A virtual Augmented Reality (AR) workshop - to learn how you can, in a low budget way, create an Augmented Reality experience using your phone and laptop. This workshop, part 2 of the workshop held in the fall, was led by Betty Yu, a socially engaged multimedia artist, photographer, filmmaker, educator, and activist. In Part 2, while we cover 360 again, we also go on to AR with printed matter and locations.

"An Act of Worship" is a polyphonic portrait of the last 30 years of Muslim life in America, told through the lens of Muslims living in the United States. This is the conversation that followed the film screening, with the film's editor Ben Garchar and activist Nadine Kawas whose family appeared in the film.

This isn’t a story of hope but of action through first-person accounts and searing archival footage, for Black Power in Lowndes County. See this talk about the making of the film with acclaimed directors Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir and animation producer Nikon Kwantu.

Two critically acclaimed short documentaries were screened, "The ABCs of Book Banning" and "Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney," which have received nominations for prestigious awards this spring. Naz Habtezghi, a journalist and filmmaker, and a TWN Workshop graduate, talks about the making of these films, especially the archival research needed for Birthing.

The Color of Care chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States, with a pressing focus on how the Covid-19 pandemic shed light on the tragic consequences of that inequity. Executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and directed by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning filmmaker Yance Ford.

In this virtual talk, we hear from festival directors, programmers and curators on how the pandemic has changed the festival arena, and their advice to filmmakers on festival strategy.

Doc Production Essentials: the Proposal - with Carol Bash. Carol Bash is an award winning filmmaker, producer and the Program Coordinator at Black Public Media (blackpublicmedia.org/). She goes through the BPM application which is based on the common core application that many funders use, and talks about what filmmakers should be asking themselves in order to come up with winning proposals.

Robert Chang, the Coordinating Producer of P.O.V. (Point of View), the premiere documentary series on PBS, talked about the series, the kinds of films it is looking for, the process of selection and more. He also explained the other PBS doc series, America Reframed, which he had coordinated previously.

"After Sherman" is a poetic, expressionistic film that tells a story of family, land and legacy in his hometown in the context of Black history and the unrelenting unease that looms when this history is placed within the aggregate American experience.

Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a group of mothers in the late 1960s and early 70s launched one of the most extraordinary, yet little known, Black feminist anti-poverty movements in American history.

Award-winning documentarian, Deann Borshay Liem (Geographies of Kinship), documented Women Cross DMZ’s historic mission to cross the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea to call an end to the unresolved 70-year war in the "Crossings."

A talk with the directors, producers and activists about the film and the case of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongly imprisoned for murder in San Francisco in 1973. This case became a nationwide issue, as different Asian groups for the first time joined together in the fight for justice for Chol Soo Lee.

This seminar presented the film OUTTA THE MUCK and a talk with the filmmakers, Ira McKinley and Bhawin Suchak. OUTTA THE MUCK looks at Ira's family in Pahokee, Florida - a historic town known for its legendary football players - with over 60 drafted into the NFL, yet also stereotyped for its economic pressures and difficult living.

Yasmin Mistry spoke on September 20th 2023 about creating a good pitch deck to reach out to funders, donors, and potential partners for your film.

A conversation between entertainment attorney Christine Fleury of Fleury Law (thecreativesprotector.com/) and filmmaker/professor Anjanette Levert (anjanettelevert.com) on basic issues all filmmakers should be aware of: LLCs, when do you need a contract, when do you start talking about contracts, and more.

Producer/Director of the film The Five Demands, Professor Andrea Weiss speaks with Dr. Jervette Ward, Director of the CCNY Black Studies Department and James Small, scholar/activist, and a leader in the action described in the film THE FIVE DEMANDS about the 1969 takeover of City College of NY. This action led to City College becoming one of the most diverse campuses in the country and starting one of the early Black Studies programs.

Stacey L. Holman, long time producer and director, talks about "what is producing versus what is directing" - and the times when one is doing both those roles, as she often has. She also shows clips from her recent works.

A new film from Mathew Hashiguchi and producer Anjanette Levert follows the literally only doctor in this small town in Georgia - a state with one of the highest mortality rates for mothers.

"We Still Here" follows youth in the Puerto Rican town of Comeria, as they become organizers fighting for the recovery of their community after Hurricane Maria.

