October 28th, 2009 | by
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In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to Gita Pullapilly. The movie “The Way We Get By” presents an intimate portrait of a group of senior citizens in Bangor Maine, who dedicate their lives to greet homecoming troops. Draxtor welcomes producer Gita Pullapilly to the virtual BAVC studio. Every year, SF based […]
September 30th, 2009 | by
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In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to documentary journalist Graham Meriwether. Meriwether’s upcoming film “American Meat” looks at both industrial and organic methods of farming. The project will include a substantial web 2.0 component with the “Harvest Cloud” marketplace and “LeaveItBetter” community video sharing site. Every year, SF based Bay Area […]
July 7th, 2009 | by
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Australian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and she entered Second Life for the first time. […]
June 23rd, 2009 | by
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Every year, SF based Bay Area Video Coalition brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects at the annual Producer’s Institute. Draxtor Despres had the chance to speak with Spanish-American documentarian Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about her project on sex-trafficking, called “Sands Of Silence”, which will be accompanied by a flash-based game.
June 9th, 2009 | by
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Wendy Levy from the San Francisco based Bay Area Video Coalition ( BAVC) is at the helm of the annual Producer’s Institute, which brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects. Centered around social and human rights issues, the film projects touch on subjects from health-care crises to sex trafficking. […]