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PRO-TV Alumnus Mohammad Zain Takes Flight

It’s always a pleasure to hear about DCTV’s PRO-TV Alumni, many of whom came to DCTV as young teenagers, and are now college graduates and professionals with diverse careers.

A few years ago, while tracking down some of our students, I had the pleasure of connecting with Mohamed Zain, a young man who came to DCTV shortly after September 11, 2001.

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Check Out the WITNESS Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit

Last fall, WITNESS launched an online Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit designed for activists who are interested in using video to support their cause. This in-depth, 12-chapter Toolkit is one of the most thorough, useful resources we've found to help support documentary advocacy.

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African American Women in Cinema 2011 Film Festival

Please join us this Friday at 6PM for a screening of DCTV/PRO-TV youth work as part of the African-American Women in Cinema 2011 Film Festival! Works produced by young, African American women of the PRO-TV program, past and present, will be presented at the Antigua House followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, hosted by Ralph Scott. The event is free and open to the public.

The event is co-sponsored by DCTV; Social Media; and Antigua & Barbuda Tourism.

The Antigua House, 12 West 122nd Street, NYC
Friday, 11/18/11, 6:30-9PM

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Derek Horton wins "Best Documentary" at the 2011 Future of Cinema Film Festival

Hatred to Your Home, a film by Derek Horton (2011 PRO-TV Senior Fellow), was recently selected as "Best Documentary" and "Best of Festival Runner Up" at the 2011 Future of Cinema Film Festival at the Interlochen Arts Academy.

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PRO-TV Students Shine at the 2011 FLIFF

PRO-TV is proud to announce that several PRO-TV students were declared "Winners" and also garnered “Certificate of Achievement” mentions in the recently held 2011 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival!

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PRO-TV's Docu-Jam 2011

Docu-jam is back!

Come see outstanding documentaries produced by young people across the country.

The eleventh Annual Docu-Jam is a unique youth documentary showcase presented by The Paley Center for Media, in association with PRO-TV, as part of its PALEYDOCFEST2011. The screenings will be followed by an informal Q&A.

These screenings are free, but reservations are recommended. To make a reservation, please email RFisk [at] paleycenter [dot] org.

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Conversations with Leonard Lopate and DCTV’s PRO-TV Filmmakers

Four of DCTV’s Youth Media producers talk about their work and their journey to find success.

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My New York Screens at AAIFF

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

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