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Fall 2020 Workshops

This Fall, whether you’ve put a project on hold, or found a new opportunity to pursue, we’re here for you no matter what!

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DCTV Presents

Virtual Cinema

While we can't currently gather in person, you can see new documentary films via our Virtual Cinema and support DCTV simultaneously!

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Registration Open for October Workshops

Here are the first of our online Fall filmmaking workshops!

Epicentro

Fri 9/4 (All day) - Wed 11/4 (All day)

An immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial “utopian” Cuba.

Chinatown: Immigrants in America

Mon 8/10 (All day) - Thu 12/31 (All day)

A probe beneath the tourist's-eye-view to uncover the complexity of a neighborhood...

High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

Tue 5/26 (All day) - Thu 12/31 (All day)

A harrowing documentary chronicling 18 months in the lives of three friends whose...

About DCTV

Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) was founded in 1972 by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno. For four decades, DCTV has provided low-cost equipment rentals, editing facilities, filmmaking/producing workshops, youth programs, and delivered countless award-winning documentary productions to broadcast air. more >

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