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  • Media That Matters: More Than a Festival
    The Media That Matters festival is an Arts Engine project that brings high-impact shorts and take-action tools to audiences around the country. If you’re in the New York area, join me and other POVers at the 9th Annual Media That Matters Film Festival Premiere on June 3rd. The festivities kick off on Wednesday June 3, […]
    Eliza Licht 1 min read May 29, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Links and Events
    Coverage of the fantastic Kim Longinotto (Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, POV 2009) retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art included articles by Cynthia Fuchs at Pop Matters, who writes, “Longinotto’s documentaries explore moral and emotional intricacies, the shifting relations between individuals and communities,” and indieWire, which called Kim “England’s answer to Frederick Wiseman.” […]
    Ruiyan Xu 1 min read May 20, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • 2008 Media that Matters Festival: High Impact Shorts
    Maia Ermita is the director of the Media That Matters Film Festival, a project of Arts Engine. Now in its eighth year, the festival brings high-impact shorts and take-action tools to audiences around the country. This year I was lucky enough to serve on the jury of the festival, so I can say with assurance […]
    Eliza Licht 2 min read May 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Arts Engine Celebrates 10th Anniversary
    Katy Chevigny is the filmmaker behind Election Day (POV 2008) as well as the co-founder of the non-profit media organization Arts Engine, whose production arm, Big Mouth Films, has produced eight feature-length documentaries. This week, Arts Engine celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of screenings at the Paley Center for Media in New York. […]
    POV Guest Blogger 3 min read April 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Super Tuesday: Q&A with 'Election Day' Filmmaker Katy Chevigny
    With Election Day, filmmaker Katy Chevigny takes a look back at the events of November 2, 2004. We caught up with Chevigny last week to ask her some questions about her film and find out why she believes some steps still need to be taken to ensure a fair election on November 4, 2008. Election […]
    Catherine Jhee 4 min read February 5, 2008 Documentary News Comments