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Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Are Doing Great Things!
Atlanta filmmaker, Edford Banuel, is the winner of the 2003 Showtime Black Filmmaker Showcase. The broadcast premiere screening of his short film "Unjust Cause" airs tonight, Tuesday, February 4, 2003, on Showtime at 9:00 pm. "Unjust Cause" is a short film offering commentary on the plight of Black families devastated by police brutality. The film uses innovative visuals and spoken word artistry to relay the story of two lovers forever torn apart at the hand of a team of cops searching for the perpetrator of a petty robbery. The film, along with the Showcase finalists, will air throughout Black History Month. Visit www.sho.com for the schedule.
The film "Cut Me A New Path" by Deidre Thomas was accepted
by the Pan African Film Festival and will be screened Monday, February
10, 2003, at The Magic Johnson Theater in Los Angeles, California. Thomas
resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Congratulations Deidre and Ed, and as Ralph Scott at BHERC would say,
"Keep telling good stories."
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Animation: Studios are Courting Kids
Like Never Before
There's an eager, responsive market for animated films these days as seen by "Monsters, Inc." and DreamWorks "Shrek".
"I think it's booming," argues Albie Hecht, president of film and TV entertainment at Nickelodeon, TV Land and TNN. "There are a lot of new parents and kids....the kids are incredibly savvy about media, and they're ferocious consumers of it."
"We've seen a hockey-size spike in shares of both sale and rentals of DVD family titles," agrees Amy Jo Donner, executive director of the DVD Entertainment Group.
Based on the 2000 United States Census, the number of kids and teens are growing. The population 18 years and under, which stood at 68.6 million in July 1995, had grown to 70.5 million by October 2000 and will rocket to 86.7 million by October 2005.
The children of the baby boomers have grown up watching Disney, Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon. Younger boomers are still giving birth, while the older boomers are now grandparents who traditionally lavish their disposable income on gifts for the grandchildren. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
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In the News...
"A Theatrical Act of Dissent"
Theatre artists from around the planet are raising their collective voice against war on Monday, March 3, 2003. Join the Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Associations for the first-ever, world-wide theatrical event for peace as we produce a reading of Artistophanes' Lysistrata: A Woman's Translation by Drue Robinson Hagan. This event will be held at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in downtown Atlanta and will benefit the International A.N.S.W.E.R organization.
The purpose of the reading is to:
- Let the Bush Administration know that we oppose their war on Iraq.
- Provide an event where citizens can unite to enjoy an evening of spirited, comedic theatre while raising public awareness about the volume of war opposition.
- Provide a humorous entree into a healthy community dialogue: What CAN we do on a local level to stop "diplomacy by violence" in our world?
- Raise money for organizations that work for peace and human rights.
We will also have a petition that you can sign to tell the Bush administration that we don't want war. It will be sent FedX to President Bush!
For more information on this "Theatrical Act of Dissent" visit our events page, call us at 404.287.7758 or e-mail us at aumai@urbanmediamakers.com.
Lysistrata, a comedy by Greek dramatist Aristophanes (c. 447 - c. 385 b.c.e.), tells the story of a group of women from opposing states who unite to end the Peloponnesian War. After matronly stormtroopers take over the building where public funds are kept, the women rise to end the war by withholding sex from their mates -- Until, desperate for intimacy, the men finally agree to lay down their swords and see their way to achieving diplomatic peace. You can download a copy of the script at http://lysistrata.chonny.com/lys_script.pdf. (If you are using a dial-up modem at 26K it will take 12 minutes to download. If at 56K, it will take 6 minutes.)
Atlanta Urban Mediamakers reading of Lysistrata will benefit International
A.N.S.W.E.R. International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act-Now to Stop War & End
Racism) is a new anti-war coalition that was established with thousands
of people. The coalition has organized major international rallies against
war and racism. In the U.S., there was a national march and rally in Washington,
D.C. in front of the White House on September 29, 2001 and protests on
the West Coast and around the world. There were also International Days
of Action in October 2001 Against War and Racism. At the end of January
and beginning of February 2002, A.N.S.W.E.R. was a major organizer of
teach-ins and demonstrations during the World Economic Forum meetings
in New York City. On April 20, the ANSWER coalition helped build a major
national March Against War & Racism in Washington DC, San Francisco
and helped coordinate actions in numerous other cities around the world.
And on June 1, the ANSWER Coalition sponsored a major National Anti-War
Conference in New York City. ANSWER has initiated a "Campaign in
Defense of Civil Rights" that began with a protest at FBI and Justice
Department headquarters in Washington DC, as well as protests around the
country. And a Commission of Inquiry into U.S.-backed Israeli War Crimes
is being led by the ANSWER coalition.
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