Monday, November 30, 2015

Fwd: Don't miss the final 'Seeing It Through' FREE Professional Development Workshop of the year!




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Seeing It Through is a curated professional development workshop series offering assistance to creative people, organizations, and those seeking cultural grants.

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cPodcasts, Webisodes and Blogs:
Creating Content and Building Your Media Profile
w/ Valerie Smaldone

Morris Park Lirbrary
985 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462 | 718-931-0636

Media personality Valerie Smaldone is an award-winning broadcaster turned digital content provider. Having interviewed thousands of celebrities, authors, thought leaders and entrepreneurs, she has the inside scoop on what makes content engaging. Valerie works with experts to build a plan for a "media footprint" through compelling content. Learn how to produce podcasts, webisodes or blogs to market your specific area of expertise, a product or service. You will have the opportunity to work with Valerie to hone in on and craft content and build your brand through social media. This intensive workshop will provide you with the tools to produce and market your own content.

Admission is Free, but RSVP is required.

ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc,cSneak Peek for 2016!

Save the date !

Saturday | January 16th, 2016 | 12-2PM

Creating a Comic!
w/ Derrick Charles, 2015 BRIO award winner in the field of Illustrated Text

Bronx Library Center
310 East Kingsbridge Rd. | 718-365-5516


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Questions?

Contact Sabrina at 718.931.9500 x22 or Sabrina@bronxarts.org


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This series is made possible with funding from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYS Council on the Arts, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., and NYC Council Members James Vacca, Andrew Cohen, Andy King and Melissa Mark-Viverito.

 
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

NYC offers 'Clean Slate' program for petty criminals

 

City officials are launching an event offering New Yorkers the opportunity to resolve outstanding warrants for a host of low-level crimes.

NYC offers 'Clean Slate' program for petty criminals
CHELSIA MARCIUS, RICH SCHAPIRO
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:43:28 GMT

Friday, November 6, 2015

Fwd: Enjoy award-winning African and African Diaspora Films on VOD!



Enjoy award-winning African and African Diaspora Films on VOD!
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ArtMattan Films on VOD, more films added!

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Enjoy award-winning African and African Diaspora Films on VOD!

 

Tango Negro:
The African Roots of Tango

DIRECTED BY DOM PEDRO, 2014, 90 MIN

Documentary that explores the expression of Tango’s Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango.  CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

 
The Story of Lovers Rock
DIRECTED BY MENELIK SHABAZZ, 2011, 96 MIN
A revealing musical documentary about Lovers Rock, often dubbed 'romantic reggae,' a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

 
The First Rasta
DIRECTED BY HELENE LEE, 2011, 85 MIN
Thirty years after Bob Marley's death, it is time to pay tribute to Leonard Percival Howell, The man who created the Rasta Movement. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!



Daratt / Dry Season
DIRECTED BY MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN ,2006, 95 MIN
Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father... CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!


Borders / Frontieres
DIRECTED BY MOSTEFA DJADJAM, 2002, 102 MIN
Six men and a woman set out on the hazardous journey from Senegal to Morocco in a bid to slip illegally into Europe to escape from the poverty and internecine warfare of Africa.  CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

Sia, The Dream of the Python
DIRECTED BY DANI KOUYATE, 2001, 96 MIN
Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory. - Movie Guide 
CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!


ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch SHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY ON VOD NOW!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ON VOD NOW!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS ON VOD NOW!

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ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch RETURN TO GOREE ON VOD NOW!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch LA PLAYA D.C. ON VOD NOW!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON REELHOUSE!   Watch JEWS OF EGYPT ON VOD NOW!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON AMAZON!   Watch great films online!

ARTMATTAN FILMS ON FANDOR!   Watch great films online!

PURCHASE ADIFF FILMS ON DVD!

If you cannot come to the Festival, the Festival can come to you!

Enjoy with family and friends some of the best films from the African Diaspora International Film Festival on DVD!!

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