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Spring 2010 was an exciting time for DCTV’s Post-Production department. We upgraded the sound monitoring system in our HDCAM Mastering Suite for 5.1 surround sound and doubled our storage speed with a new 12big Rack Fibre courtesy of LaCie, our new post-production partner. Online editor John Custodio has been putting the new system to the test, mixing for 5.1 surround sound at DCTV for the first time. We also helped several talented filmmakers prep their films for festivals.

Free Screening of El Espiritu de la Salsa

NYILFF and Imagenation host outdoor screening July 26th

The New York International Latino Film Festival and ImageNation present a free outdoor screening of a new HBO documentary, El Espiritu de la Salsa (The Spirit of Salsa)! DCTV filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill, along with Francisco Bello and Timothy Sternberg, follow lonely hearts from all over New York City as they come together in Spanish Harlem once a week at Santo Rico Dance School to let loose, dance and connect while learning the rich art of salsa.

My New York Screens at AAIFF

Fri, 07/16 -9:00pm; Sat, 07/17 - 12:00pm

My New York, by an exceptional group of students from PRO-TV Media Fellows Class of 2011, will be screening as part of the Asian American International Film Festival at the following times: Friday, July 16th at 4:00pm and Saturday, July 17th at 12:00pm at The Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York 10013. Congratulations to the filmmakers: Derek Horton, Emily Lu, Jonathan Cheng, John Dargan, Jawara Drigo, Bertil Gaspard, Jay Joye, and Aaron Mincey.

More information available at aaiff.org

DCTV is proud to announce that its latest documentary, the Oscar-nominated China's Unnatural Disaster, has just won a prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award for excellence in the field of informational news. DCTV is proud to be among this year's honored pieces .

DCTV Closed 7/3 - 7/5

DCTV will be closed Saturday, July 3rd - Monday, July 5th in observance of Independence Day.

Beyond Bullets NYC Tour Ends

Work Continues Online and in the Classroom

DCTV has completed the Beyond Bullets New York City Tour, visiting seven high schools in five days, but the fight against gun violence is far from over. Last week, hundreds of students in schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx watched short youth-produced documentaries about the effects of gun violence and engaged in a dialogue about how to avoid bloodshed in their streets.

Media Literacy Screening: All In The Family

Tues, May 21st, 11AM - 1PM, DCTV

Four student pieces reflect on the challenges of growing up with family members who abuse drugs.

Laughing Silently, Iemi Hernandez-Kim
A young woman reflects on the strength of her mother and her own battles with anger towards her drug-abusing father.

Dependent, Richard Memminger
In this self-portrait, Richards evaluates the people he has grown to depend on over the years. With an absent father and mother who dies from cancer during the course of this film, Richard comes to believe that only person he can depend on is himself.

Beyond Bullets Takes to Streets

CyberCar hits the road

Beyond Bullets takes to the Streets aboard the CyberCar, DCTV’s mobile video production and exhibition vehicle. The Tour kicked off Monday, May 17th at Boys and Girls High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where hundreds of students watched short, youth-produced documentaries about the effects of gun violence and had their own town meeting about how to avoid bloodshed in their streets. During the week the CyberCar will travel all over the city, visiting schools in areas where gun violence is prevalent.

Now on DVD: China's Unnatural Disaster

HBO's latest production from DCTV's Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill, Academy Award nominated documentary short China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, is now available on DVD.

El Espiritu de la Salsa at Tribeca

Doc produced at DCTV premieres at TFF Party

A new HBO documentary, produced in part at DCTV, premieres at this year's Tribeca Film Festival and it's kicking off with a gala event like no other.

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