OpenIndie Seeks to Open World to Filmmakers
Filed under: Distribution, Exhibition, DIY/Filmmaking, Cinematical Indie
"These two are f**king brilliant, and we here at Cinematical wish them all the luck in the world moving forward." Erik Davis, our editor in chief, wrote those words last year in reference to Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, the two creative, enterprising filmmakers behind Four Eyed Monsters; he also detailed what they'd done to connect their wild, resolutely original flick with audiences in the most unexpected places. Now Arin Crumley has indeed moved forward, and he's ready to tell the world about it.
He's especially interested in reaching filmmakers who've completed their latest masterpiece but don't know how to reach their intended audience. Crumley has joined with Kieran Masterton to develop a new web resource called OpenIndie. As explained in detail by Eric Kohn at indieWIRE, Crumley and Masterton are hoping to raise $10,000 from filmmakers by October 29 to fund the project. The idea is to build awareness for a movie through social networking. That's already happening via Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube, but Crumley has grander plans. "OpenIndie.com is the only site we are aware of that lets users keep a list of the films they want to see and regularly add new films to that list," he told indieWIRE. It "displays the demand for that film to any other member of the site, who can then organize a screening should they see fit."
That's the model used to build interest in Four Eyed Monsters, and it proved very successful. So if you've killed yourself to make your own movie and you know it's the best it could possibly be, why not check out OpenIndie to learn more? How else will the world ever know about your intense dysfunctional family drama / hilarious anti-romantic comedy / soul-searching zombie epic?
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10-08-2009 @ 6:10PM
Arin Crumley said...
Great article guys, thanks for adding to the word of mouth about OpenIndie.com, I'm truly inspired by the support our kickstarter campaign has already received in this short time and am looking forward to more filmmakers jumping on board. And very excited about the chance to get this built and get a ton of indie screenings happening all over the world.
Arin
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10-19-2009 @ 8:34PM
Donad Griffith said...
Dear Filmmakers,
We wish to inform you & your colleagues of our international, intercultural diplomacy undertakings in Berlin Germany & elsewhere, via an annual intercultural film festival & weekly television program, as our contributions to Media 4 Diversity.
Enclosed are documents attesting to our efforts.
Sincerely,
Donald M. Griffith
P.S Please be so kind as to forward this information to interested parties.
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
Germany & USA 2009
May 7-10
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
10825 Berlin-Schöneberg
"A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy"
A tribute to:
Chancellor Willy Brandt
"The future will not be mastered by those who dwell on the past."
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
President John F. Kennedy
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
President Barack Hussein Obama
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
produced & directed by
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
in association with
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.
in cooperation with
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
From May 7-10, 2009 Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre under the direction of Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, present the interdisciplinary and intercultural film/video festival Black International Cinema Berlin for the 24th year. For the first time, the festival will guest at the Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) and be presented in cooperation with the Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Gabriele Gün Tank.
Under the theme "A COMPLEXION CHANGE - International & Intercultural Diplomacy”, films from Africa, the African Diaspora and films with an intercultural perspective are the focus.
Approximately 60 productions will be screened, among them cinematic works from Cape Verde, Benin, France, USA, Iran, India, Togo, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Colombia, Spain, Nicaragua, Switzerland and Madagascar. In addition, film discussions, performances and seminars will be conducted.
German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn
Our festival is supported as an ideal project by the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn. As a result we received the following letter of acknowledgement from Christine M. Merkel, Head of the Division for Culture and Memory of the World.
"A COMPLEXION CHANGE 2009-2011 is an International Media Project with a very contemporary and innovative approach. It aims at contributing to the strengthening of international understanding, peace and friendship among peoples. It promotes intercultural dialogue in the spirit of the ideals and aims of UNESCO.
The German Commission for UNESCO appreciates this initiative. We kindly ask you to assist Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / The Collegium – Forum & Television Program Berlin & Cultural Zephyr e.V. as well as all other co-organizers and project participants in realizing this project. We are convinced that this idea can offer inspiring experience to many people in the region."
Railbookers
"Since it was founded in 1986, the Black International Cinema festival in Berlin has developed into one of the most highly regarded film events in Europe and movie fans will have the chance to experience it for themselves between May 7th and 10th.
Produced and directed by the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, the extravaganza is an interdisciplinary and intercultural celebration of the contribution made by black actors and directors in the world of film.
The focus of the festival is to present works of a cultural, artistic and political nature coinciding with the general social, economic and educational interests of people from Africa.
Open to all filmmakers and visitors, the event provides a platform for the impact of cinema from the African Diaspora and people with an interest in intercultural relations.
