Ad: Our Smoothies Rock! Come Hang with us at Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies, 850 W. Jackson [ ? ]
A/C: Arts & Culture

Film Mon May 12 2008

Film as Activism

The Chi-Town Daily News posts a profile of local filmmaker Bruce Orenstein, who uses video to engage communities in critical thinking and activism. Orenstein says he wanted to provide film/video technology "for low income people to compete in a world where ... virtually every major corporation in the country has their own in-house video production facility and they use it to project a message, to shape an image."

- Lindsay Muscato

Comments

Leave a Comment




Please enter the letter i in the field below:


Back to the Top

Feature Mon Jun 30 2008

An Interview with Aaron Delehanty

By Lauri Apple

A native of Rochester, N.Y., painter Aaron Delehanty creates brightly colored, detailed landscapes that feature elements of humans' attempts at progress -- for example, factories and rock quarries -- against the backdrop of nature. His work has been featured in...

Read this feature »

A/C on Flickr

Join the A/C Flickr Pool



Events

Sat Jul 5 2008
Mini Film Festival @ Mini Dutch Gallery

Sun Jul 6 2008
John Joe @ Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Thu Jul 10 2008
Great Books Trivia Night @ Book Cellar


© 2006 - 2008 Gapers Block. All Rights Reserved. Content may not be reproduced without express permission. A/C is a Gapers Block production. Advertise with us.