History

Lost, Found and Remixed - Panel Discussion 10/12/2013

A panel discussion with screening of clips, geared toward filmmakers as well as the general public, looks at many aspects of repurposing footage for new uses. With Alice Apley, Executive Director of Documentary Educational Resources (co-sponsor of the symposium), filmmaker Caroline Martel, an internationally renowned award-winning documentary artist (Phantom Of The Operator, Wavemakers), Sandra Forman, entertainment lawyer (Eyes on the Prize), Rick Prelinger and Adrian Wood. As part of the symposium VTIFF is excited to launch the GVM – Second Time Around initiative, announcing seed money for restoring and digitizing older Vermont-made films. Part of the Vermont International Film Festival .

Surviving Plenty - Archival Filmmaking in the Age of Mass Production 10/12/2013

Money, patience and courage are no longer necessities for filmmakers choosing to work with archives. While it can still be a struggle to access archival material, vast resources are now freely available for viewing (and often, reuse). But freedom brings new challenges. How can career mediamakers thrive in an age of mass authorship and distributed creativity? What emerging modes of archival work offer the greatest promise? And how can we best use archival material to make works that plumb moving image history so as to propel it forward? Rick Prelinger explores these and other issues in an image-rich talk that includes audience discussion. Rick Prelinger, an archivist, writer and filmmaker, founded Prelinger Archives, whose collection of 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002 after 20 years’ operation. Part of the Vermont International Film Festival with sponsorship by UVM Burack Distinguished Lecture Series.

Vermont Sudanese Community 09/30/2013

Members of the Sudanese community living in Vermont speak about the Campaign for a United Abyei with South Sudan. Panelists are, Isaac Kuek; James Ajith; Telar Telar; Chol Dhoor; Peter Keny, Secretary of Sudanese Community living in VT and Emmanual Mayom, Chairman of Sudanese Community living in Vermont.

Preservation Burlington: Influence of the Environment on Societal Development 09/26/2013

Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington. Host Ron Wanamaker talks with Hugo Martinez Cazon.

St. Michael's College: Dr. Maura Cullen on Diversity and Inclusion 09/17/2013

Dr. Cullen, author of 35 Dumb Things Well-Intended People Say: Surprising Things We Say That Widen The Diversity Gap, has 25 years’ experience as a diversity trainer/speaker at over 500 universities and organizations. She reaches her audience with wonderful humor and real-life stories.

Learn What Matters at Saint Michael's College, The Edmundite Catholic liberal arts college, www.smcvt.edu

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: A Logistical Nightmare: The Outfitting of the Revolutionary Era Armies in the Champlain Valley 09/15/2013

Archeologist and University of Vermont professor Scott A. McLaughlin explores how artifacts provide a window on the life of a typical Revolutionary War soldier in the Champlain Valley. This program is supported by a Vermont Humanities Council grant.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

Chelsea Green Book Talks: Philip Ackerman Leist on Rebuilding the Foodshed: Remapping Our Expectations for the Food We Share 09/11/2013

A public lecture by Green Mountain College’s Food and Farm Project Director, Philip Ackerman-Leist, hosted by Chelsea Green Publishing and Shelburne Farms on September 11, 2013. Co-sponsored by NOFA-VT and Vermont Farm to Plate.

Discussion of Racism in Burlington After the Killing of Trayvon Martin 09/10/2013

Alyssa Brown, Rashad Shabazz, Kesha Ram and Rachel Seigal add to the ongoing conversation on race and racism in Burlington VT particularly after the killing of Trayvon Martin and aquittal of George Zimmerman.

Chelsea Green Book Talks: Don Mitchell on 'Flying Blind' 09/09/2013

A book launch party for Don Mitchell sponsored by The Intervale Center and Chelsea Green Publishing for Don’s new book Flying Blind at The Intervale Center. Guests included Don’s daughter/acclaimed folk singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. www.ChelseaGreen.com

Historic Vermont Architecture 09/09/2013

Middlebury College Professor Glenn Andres speaks about historic Vermont architecture as part of the celebration of the Old Round Church bicentennial in Richmond.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!