Good news & Bad news
But none of the news is related. Just a couple of things I wanted to note here.
If you are a woman filmmaker living in NYC, then here is a good idea. Women Make Movies has their new fall workshop schedule out, among the workshops is this one:
Navigating the International Film Festival Circuit
Weds. Oct. 1st, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Film Festivals have become an essential step in reaching your film’s audience as well as catching the eye of distributors. Join WMM Executive Director, Debra Zimmerman, as she discusses how to use the film festival circuit to launch your film and build word of mouth. Find out how to optimize your festival screenings, create a festival strategy right for your project, package your film, design press materials and navigate your way through a festival. Attendees receive a packet of information on festivals and distributors, and sample press materials.
And also this one:
Fear of Fundraising
Wed. Oct. 15th, 6:30 -9:00 PM
Fundraising can be intimidating and even overwhelming for those who are new to it. But without it, even the best film ideas will never be realized. This workshop is designed for filmmakers who have not yet completed a comprehensive funding proposal, identified a likely project funder or pitched a project to a potential funder or broadcaster. If you recognize yourself in the description above, this workshop is for you! Come, take the plunge and learn fundraising basics that will help move your project from idea to reality. Presented by Tracie Holder, filmmaker, fundraiser and consultant to WMM.
The other announcement qualifies as the "bad news"... It's Naomi Wolf's latest blog post at the Huffington Post. Read it only if you've been feeling all along that the first time Bush stole the election, it was a successful Fascist coup d'etat. Don't read it if you're still naive enough to keep dreaming.
The Battle Plan II: Sarah "Evita" Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State
(Naomi says in part): "...You have to understand how things work in a closing society in order to understand "Palin Power." A gang or cabal seizes power, usually with an affable, weak figurehead at the fore. Then they will hold elections -- but they will make sure that the election will be corrupted and that the next affable, weak figurehead is entirely in their control. Remember, Russia has Presidents; Russia holds elections. Dictators and gangs of thugs all over the world hold elections. It means nothing.
"...I realized early on with horror what I was seeing in Governor Palin: the continuation of the Rove-Cheney cabal, but this time without restraints. I heard her echo Bush 2000 soundbites ("the heart of America is on display") and realized Bush's speechwriters were writing her -- not McCain's -- speeches. I heard her tell George Bush's lies -- not McCain's -- to the American people, linking 9/11 to Iraq. I heard her make fun of Barack Obama for wanting to prevent the torture of prisoners -- this is Rove-Cheney's enthusiastic S and M, not McCain's, who, though he shamefully colluded in the 2006 Military Tribunals Act, is also a former prisoner of war and wrote an eloquent Newsweek piece in 2005 opposing torture. I saw that she was even styled by the same skillful stylist (neutral lipstick, matte makeup, dark colors) who turned Katharine Harris from a mall rat into a stateswoman and who styles all the women in the Bush orbit --but who does not bother to style Cindy McCain.
"...Reports confirmed my suspicions: Palin, not McCain, is the FrankenBarbie of the Rove-Cheney cabal. The strategy became clear. Time magazine reported that Rove is "dialed in" to the McCain campaign. Rove's protégé Steve Schmidt is now campaign manager. And Politico reported that Rove was heavily involved in McCain's vice presidential selection. Finally a new report shows that there are dozens of Bush and Rove operatives surrounding Sarah Palin and orchestrating her every move.
"What's the plan? It is this. McCain doesn't matter. Reputable dermatologists are discussing the fact that in simply actuarial terms, John McCain has a virulent and life-threatening form of skin cancer. It is the elephant in the room, but we must discuss the health of the candidates: doctors put survival rates for someone his age at two to four years....
"...Journalists were arrested -- for reporting. Amy Goodman and ABC producers were arrested. Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake and others were forced to lie face down as armed agents tied their hands behind their backs. The riot police wore the black S&M gear of the Rovian fantasy life and carried the four foot batons cops carry in North Korea. All this is not John McCain's imagery or strategy: it is Karl Rove's.
"...Am I trying to scare you? I am. I am trying to scare you to death and ask you to scare your Republican and independent friends most of all. How do you know when it is war on citizens? When there are mass arrests, journalists are jailed, the opposition is infiltrated, rights are stripped and leaders start to ignore the rule of law.
If you are a woman filmmaker living in NYC, then here is a good idea. Women Make Movies has their new fall workshop schedule out, among the workshops is this one:
Navigating the International Film Festival Circuit
Weds. Oct. 1st, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Film Festivals have become an essential step in reaching your film’s audience as well as catching the eye of distributors. Join WMM Executive Director, Debra Zimmerman, as she discusses how to use the film festival circuit to launch your film and build word of mouth. Find out how to optimize your festival screenings, create a festival strategy right for your project, package your film, design press materials and navigate your way through a festival. Attendees receive a packet of information on festivals and distributors, and sample press materials.
