FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2005
Press
Contacts:
Loretta
Ramos
The
Museum of Television & Radio
(212)
621-6785
lramos@mtr.org
The Eighth Annual
URBAN VISIONARIES YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
March 23 to 24, 2005
At The Museum of Television & Radio
New York City’s
Only Festival Produced, Curated,
and
Presented by Youth Media Makers
Open Call for
Shorts by Youth Filmmakers
New
York, NY—The eighth annual Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival will
take place from March 23 to 24, 2005
at The Museum of Television & Radio in Manhattan. The Festival, featuring fiction, documentary,
and experimental videos exploring issues critical to youth such as race,
sexuality, hip hop, and immigration, is New York City’s only film festival
produced, curated, and presented by youth. The festival strives to showcase youth
media’s rich and diverse talent, offering the public an appreciation of the
work currently being developed by urban youth producers from the New
York metropolitan area.
This year's festival is a collaboration between youth media makers and educators
from New York City's premiere media literacy organizations, including
Downtown Community TV (DCTV), The Educational Video Center, Ghetto Film School, Global Action Project, Manhattan Neighborhood Network's
Youth Channel, The Museum of Television & Radio, Paper Tiger TV, and T.R.U.C.E.
Last year’s Festival attracted over fourteen hundred young
people from the greater New
York area to see
youth-produced work, meet the filmmakers, share ideas, and screen their own
videos. This year’s Festival will
feature screenings, youth performers, visual artists, and a networking
after-party. Also included will be the
continuation of Video Slam, an open
call to Youth Makers to submit work.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
The
Festival will be presented over two days, featuring themed screening packages. The final list of included films will be
announced at a later date.
The
following programs are free and open to the public, but tickets (for everything
but Video Slam) must be reserved in advance by calling (212) 621-6661 or (212)
621-6664. Admission to Video Slam is on a first-come,
first-serve basis. All events, except
the After Party, will be held at The Museum of Television & Radio, located
at 25 West 52 Street, New York, NY.
Wednesday, March 23
Screening
Program One: “Revelations”
Screening Times: 10:00
a.m. to noon
Screening Program Two: “Imitation of Life
Screening Times: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Screening Program Three: “Graffiti”
Screening Times: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 24
Screening
Program One: “Imitation of Life”
Screening Times: 10:00
a.m. to noon
Screening Program Two: “Graffiti”
Screening Times: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Video Slam!
4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
An open call to
Youth Media Makers (aged 13 to 19) to submit work. Participants should arrive with a VHS copy of
their short by 3:30 p.m. Tapes should be cued to an excerpt up to four
minutes in length. This is a competitive
screening with prizes awarded.
After-Party
8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Location to be announced.
For more information on the Urban Visionaries Festival, visit www.urbanvisionaries.org or contact Festival coordinator Regine
Romain at Global Action Project, (212) 594-9577 or
uvffcoordinator@yahoo.com.
The
2004 Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival is made possible by public funds
from the New York State Council on the
Arts, a state agency, and the generous support of The Open Society Institute's Youth
Initiatives Program and the
Time Warner Foundation.
The Museum of
Television & Radio, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, was founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs
and advertisements and to make them available to the public. Since opening in 1976, the Museum has
organized exhibitions, screening and listening series, seminars, and education
classes to showcase its preeminent collection of over 100,000 television and
radio programs and advertisements.
Programs in the Museum’s collection are selected for their artistic,
cultural, and historic significance.
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