Film

Importance of Community Media with Antoine Haywood 11/21/2024

Bobby Lussier, CCTV, interviews Antoine Haywood, Ph.D., who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Florida. They discuss the importance of community media and the history of public access television centers.

For more information visit: www.antoinehaywood.com | www.jou.ufl.edu/staff/antoine-haywood

Politics on Screen: The Impact of Senator Patrick Leahy’s 1974 Campaign Film 11/20/2024

From the University of Vermont Special Collections Library:

The success of Senator Patrick Leahy’s first campaign is credited in part to his expert use of the medium of television. Senate ’74: Choosing a New Leader for Vermont, a 30-minute documentary produced for Leahy by filmmaker Dorothy Tod, ran on five local television networks during prime time and was instrumental in introducing Vermonters to the young, previously unknown candidate. Tod’s film follows Leahy as he campaigns across the state in the weeks leading up to the election, portraying the candidate as a likeable family man committed to the promise of Vermont. Join Senator Leahy and Dorothy Tod on November 20 for a film screening and conversation about the making of the film moderated by Helen Morgan Parmett, the Edwin W. Lawrence Endowed Professor of Forensics and Associate Professor in the Department of English.

Watch the film here: www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/senate-74-choosing-new-leader-vermont

For more information visit: www.specialcollections.uvm.edu/events/senate-74-film

On the Waterfront: First Time Filmmaker and Animator Travis Van Alstyne 05/15/2024

Host Mariah Riggs interviews first time filmmaker and animator Travis Van Alstyne aout his recently completed animation. Travis Van Alstyne owns Travis Animates, a one-man production company based in Burlington, VT. The company has the goal of bringing Vermont stories to life through animation and focuses on partnering with artists with a Vermont connection.

For more information visit: www.loveofthelandfilm.com

Debra Zimmerman of Women Make Movies 10/26/2023

Meghan O'Rourke, CCTV, interviews Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director of Women Make Movies.

For more information please visit: https://www.wmm.com/filmmaker/Debra+Zimmerman/

CCTV Underwriters: Main Street Landing Supports CCTV 10/13/2023

Main Street Landing is an environmentally and socially conscious redevelopment company located in Burlington, Vermont. Their Performing Arts Center has a space that will work for almost any kind of event, meeting, film showing, fundraiser, private party, play, talent show, or performance.

VICII: Hiroshima Day and Oppenheimer Film 08/04/2023

Host Sandy Baird is joined by citizen journalist Eric Agnero, Robin Lloyd and Novelist Marc Estrin to discuss Hiroshima Day (August 6), and the new Oppenheimer Film.

VICII: African Women’s Traditional Building Practices Today 11/17/2022

From VICII:

A discussion about the film “Women Builders and Earthen Architectural Heritage in Africa” as a means of addressing the re-claiming of cultural identify and global architectural expectations and climate change. Featuring the following speakers:

Sandy Baird, citizen of the world, co-producer of VICII

Eric Agnero, citizen journalist, co-producer of VICII

Diane Gayer, architect / ecological planner

Amélie Esséssé, architect / filmmaker

For more information visit vicii.org

Charles Burnett, Filmmaker 10/27/2022

Rajnii Eddins, poet and artist, interviews VTIFF’s First Awardee for Outstanding Contribution to American Cinema, Charles Burnett.

For more information on award winning filmmaker Charles Burnett visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burnett_(director) or his IMDB page imdb.com/name/nm0122344

On the Waterfront: Interview with Orly Yadin about the Vermont International Film Festival 2022 08/17/2022

Mariah Riggs interviews Orly Yadin from VTIFF.

Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF since Jan 2012, is a filmmaker and producer of both documentaries and animation films and series. Prior to making films, she was a film researcher on historical programmes and since 2001 has been Managing Director of Footage Farm – an archival footage collection. Orly has also taught documentary film history and theory in universities in England and at Burlington College. In 1995 she co-founded and ran Halo Productions specializing in animation films. Many of Halo’s short films won international awards at festivals, and one, Silence, was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. Orly became a VT resident in 2004 and has been a US citizen since 2010.

This year's festival will take place October 21-30, 2022. Located at the Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center with some virtual options and a satellite venue at The Savoy Theater in Montpelier.

For more information: www.vtiff.org

Jet Line: Voicemails from the Flight Path 04/15/2021

This short documentary employs an anonymous hotline to elevate the voices beneath Vermont’s F-35 flight path, the first urban residents to live with one of the US military’s most controversial weapons systems overhead.

Tranquil scenes of unassuming neighborhoods near Burlington International Airport are juxtaposed with voicemails of the unheard, those drowned out by the ear-shattering “sound of freedom.”

Exploring the relationship between picturesque residential areas and the deafening weapons systems overhead, Jet Line is a poetic portrait of a community plagued by war machines, documenting untenable conditions in a small city once voted one of the best places to live in America.

Directed by Duane Peterson III & Patrick McCormack

Learn more at jetlinefilm.com

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Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

Town Meeting TV is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2025 cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship program. Join up to 8 other youth to engage in interesting media making projects! This paid media internship opportunity is designed for youth aged 16-20 who are eager to gain professional experience in the audio-visual field and develop a deeper understanding of their local community. The group will meet under the leadership of Town Meeting TV's Travis Washington from the end of January 2025 to the beginning of June 2025, on a schedule agreed upon by the whole cohort. Click here to apply!