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Screening Liberally Resources and Tips
Why Screening Liberally?
- Because films shouldn't end when the lights go up.
- We want to not only create a buzz about a film but about the issues.
- Bring your ideas, opinions and viewpoints. Let's talk.
- It’s all about promoting democracy one film at a time.
How To Start A Screening Liberally Chapter
it starts when you care
to act, it starts when you do,
it again after they said no,
it starts when you say We
and know who you mean, and each
day you mean one more."*
*Marge Piercy, "The Low Road," The Moon Is Always Female (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980).
There are several routes you can take.
Route One: Gather Friends, Go To A Movie
Though everyone would have to buy their own ticket, this is an easy pre-packaged option. Make a night of it and meet up before the film for dinner or drinks.
Films That Have Worked In The Past
Wall-E
An Inconvenient Truth
Thank You For Smoking
A Few Good Films Out Right Now
Stealing America: Vote by Vote
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman shines a spotlight on the gritty reality of the last decade’s most egregious incidents of U.S. electoral insecurity.
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Trouble the Water
This Sundance grand jury prize winner takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen.
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War, Inc.
A dark political satire film starring John Cusack and Hilary Duff and directed by Joshua Seftel. Cusack also co-wrote and produced the film. A working title of the film was Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens. The story is partly inspired by Naomi Klein's article "Baghdad Year Zero". ( Wikipedia)
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Route Two: Screen A Film Yourself
Pick a film, pick a venue, tell your friends, tell your friend’s friends. There are many producers/distributors who will send you a copy of their film. If you have to purchase the film, pass a hat around and ask for donations.
Picking a Venue
- You could screen a film at your house or you could try a community venue, such as a local coffee house or theater.
- Keep in mind, however that for gatherings over 25 copyright law must be taken into consideration.
Films That Have Worked In The Past:
Asparagus
Journey to the “Asparagus Capital of the World” to discover why one little vegetable is so important
Black Gold
In this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar industry, Black Gold traces one man's fight for a fair price.
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Plagues and Pleasures on the Saltan Sea
Once known as the "California Riviera," the Salton Sea is now called one of America's worst ecological disasters. This documentary covers the historical, economic, political, and environmental issues that face the Sea, it more importantly offers up an offbeat portrait of the eccentric and individualistic people who populate its shores. Hair-raising and hilarious, part history lesson, part cautionary tale and part portrait of one of the strangest communities you've ever seen, this is the American Dream gone as stinky as a dead carp.
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The Ground Truth
Patricia Foulkrod's documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities.
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When We Came Home
Through the story of Herold Noel, a homeless Iraq war veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and living out of his car in Brooklyn, "When I Came Home" reveals a failing system and the veteran’s struggle to survive after returning from the war.
"When I Came Home: The Best Film Yet About Iraq War Veterans" - Josh Bolotsky, Alternet
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Fun ways to Screen: Think Thematically
How about a 1950s-styled night-at-the-movies?
Screen a newsreel, cartoon or other short before your feature film
Public Access Short Film Links
Internet Moving Images Archive
- From the Prelinger Archive, thousands of digitalized industrial, educational, travel, propaganda and other short films from 1903 to the 1970s available for free, online.
The Open Video Project
- Sponsored by and developed at the Interaction Design Laboratory at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.
Newsreel Links
Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report
Screen the headlines segment from this this award-winning news program. Hear the voices and see the images that mainstream media ignores. Hosted by veteran journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
Link TV Television Without Borders
Internet television
Pass Some Snacks Around
Skip the Junk Food
- Make healthier popcorn
- Or try an alternative like watermelon or pumpkin seeds
Route Three: Go to a Film Festival
Look up when/where using google directory.
Coming soon in New York City: Gotham Awards December 2008
Wonderfully Useful Film Sites
1. Yahoo! Movies
Good website to see movies that are coming out for theatrical release
2. Metacritic
the ultimate go-to site for film reviews
3. Guardian Unlimited Film
A popular, one-stop, film news blog
4. Greene cine daily
An easy-to-read indie film news blog
5. The Open Video Project
Sponsored by and developed at the Interaction Design Laboratory at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.
6. Internet Moving Images Archive
From the Prelinger Archive, thousands of digitalized industrial, educational, travel, propaganda and other short films from 1903 to the 1970s available for free, online.
8. Greenbriar Picture Shows
Classic movie site with rare images, original ads, and behind-the-scenes photos, with informative and insightful commentary.
9. The Flick Filosopher
Reviews of current and classic films, including every best picture Oscar winner.