This stirring documentary by Vivek Bald and Alaudin Ullah follows Ullah's journey to discover his family background and in the process, the history of Bengalis in NYC.

The Oscar winning film 20 Days in Mariupol was shown and accompanied by a talk between Julia Galeta, a Ukrainian photographer and MFA student at CCNY, and Daria Kolomiec, a Ukrainian cultural activist and creator of the podcast Diaries of War.

Pose your questions to DP/Cinematographer Henry Adebonojo - fave camera, lights and more.

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music - hear from the musicians, hear the music, hear the director!

While many filmmakers like to hope that their usage of images and music could fall under the concept of "Fair Use"- what is the reality of the situation? and what is Right of Publicity, anyway?

Filmmaker Laila Jhane Harrison goes over the ways that filmmakers can use AI in their work, along with disclaimers and warnings and notes from the Archival Producers Alliance, and then goes deeper into using the AI program RunwayML for media creation and transformation.

Hear from funders that have upcoming deadlines for NY filmmakers - Arian Blanco of the New York State Council on the Arts, Wavefarm, and TA Kieu of the Jerome Foundation!

Three short documentaries linked by themes of history and memory, each with a memorable look and feel. This free evening seminar includes "Blueprint for My People" by Carol Bash, "Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)" by Vi Tuong Bui and "El Bastón" by Nemo Allen Maldonado

Documentation of cinematographer Henry Adebonojo's talk on image creation, including choosing locations, composition, lenses and lighting. Adebonojo's credits include both documentary and dramatic films, including "I'm Not Your Negro", "The League", "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power", "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Times of Gordon Parks" and many more.

Hear from Director Carla Gutierrez about the making of this documentary film "Frida" on Frida Kahlo.

"Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project" pushes the boundaries of biographical documentary film, using visually innovative treatments of Giovanni's poetry, along with vérité, archival footage, and Giovanni’s own performances. Hear from the co directors, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster of Rada Film.

Hear from a filmmaker and the director of Filmmaker Services and Impact at Working Films, on ways to change up film distribution. This seminar was not recorded.

Weed Dreams" is a doc series about Oakland's new legal cannabis entrepreneurs - being distributed on YouTube! Why? Hear from the maker.

Climate change pits public housing tenants against wealthy developers in Miami. See the film and hear from the filmmakers and activists.

Reparations - a film examination of this issue, its history and what people are doing now - and hear from a great filmmaker.

A group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch The 19th*, a news startup to challenge mainstream journalism.

Upcoming grants and labs for filmmakers - hear from Jerome Foundation, Firelight Media and more.

After finishing your film, what next? What are the ways filmmakers are generating funds from their films? Hear from filmmaker Chris Everett, who is also Artistic Director at the Southern Documentary Fund and founder of Speller Street Films, in conversation with producer/director Anjanette Levert.

Learn how you can create your own augmented reality (AR) projects with Damien McDuffie. He is a creative technologist, digital archivist, AR artist, and founder of Black Terminus AR, an augmented reality camera company that lets artists and museums create, sell or commission AR works without a ton of code.

One film was nominated for the Oscars, and the other for a NAACP Image Award - hear from the filmmaker behind them!

For the emerging filmmaker - what do I need to know about sound recording, what gear should I be getting, and hear from mixers in the field.

The new film "POWER" tells us about policing - its history and how it came to be the force it is today. Join the award winning director Yance Ford for this intensely relevant film and talk.

Join filmmaker Laila Harrison in a live Q&A online for insights and demos on using AI - for the skeptics. enthusiasts, and the confused.

Join us for an eye-opening workshop that introduces diverse filmmakers to AI's transformative power across all aspects of the filmmaking process. Enhance your creativity, streamline workflows and save time in your film productions with AI in this online workshop!

Filmmaker Daphne McWilliams shares tips on budgeting for documentaries, shorts, and low-budget features, along with template budgets. With a background in music videos and documentaries like the Oscar-nominated "4 Little Girls," her latest project, "Boston (R)evolution," is heading to festivals in 2024.

An online seminar with filmmakers Andres "Jay'' Molina and Alexis Neophytides about the making of their film, Fire Through Dry Grass, about the impact of the Covid pandemic on Jay and his friends, the Reality Poets, and the other residents of the Coler Nursing Home on Roosevelt Island.