Jem Cohen will show short works and excerpts from over 2 decades of shooting on the street. He will also lead a forum on what’s right, and what’s seriously wrong, with the city’s proposed rules.
Street Documentary as a Right and a Journey.
Presented by Jem Cohen
UnionDocs in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Dec 8 | 8 pm
A public hearing will be held on Thursday December 13, 2007, at 10:00 AM
at the offices of the Economic Development Corporation,
110 William Street, 4th floor (between Fulton and John Streets)
MOFTB prefers you notify them by December 8th if you want to testify,
although it is not required.
Written comment regarding this proposed amendment may be sent to
Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB)
Communications Department,
1697 Broadway, New York NY 10019,
on or before December 13, 2007.
Comments may be submitted by email to message@film.nyc.gov
on or before December 13, 2007.
International Center of Photography
Town Hall Meeting on NYC Photography Permit Rules
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This Thursday December 13 is the deadline for public comment on the most recent version of camera regulations proposed by the Mayor’s Office of Film. Thursday at 10am is also the open public hearing, where you can enter your thoughts into the public record. We hear the time limit is 3-5 minutes. You can contact MOFTB to reserve a spot, or just show up at 10am and sign up.
photo credit: NotAnAlternative
Free Media with Graham Harwood
with representatives from Picture New York
Tuesday, July 31, 7:30 PM
Eyebeam: 540 West 21st Street, New York City, New York, 10011
Join us for a special Upgrade! with Graham Harwood, who will talk about his work on the MediaShed/Eyebeam collaboration to create Gearbox, an open source tool kit for editors and media makers of all skill levels. MediaShed have been working together with the Eyebeam Production Lab Fellows Jeff Crouse, Evan Harper, Geraldine Juarez, and Chris Sugrue to create Gearbox. Harwood will discuss this and other “free-media” projects that repurpose publicly accessible materials and equipment for creative expression.
The presentation coincides with a critical moment in NYC legislation, as the Mayor’s Office of Theater, Film and Broadcasting – the division of city government that issues permits for television and film production in the city – considers a new bill that would require permits for even the most casual of camera-wielding, not to mention proof of a $1 million insurance policy covering the “shoot”.
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Clayton Patterson’s
TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK POLICE RIOT TAPE
(dir. Clayton Patterson, approx one hour)
At the Pioneer Theater: East 3rd Street between Avenues A and B, Manhattan
On the 19th Anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot —
And in the context of New York City’s ongoing Camera Wars —
Join Clayton Patterson for a rare screening of his footage from the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot of August 6 and 7, 1988. One of the two major video documents of the riot - the other was made by Paul Garrin - Clayton’s tape depicts the Lower East Side in a state of open civil war, as the police and the Avenue A Block Association attempted to close the park that was at the time was a homeless encampment.
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Please join the Filmmaker/Photographer contingent at this Friday’s First Amendment rally at Union Square. Recently proposed regulations seriously threaten the rights of photographers and filmmakers to operate in NYC, and they could go into effect as soon as this August. Other laws already restrict our rights to parade, dance, meet, bike, shout, and assemble.
Join performance artists Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Critical Mass bike riders, and Picture New York — a new coalition of concerned filmmakers and photographers, for a festive and un-permitted celebration of the First Amendment.
Friday, July 27, 6:30pm
Union Square, north end
Press Conference and Creative Rally
