[Peace] IMC Film Festival - THIS WEEKEND - February 6-8, 2009

[Brian Dolinar]

Some highlights include screening of 2004 "Citizens Watch" video with Martel
Miller
as well as "And the Beat Goes On" with young filmmaker Jay Walker
and screening of DTEC video with Prof. Antonia Darder.

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Please distribute widely:

*IMC Film Festival, February 6-8, 2009**

*This February 6, 7 and 8th, the *Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center
(IMC) <http://www.ucimc.org/>* will be hosting the IMC Film Festival (*
www.imcfilmfest.org <http://production.ucimc.org/>*).  This three day
celebration of the art of cinematography will highlight local and
independent artists and kickoff monthly IMC Film Nights.   It will also be a
chance for local and independent filmmakers to share their work and connect
with other artists, community members, and organizations.  We are
advertising widely within the artist and art-supporting communities.  The
IMC also has a wide support base of almost 600 different community members
and volunteers.  We anticipate a strong turn-out for this event.

Works by local and regional filmmakers will be featured, with submissions
coming from Chicago, St. Paul, Iowa City, and Champaign-Urbana.

The IMC Film Festival will be open to all, FREE of admission charges.

We have gained sponsorship from Strawberry
Fields<http://www.strawberry-fields.com/>,
Common Ground Food Co-op <http://www.commonground.coop/>, La
Gourmandise<http://www.urbanabistro.com/>,
One World Pizza <http://www.oneworldpizza.com/>, Shatterglass
Studios<http://shatterglassstudios.com/>,
CU Blogfidential <http://www.micro-film-magazine.com/cublog/>, Micro-Film
Magazine <http://www.micro-film-magazine.com/>, Mirabelle Fine
Pastries/Bakery <http://www.mirabelle-finepastries.com/main.html>, and That's
Rentertainment <http://www.rentertainment.com/>.  Our sponsors are kindly
offering food, beverages, films, and donations to help bring this event to
Champaign-Urbana.

*Schedule:*

Friday, Feb 6:       6pm-12am - Local and independent films [Citizens Watch;
Sugar; The Midwesterner; The Transient; and more]

                                            - Performance by DJ Belly

                                            - TV Dance Party (12-3am)

Saturday, Feb 7:    12-2pm - Family and children's films

                             5pm-12am - Films about art and being an artist
[Prelude; Firedancing; Proceed and Be Bold!; This American Gothic; and more]

                                            - Performance by Elizabeth
Simpson and George Turner

Sunday, Feb 8:      4pm-10pm - Documentaries [And the Beat Goes On; DTEC;
and more]; Variety/Open Screen

                                            - Performance by Zoo Improv
Comedy


The IMC Film Fest will benefit the IMC's Production Group and the IMC as a
whole.  The Production Group facilitates independent video and audio
projects for TV/radio/Web by members of the Urbana-Champaign community. We
manage the IMC Production Room, a computer lab and digital studio for
learning and producing media.  We provide a workshop environment to improve
our own understanding and professional experience in multimedia technology
and to share our knowledge with others through hands-on training and citizen
journalism.

Here a just a few highlights of the film festival (please see our
site<http://production.ucimc.org/>for more information and the
complete schedule):

*Citizens Watch (2004).* Directed by Patrick Thompson and Martel Miller.
This is the original video the authorities don't want you to see! In 2004,
Thompson and Miller video recorded interactions between local police and the
black community, and were subsequently charged with felony eavesdropping for
their bold efforts. In the summer of 2008, a law suit against the City of
Champaign ended in a settlement. This is the first time this video will be
shown publicly in several years.

*Proceed and Be Bold!*.  Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a printing press and book
artist, but he wasn't always an artist... He used to live a middle class
life like many other Americans, with a family and a job as a computer
programmer at an international telecommunications company. But he dropped it
all to become an artist in the lost crafts of press printing and book art.
Or as he says, "now I just make stuff, that's all. And I tell people who
want to do art that they should just make stuff."
Through his colorful posters layered with strong quotes and different paint
textures, Amos uses his art to bring complicated issues such as race and
gender into the forefront of the American consciousness. Incorporating the
sayings of icons such as Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth, or more obscure
quotables from people like his older brother, Amos' posters enter the
printing press as ink and paper and exit as true pieces of art. Amos's art
is not limited to posters, but extends far into book art, paper fans, and
larger projects.  Directed and Produced by Laura Zinger, who will be
speaking at the IMC Film Festival on being an artist and entrepreneur.
http://www.brownfinchfilms.com.

*Prelude.*  An anguished writer meets a mysterious stranger in a cafe and is
drawn into soul-bearing conversation, but her interest may be deeper than he
thinks. Starring Vanessa Prokuski and Micah Boyce. Written and Directed by
Luke Boyce. Produced by Brett Hays. http://essence-films.com

*Diversity and Technology for Engaging Communities (DTEC) Video*. Produced
by Antonia Darder, professor of Educational Policy Studies, and a collective
of her students, this 20 minute video exposes the secret history of racism
on the University of Illinois campus. It combines footage from University
archives, interviews with students, staff, and faculty about the campus
climate, and statistics pointing to the persistence of institutional racism.

*And the Beat Goes On: The Spirit in the Legacy of the Douglass Center Drum
Corps (2006)*. This video will be shown to commemorate Black History Month
at the festival. The 25-minute video was produced by Urbana High School
student filmmakers through WILL's Youth Media
Workshop<http://will.illinois.edu/youthmediaworkshop/>,
a project by Kimberlie Kranich and Will Patterson. It includes recollections
of former drum corps leaders Jesse Ratliffe and Bud Johnson, along with
former drum corps member Terry Townsend and drill team member Linda
Turnbull. It also looks at recent efforts by Ratliffe and 17-year-old Lee
Duncan to revive the drum corps, which in 1968 won first place in the
national Elks Club competition in New York City.
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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