Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Connecting indies to community - September 2008

The summer came and went so quickly that I did not even realize I had the same newsletter in my “draft” folder for 2 months! I hope everyone enjoyed some good weather, or at least was able to relax at some point. And for those in Louisiana, I really hope things are progressing as they should be…

National re-broadcast of Freedom Machines!!!

Freedom Machines – a film I have been helping with outreach for almost 3 years, is getting a national re-broadcast, starting on September 9! You can check your local listings for the times and channels for your area by going to:

http://pov.org/tunein/2008/freedommachines/index.html

Recently, I was asked about digital delivery and independent distribution by a colleague of mine, Laure Parsons, for her new blog “infinicine”. Laure has a lot of impressive experience with distribution and now works with a distributor I hold in high esteem, Zeitgeist Films. I have a great deal of respect for her and I thought you all might be interested both in what she is doing, as well as my thoughts, so here is a link to that article:

http://infinicine.com/2008/08/interview-educational-market-rachel-gordon-energized-films.html

Upcoming Event!

On October 7th, I will be participating in a panel discussion and screening event – which I also co-produced – for NYWIFT (New York Women in Film and Television). It is about creating accessible/marketable DVDs of films to sell to a variety of audiences. Included in the panel will be Alice Elliott (www.welcomechange.org), Kim McLean (Have, Inc. – www.haveinc.com), Donna Horn (www.captionmax.com) and myself. The panel will be moderated by Liz Ogilvie of Indiepix. I will spread details of cost and location as soon as I have them. If you have ever had questions about how to create a sellable DVD, this is an event to come to!

Also in October, I will be attending the CCUMC conference (Consortium of College and University Media Centers) on behalf of the Reframe Collection, which I can happily report has been getting much in the way of positive buzz since it launched in June. (www.reframecollection.org)

This month (September 22-26) I’m headed for my 3rd year to the National Media Market (www.nmm.net) where I’ll be screening films from a variety of independent filmmakers.

Thanks for reading, and as always, feel free to pass on as you wish, or tell me to leave you alone if necessary! Also, if there are topics you’d like me to explore, or questions you’d like me to get answered, forward them over and I’ll put them in my next newsletter (which I promise will go back to monthly now that downtime is officially over).