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    Screenings & Events

    Sunday, Feb 24 - 7:30pm

    Listening in: The Shadows

    with Kaitlin Prest, Mooj Zadie and Bianca Giaever

    How to make radio drama that's way too personal but also very very good & "real."

    Thursday, Feb 28 - 7:30pm

    This Shaking Keeps Me Steady

    with Shehrezad Maher & Mariam Ghani

    First responders reflect on violent events, while crime re-enactors perform victim, perpetrator, and witness for Pakistani TV.

    Thursday, Mar 7 - 7:30pm

    Frisco Grit: Baldwin Selects Other Cinema

    with Craig Baldwin

    FRISCO GRIT ~ WIT ~ CRIT

    Thursday, Mar 14 - 7:30pm

    TAKE IT DOWN!

    with Sabine Gruffat, Bill Brown, & Sarah Christman

    North Carolina-based filmmakers Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat investigate new audiovisual languages for describing and deciphering life in the American South.

    Sunday, Mar 31 - 7:30pm

    There is a Gaze Thrust Upon Me

    with Joiri Minaya & Mathilde Walker-Billaud

    An examination of tropical pattern design and its roots in exploitation and labor.
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    Workshops & Labs

    Friday, Feb 22 - Sunday, Feb 24

    For Shorts’ Sake

    Led by Jeff Seelbach

    An intensive dedicated to short form storytelling.

    Saturday, Mar 2 - Sunday, Mar 3

    RADIO BOOT CAMP

    With Sally Herships

    Friday, Mar 8 - Sunday, Mar 10

    Resurrecting Reality: Animating Non-Fiction

    Led by Kelly Gallagher

    A workshop that will explore and expand the radical potential of non-fiction animation

    Friday, Mar 22 - Sunday, Mar 24

    Reality in the Making: Documentary and Performance

    Led by Lynne Sachs

    An Intensive Dedicated to Investigating the Confluence of Performance and Documentary

    Friday, Apr 12 - Sunday, Apr 14

    Sound Ethnographies

    Led by Amanda Gutierrez

    A three-day intensive on the theory and practice of sound for non-fiction media.
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    Productions

    Say Something Bunny!

    An immersive performance based on an unforgettable amateur audio recording made over 60 years ago.

    Living Los Sures

    An expansive documentary project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    Documenting Mythologies

    A simple escape from the city becomes the frame for a series of collaborative video essays.

    Inductive Thread

    An investigation of myth in contemporary society

    The Commons Berlin

    The Commons describes the space where private spheres intersect - where the relationship of the one to the many, the individual to the collective, is negotiated.

    The Commons Radio

    A monthly series broadcast on WKCR 89.9 fm in 2005.
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    SAY SOMETHING BUNNY!

     

    An immersive performance based on an unforgettable amateur audio recording made over 60 years ago.

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    News
    • Info sessions on NYSCA funding – 2/21 and 2/28
    • Minding the Gap in NYC: Preview and Panel Discussion 2/15
    • Oral History Summer School: Mini-Intensive at Verso Books
    • Call for Filmmakers: Good Pitch USA – Deadline 2/21/19
    • Host a Screening, Event, or Party at UnionDocs!
    • Applications open for Forecast Forum- Deadline 3/1/2019
    • Applications open for Workspace Residency at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Arts Center; Deadline- 2/16/2019
    • Applications open for ESoDoc – European Social Documentary 2019! Deadline: 2/8/2019
    • Tickets Available for Independent Fundraising Webinar with Debra Zimmerman 1/30/19
    • Oscars Documentary Spotlight screenings
    • Funding Opportunity for New York State Media Artists – Deadline 1/15
    • Rooftop Films Summer Series Submission Discount – Deadline 2/15
    • Nationwide Call for Docs-in-Progress on Environmental Issues for Docs In The City – Deadline 1/18
    • Summer Lab alum Mila Turajlic's film "The Other Side of Everything" screens at MoMA 12/28!
    • Say hello 👋 and welcome #CoLAB19 fellow Lesley Steele [@quiet.conqueror], who will be taking over our account for the next few days! Lesley is a dedicated visual storyteller with a background in video & film production and digital design. Originally a New York City native from The Bronx, Lesley obtained a BFA in Design Technology from Parsons The New School for Design and Masters in Directing from The School of Visual Arts. She writes, directs and produces various forms of video for emerging platforms. Heavily inspired by Avant Garde filmmaking and experimental filmmakers, Lesley explores combining mediums and creating new meaning through exploration of form. A devoted vintage camera collector, Lesley shoots 16mm, Super8mm and other analog and digital formats. Currently a Shooter/Editor at Genius [ @genius ], Lesley creates daily music news videos for the Genius site and social platforms. Previously she worked as a Digital Designer at MTV & Nickelodeon, Buzzfeed and HBO. . . . . #collaborativetakeover2019 #collaborative2019takeover #uniondocs#undocolab #colab19 #super8 #16mm #celluloidSay hello 👋 and welcome #CoLAB19 fellow Lesley Steele [@quiet.conqueror], who will be taking over our account for the next few days! Lesley is a dedicated visual storyteller with a background in video & film production and digital design. Originally a New York City native from The Bronx, Lesley obtained a BFA in Design Technology from Parsons The New School for Design and Masters in Directing from The School of Visual Arts. She writes, directs and produces various forms of video for emerging platforms. Heavily inspired by Avant Garde filmmaking and experimental filmmakers, Lesley explores combining mediums and creating new meaning through exploration of form. A devoted vintage camera collector, Lesley shoots 16mm, Super8mm and other analog and digital formats. Currently a Shooter/Editor at Genius [ @genius ], Lesley creates daily music news videos for the Genius site and social platforms. Previously she worked as a Digital Designer at MTV & Nickelodeon, Buzzfeed and HBO. . . . . #collaborativetakeover2019 #collaborative2019takeover #uniondocs#undocolab #colab19 #super8 #16mm #celluloid

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