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IMC Film Festival, February 6-8, 2009

This February 6, 7 and 8th, the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center (IMC) will be hosting the IMC Film Festival (www.imcfilmfest.org). This three day celebration of the art of cinematography will highlight local and independent artists and kickoff monthly IMC Film Nights. It will also be a chance for local and independent filmmakers to share their work and connect with other artists, community members, and organizations. We are advertising widely within the artist and art-supporting communities. The IMC also has a wide support base of almost 600 different community members and volunteers. We anticipate a strong turn-out for this event.

Works by local and regional filmmakers will be featured, with submissions coming from Chicago, St. Paul, Iowa City, and Champaign-Urbana.

The IMC Film Festival will be open to all, FREE of admission charges.

We have gained sponsorship from Strawberry Fields, Common Ground Food Co-op, La Gourmandise, One World Pizza, Shatterglass Studios, CU Blogfidential, Micro-Film Magazine, Mirabelle Fine Pastries/Bakery, and That's Rentertainment. Our sponsors are kindly offering food, beverages, films, and donations to help bring this event to Champaign-Urbana.

Schedule:


Friday, Feb 6: 6pm-12am - Local and independent films [Citizens Watch; Sugar; The Midwesterner; The Transient; and more]


- Performance by DJ Belly

- TV Dance Party (12-3am)


Saturday, Feb 7: 12-2pm - Family and children's films


5pm-12am - Films about art and being an artist [Prelude; Firedancing; Proceed and Be Bold!; This American Gothic; and more]


- Performance by Elizabeth Simpson and George Turner


Sunday, Feb 8: 4pm-10pm - Documentaries [And the Beat Goes On; DTEC; and more]; Variety/Open Screen


- Performance by Zoo Improv Comedy



The IMC Film Fest will benefit the IMC's Production Group and the IMC as a whole. The Production Group facilitates independent video and audio projects for TV/radio/Web by members of the Urbana-Champaign community. We manage the IMC Production Room, a computer lab and digital studio for learning and producing media. We provide a workshop environment to improve our own understanding and professional experience in multimedia technology and to share our knowledge with others through hands-on training and citizen journalism.

Here a just a few highlights of the film festival (please see our site for more information and the complete schedule):

Citizens Watch (2004). Directed by Patrick Thompson and Martel Miller. This is the original video the authorities don't want you to see! In 2004, Thompson and Miller video recorded interactions between local police and the black community, and were subsequently charged with felony eavesdropping for their bold efforts. In the summer of 2008, a law suit against the City of Champaign ended in a settlement. This is the first time this video will be shown publicly in several years.

Proceed and Be Bold!. Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a printing press and book artist, but he wasn't always an artist... He used to live a middle class life like many other Americans, with a family and a job as a computer programmer at an international telecommunications company. But he dropped it all to become an artist in the lost crafts of press printing and book art. Or as he says, "now I just make stuff, that's all. And I tell people who want to do art that they should just make stuff."
Through his colorful posters layered with strong quotes and different paint textures, Amos uses his art to bring complicated issues such as race and gender into the forefront of the American consciousness. Incorporating the sayings of icons such as Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth, or more obscure quotables from people like his older brother, Amos' posters enter the printing press as ink and paper and exit as true pieces of art. Amos's art is not limited to posters, but extends far into book art, paper fans, and larger projects. Directed and Produced by Laura Zinger, who will be speaking at the IMC Film Festival on being an artist and entrepreneur. .

Prelude. An anguished writer meets a mysterious stranger in a cafe and is drawn into soul-bearing conversation, but her interest may be deeper than he thinks. Starring Vanessa Prokuski and Micah Boyce. Written and Directed by Luke Boyce. Produced by Brett Hays.

Diversity and Technology for Engaging Communities (DTEC) Video. Produced by Antonia Darder, professor of Educational Policy Studies, and a collective of her students, this 20 minute video exposes the secret history of racism on the University of Illinois campus. It combines footage from University archives, interviews with students, staff, and faculty about the campus climate, and statistics pointing to the persistence of institutional racism.

And the Beat Goes On: The Spirit in the Legacy of the Douglass Center Drum Corps (2006). This video will be shown to commemorate Black History Month at the festival. The 25-minute video was produced by Urbana High School student filmmakers through WILL's Youth Media Workshop, a project by Kimberlie Kranich and Will Patterson. It includes recollections of former drum corps leaders Jesse Ratliffe and Bud Johnson, along with former drum corps member Terry Townsend and drill team member Linda Turnbull. It also looks at recent efforts by Ratliffe and 17-year-old Lee Duncan to revive the drum corps, which in 1968 won first place in the national Elks Club competition in New York City.






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Stephen Fonzo
Media Training Advisor
AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center



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