Media is a controlled substance
02-26-2012

Immigrant Life Stories Screening

Immigrant Life Stories, a youth video collaboration between Termite TV and Asian Arts Initiative was nominated for Best Documentary at the Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival. The film will be screened Sunday February 26th, 2012 from 4-7PM in Annenberg Hall, Room 3, Temple University, 2020 North 13th street (between Norris and Diamond).

Youth Filmmakers interview people about their journeys and experiences of migrating from one country to another. Through animation and experimental shorts, they explore what it means to be “at home” or to be an “outsider”. This short film was created by youth filmmakers, Xia Ou Huang, Uyen Le, Ling Lin, Duong Nghe Ly, Steven Ngo, Loc Nguyen, Christopher Pham, Annie Seng, Nancy Tat, Hao Truong, Xiu Fen Wang, Xiu Juan Wang under the guidance of teaching artist Anula Shetty. Funded in part by the Pennsylvania Arts in Education Partnership and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. View excerpt below.

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03-19-2019

Immersion in Immigrant Life

Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz and her team shed light on immigrant life through two 360º videos that profile the experiences of an upstate New York community, Saratoga Springs, which is a hotspot for ICE raids. The films, which take the shape of immersive metaphoric ICE interrogations, help viewers understand the experience of strengthening one’s own identity and building community bonds within systems that foster isolation and othering. The project aims to weave a tapestry of voices and experiences, delving into the complex lives of the minority community members who have been involved every step of the way.

This project is produced in collaboration with the Economic Opportunity Council of Saratoga County; The Public VR Lab of Brookline Interactive Group; and the MDOCS Community Partnerships Program at Skidmore College. They are supported by The Philadelphia Independent Media Finishing Fund administered by Scribe Video Center with funds provided by the Wyncote Foundation. The films will be presented at the Visible Evidence conference in the summer of 2019.














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