Visual Media, Technology & Health

This blog offers a discussion of the possibilities of visual media and technology for health,education, communication and political action. Periodically, this blog is a collaborative effort with graduate students in public health at Hunter College, some of whom serve as guest bloggers and some of whom create their own blogs.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Opportunities Abound ~

Opportunities abound for both seeing and creating documentaries and new media projects. Here are few that have come to my attention recently:

  • Health Reform Video Challenge - President Obama wants you....to create a video.  Seriously, he does.   This is the challenge: "Create the best 30 second video you can that makes the case for passing health insurance reform in 2009."  Interested?  Here are the official rules.  I would love to see a submission from our class. 
  • Stranger than Fiction (STF) - STF is a documentary series at IFC Center, and it is launching its' 11th year.  This is a great chance to see documentaries screened in a theater, often with filmmakers present afterward for Q&A.  I hope to see you there!
  • Get in on the ground floor - Check the notice I posted on Blackboard about the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of work on a doc about desegregation in health care with a professor here at Hunter.   Really, someone needs to do this. 
  • Maysles Institute - The Maysles brothers are the filmmakers that brought us "Grey Gardens" (among other films), and we're fortunate that the surviving brother lives here in New York.  Check out the Maysles Institute and their ongoing film series uptown, at the Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd / Lenox Ave (Between 127th and 128th Streets).   A treasure of an institution - not to be missed.
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