And also this one:
Fear of Fundraising
Wed. Oct. 15th, 6:30 -9:00 PM
Fundraising can be intimidating and even overwhelming for those who are new to it. But without it, even the best film ideas will never be realized. This workshop is designed for filmmakers who have not yet completed a comprehensive funding proposal, identified a likely project funder or pitched a project to a potential funder or broadcaster. If you recognize yourself in the description above, this workshop is for you! Come, take the plunge and learn fundraising basics that will help move your project from idea to reality. Presented by Tracie Holder, filmmaker, fundraiser and consultant to WMM.
The other announcement qualifies as the "bad news"... It's Naomi Wolf's latest blog post at the Huffington Post. Read it only if you've been feeling all along that the first time Bush stole the election, it was a successful Fascist coup d'etat. Don't read it if you're still naive enough to keep dreaming.
The Battle Plan II: Sarah "Evita" Palin, the Muse of the Coming Police State
(Naomi says in part): "...You have to understand how things work in a closing society in order to understand "Palin Power." A gang or cabal seizes power, usually with an affable, weak figurehead at the fore. Then they will hold elections -- but they will make sure that the election will be corrupted and that the next affable, weak figurehead is entirely in their control. Remember, Russia has Presidents; Russia holds elections. Dictators and gangs of thugs all over the world hold elections. It means nothing.
"...I realized early on with horror what I was seeing in Governor Palin: the continuation of the Rove-Cheney cabal, but this time without restraints. I heard her echo Bush 2000 soundbites ("the heart of America is on display") and realized Bush's speechwriters were writing her -- not McCain's -- speeches. I heard her tell George Bush's lies -- not McCain's -- to the American people, linking 9/11 to Iraq. I heard her make fun of Barack Obama for wanting to prevent the torture of prisoners -- this is Rove-Cheney's enthusiastic S and M, not McCain's, who, though he shamefully colluded in the 2006 Military Tribunals Act, is also a former prisoner of war and wrote an eloquent Newsweek piece in 2005 opposing torture. I saw that she was even styled by the same skillful stylist (neutral lipstick, matte makeup, dark colors) who turned Katharine Harris from a mall rat into a stateswoman and who styles all the women in the Bush orbit --but who does not bother to style Cindy McCain.
"...Reports confirmed my suspicions: Palin, not McCain, is the FrankenBarbie of the Rove-Cheney cabal. The strategy became clear. Time magazine reported that Rove is "dialed in" to the McCain campaign. Rove's protégé Steve Schmidt is now campaign manager. And Politico reported that Rove was heavily involved in McCain's vice presidential selection. Finally a new report shows that there are dozens of Bush and Rove operatives surrounding Sarah Palin and orchestrating her every move.
"What's the plan? It is this. McCain doesn't matter. Reputable dermatologists are discussing the fact that in simply actuarial terms, John McCain has a virulent and life-threatening form of skin cancer. It is the elephant in the room, but we must discuss the health of the candidates: doctors put survival rates for someone his age at two to four years....
"...Journalists were arrested -- for reporting. Amy Goodman and ABC producers were arrested. Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake and others were forced to lie face down as armed agents tied their hands behind their backs. The riot police wore the black S&M gear of the Rovian fantasy life and carried the four foot batons cops carry in North Korea. All this is not John McCain's imagery or strategy: it is Karl Rove's.
"...Am I trying to scare you? I am. I am trying to scare you to death and ask you to scare your Republican and independent friends most of all. How do you know when it is war on citizens? When there are mass arrests, journalists are jailed, the opposition is infiltrated, rights are stripped and leaders start to ignore the rule of law.
"Almost everyone I work with on projects related to this campaign for
liberty has been experiencing computer harassment: emails are stripped,
messages disappear. That's not all: people's bank accounts are being
tampered with: wire transfers to banks vanish in midair. I personally
keep opening bank accounts that are quickly corrupted by fraud. Money
vanishes. Coworkers of mine have to keep opening new email accounts as
old ones become infected. And most disturbingly to me personally is the
mail tampering I have both heard of and experienced firsthand. My tax
returns vanished from my mailbox. All my larger envelopes arrive ripped
straight open apparently by hand. When I show the postman, he says 'That's impossible.' Horrifyingly to me is the impact on my family. My
childrens' report cards are returned again and again though perfectly
addressed; their invitations are turned back; and my daughters many
letters from camp? Vanished. All of them. Not one arrived. Try
explaining that to a smart thirteen year old. Try explaining it in a
way that still makes her feel secure and comfortable..." (The entire blog post is here.)
(c - Naomi Wolf)
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