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Submitted by c5 on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 12:14.I was a Mass Comm student, majoring in film and tv. Once graduated I worked for an ngo, Komas (www.komas.org) that does popular communication training for communities and video is one the most popular tool we used. Some of the trainings involved getting communities to tell their own stories through videos. These stories are then screened at their annual human rights film fest called Freedom Film Fest (freedomfilmfest.komas.org). I realized from such experience that moving images made such a profound impact on audiences and has help a lot in the human rights discourses. It also helps that one doesn’t need to know how to read and write in order to make video or to use them, makes it a friendly tool with communities, especially the point and shoot camera we have these days.
Feminism firstly for me stands for inclusiveness, participatory, to involve
everyone in all aspect as much as possible. So feminist practice of
technology, in terms of filmmaking is to involve the subjects as well as
every member of the crew as much as possible, that everyone learn through the process. In the end, the process is more important if not as important as the product. It is not how awesome the film looked but that everyone involved in that filmmaking grew from the process, feels more empowered after and that they can go out and do or share alike. At the same time, we must also be wary of existing discriminations and pay careful attention to people that are vulnerable to these discrimination and make sure they don’t get sidelined, be it gender, sexuality, abilities etc.
I like to think I’m already a feminist filmmaker and trainer but the truth
is I am also a product of the society I live in so I definitely have to
grapple everyday about being a dictator-director on set or off set; or a
overbearing trainer in the workshop or out of the workshop. This is where
working in a team is important, so there are always fellow feminists to keep
check and critic. Life is a learning process, so is being a feminist.
Technology is like capital, land and all other sought after resources, we
cannot let one elite group of people control and set its parameters, it
should be made accessible to all, a leveled playing field with rules set by
all parties at stake, and with cooperation as the game, not competition.
Video track participant information
Submitted by ftxadmin on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 14:11.This track focuses on video as a compelling medium to document violations of rights, record living testimonies and narrate diverse perspectives. The track also looks at how publishing and dissemination of video can be strengthened through ICT.
Trainers
- Tessa Lewin South Africa/UK
- Lor Yew Mien Malaysia
- Gabriela Ivanov Croatia
What is the video track about?
- Strategic/creative use of video for advocacy/storytelling/social networking
What topics will it cover?
Pre-production
- Interview schedules/scripts/ story telling
