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Jul 12, 2006
"An artist is not a special kind of a person -- every person is a special kind of an artist." --Ananda Coomaraswami
10-Second Film Festival
Too often, thought Chris Pennington, people don't consider what they create to be art because their perceptions of "real art" are limited to what they see in elite museums. So what did he do? Create a film festival, where filmmakers weren't allowed to create their movies with real video cameras. Rather, they used digital cameras and camera-equipped cell phones to create unedited films that last no longer than 10 seconds! His goal was to make anyone with a cheap digi-cam into a short-form auteur, whether they are a soccer mom or a high school student.
BE THE CHANGE
The World Bank asked 60,000 people living on less than a dollar a day about their biggest hurdle to advancement. It wasn't food, shelter or health care. It was access to a voice. By empowering people to tell their stories, video gives a voice to the voiceless. Video Volunteers is a nonprofit that aims to do just that. Visit their site. More ...