The Fountainhead® organization is committed to fighting religious, ethnic and gender persecution and seeks to battle discrimination through dialogue and understanding.
By using art, theatre, dance, music and seminars, the foundation believes that prejudice against disadvantaged groups can be challenged and stronger links within society can be forged.
Visitors will be treated to powerful and thought-provoking examples of cinema from the past and present."
Information:
Tel.: 030-782 16 21/75 46 09 46 oder Fax: 786 34 66.
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de/BIC09/bic_09.htm
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de
http://www.black-international-cinema.com
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
e-mail: bicdance@aol.com
Mottos
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won´t if I don´t..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e LETTER, Berlin/Germany
October 2009
www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com
Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com
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XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin
MAY 2010
Intercultural/Interdisciplinary film/video, dance, theatre,
music & seminar presentations Berlin/Germany & USA
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
International & Intercultural Diplomacy
CALL FOR ENTRIES
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC10/bic_10.htm
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FILM FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS 2009
For festival impressions,
please consult the festival website:
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC09/bic_09.htm
Photography
Andrea Brehme
Thomas M. Wendt
Marion Kramer
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19 YEARS OF
BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
FILM AWARDS
1991-2009
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/Awards_Neu.html
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin-Wedding
* LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE *
OCTOBER 18
7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
CINEMA
Conversation with Tomasz Magierski and Roma Ndolo
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009
May 7-10, Rathaus Schöneberg
MEIN VATER DER LUO / MY FATHER THE LUO
Director: Tomasz Magierski, USA 2008
conducted by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
for THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
STATE OF AFFAIRS
ARTS CALENDAR
RAYCURT JOHNSON AND FRIENDS
RayCurt Johnson - violin
Yaw Domprey - percussion
Jung Sun - guitar
Film: "Street Music"
Raycurt Johnson
Director: Albert W. Myers
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ALEX - OFFENER KANAL BERLIN / OPEN CHANNEL BERLIN
For further information & visual impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html
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PART LXXI
Grownupism!
1Day, When I Grow Up!
So as usual, I wuz sittin' an' stinkin' 'bout blue skies, nice wether an' me an' my pardnuhrs soon to be escape from dungeon skools an' dragon teachers!
Aktually, when I look back, the skool year went pretty fast, but it wuz for sure, not goin' fast enuf, when I wuz wadin' an' drownin' from last September to July!
Skool, skool, skool! Yukky, yukky, yukky!
Now, we're in the homestretch an' I kin see the finish line an' alla us kids are gonna be winners, 'cause we're gonna hit the finish line together, all over the wurl!
Yippie for us - the reel survivors of the wurl!
Saved again!
My perents an' their friends keep askin' me, "What did you learn in school this year?"
Man, I wuz too busy waitin' for it to be over, to try to remember all that stuff the dragon teachers kept tryin' to stuff into my poor achin' head!
In one ear, write an' say the right stuff an' out the other!
Now that's a formula, that works!
After all, I gotta make room somewhere in my brain, for all this learnin' stuff!
So, I'm lookin' forward to summer an' dreadin' the end of it, 'cause I know what's waitin' for me an' all the children in the whole wide wurl!
Ya know, even though skool is finally dead an' buried, for a little while anyway, I'm feelin' kinda sad, 'cause a favorite pardnuhr of mine jes left!
He's a superman an' I'm sure gonna miss him, jes like all the peeple in the whole wide wurl will miss him.
But, I got alla his music, I got great pictures in my head an' on video an' super fabulous sounds in my ears, my feelins' an' my brain!
G'nite Michael Jackson
I love you
G'nite!
"To be great is to be misunderstood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, June 2009
A Cinema Dedication to Michael Jackson
written and presented by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Grownupsim on THE COLLEGIUM website
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html
Grownupism on YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/user/thecollegium
Grownupism on FEST21
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead
PART LXXI
Erwachsensein!
Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!
Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n üba'n blauen Himmel, schönes Wetter und wie ich und meine Kumpels bald aus der Kerkerschule und vor den Drachenlehrern entkomm'!
Eigentlich, wenn ich zurückseh, vaging das Schuljahr ziemlich schnell, aber das war ganz bestimmt nich' schnell genug, als ich mich vom letzten September bis Juli durchgehangelt hab!
Schule, Schule, Schule! Würg, würg, würg!
Jetzt sind wir auf der Zielgeraden und könn'n endlich die Ziellinie seh'n und wir Kinder werd'n Sieger sein, weil wir die Ziellinie zusammen erreich'n, auf der ganzen Welt!
