s production process. “It was global, it was being piloted in three different places in the world, with three different end users, and had three different applications. You sort of go in with an idea in mind of what the story might be, then things bubble up. In this story, as with so many stories, what rose to the top was the students and the impact they were having on the real world and end users.”
Freidah has worked with Amos Winter SM ’05, PhD ’11, associate professor of mechanical engineering and MIT GEAR Center principal investigator, to highlight other impact global projects in the past, including producing a video in 2016. That film, “Water is Life,” explores the development of low-cost desalination systems in India.
While the phrase “it’s an honor to be nominated” might seem cliched, it remains often used because the sentiment almost always rings true. Although neither film triumphed at this year’s awards ceremony, Freidah says there’s much to be celebrated in the final product.
“Seeing the effect this piece had, and how it highlighted our students, that’s the success story — but it’s always nice also to receive recognition from outside.”
The 47th Boston/New England Emmy Awards Ceremony took place on June 8 at the Marriott Boston Copley Place. A list of nominees and winners can be found on the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Boston/New England Chapter website.
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Support Our #creatives® News: We Received Awards at the 2024 World Music & Independent Film Festival
Randy Greenstein and I attended the 15th World Music & Independent Film Festival in May 2024, hosted by June Daguiso. There were many fine works screened at the film festival; and at the Gala there was a fashion show, musical entertainment, and of co[...]
Randy Greenstein and I attended the 15th World Music & Independent Film Festival in May 2024, hosted by June Daguiso. There were many fine works screened at the film festival; and at the Gala there was a fashion show, musical entertainment, and of course, awards and honors! This post highlights my recognition, and those of two colleagues I work with through my organization Support Our…
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