Jippie für uns - die wahren Überlebenden der Welt!
Ma' wieder alles übastand'n!
Meine Eltern und ihre Freunde frag'n mich andauernd: "Was hast du im letzten Jahr in der Schule gelernt?"
Mann, ich war so damit beschäftigt, darauf zu wart'n, dass es vorbei is, das ganze Zeugs zu vasuch'n zu behalt'n, das die Drachenlehrer ständig vasuch'n, in mein' armen schmerzenden Kopf zu stopf'n!
In ein Ohr rein mit dem richtigen Stoff, aufschreib'n und sag'n, und zum andern wieder raus!
Also, das is' 'ne Formel, die wirkt!
Schließlich muss ich irgendwo Platz in mei'm Kopf mach'n für den ganzen Lernkram!
Also freu ich mich auf den Sommer und hab Angst vor seinem Ende, weil ich weiß, was auf mich und alle Kinder auf der ganzen weiten Welt wartet!
Ich bin irgendwie traurig, weil einer meiner Lieblingskumpels gerade wegging!
Er is' 'n Supermann und ich werd ihn sicher vamiss'n, genau wie alle Menschen auf der ganzen weiten Welt ihn vamiss'n werd'n.
Aber ich hab all seine Musik, ich hab großartige Bilder im Kopf und auf Video und superklasse Sounds für meine Ohren, meine Gefühle und mein' Vastand!
'Nacht, Michael Jackson
Hab Dich lieb
'Nacht
"Großartig zu sein, bedeutet missverstanden zu werden."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, Juni 2009
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BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
Production & Direction: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
FestLabPass Holder
presented by European Festivals Association
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/bicdance_media/FESTLABPass_BlackInternationalCinemaBerlin_.pdf
FESTLAB - An Initiative of the European Festivals Association
2009 - EUROPEAN YEAR OF CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
http://aachronym.blogspot.com/2007/11/notable-person-prof-donald.html
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Fountainhead® at fest21.com
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead
Fountainhead® at MEDIAWAVE FESTIVAL, Hungary
http://www.mediawavefestival.hu/index.php?nyelv=eng&modul=filmek&kod=3003
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Sunday 7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr
Wednesday 11-12 pm / 23-24 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
THE COLLEGIUM on YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/user/thecollegium
THE COLLEGIUM Television Program is televised in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau and additional cities.
THE COLLEGIUM Fernsehmagazin wird in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau und weiteren Städten ausgestrahlt.
BERLIN
Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag
7.00-8.00 pm
19.00-20.00 Uhr
Every Wednesday/jeden Mittwoch
11.00-12.00 pm
23.00-24.00 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin
Voltastr. 5
13355 Berlin-Wedding
presenting / präsentiert werden
Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar
Filme / Diskussionen / künstlerische Darbietungen
for program information, please contact:
Programminformationen bitte unter:
0049 (0)30-782 16 21
0049 (0)30-75 46 09 46
THE COLLEGIUM MAGDEBURG
Offener Kanal Magdeburg (www.ok-magdeburg.de)
First Thursday in every month
Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat
6.00 - 7.00 pm
18.00 - 19.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG
TV 38 (www.tv38.de)
28.10.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
29.10.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
25.11.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
26.11.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
THE COLLEGIUM DESSAU
Offener Kanal Dessau (www.ok-dessau.de)
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BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.
MISSION STATEMENT
We are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support of democratic procedures and the elimination of violence, religious, ethnic and gender persecution, youth exploitation, homophobia and racial hatred through the process of art, education, culture and dialogue.
Wir sind eine internationale, interkulturelle Gemeinschaft von Menschen mit dem Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis und wachsende Kooperation zwischen Individuen und Gruppen, mit Unterstützung des demokratischen Prozesses und der Beseitigung von Gewalt, Verfolgung aufgrund religiöser, ethnischer und geschlechtlicher Zugehörigkeit, Kindes- und Jugendmissbrauch, Homosexuellen-Feindlichkeit und von Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.
Nous sommes une communauté internationale et interculturelle de personnes engagées à promouvoir la compréhension et la coopération croissantes entre les individus et les groupes, à lappui des outils démocratiques et à travers lélimination de la violence, de la persécution religieuse, ethnique et sexuelle, de lexploitation de la jeunesse, de lhomophobie et de la haine raciale par le processus de lart, de léducation, de la culture et du dialogue.
MOTTOS
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure wont if I dont..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...! - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama
Copyright: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Cultural Zephyr e.V., October 2009
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