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COP-15 Begins Today!
The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15) kicks off in Copenhagen, Denmark today.  During the 11-day conference, leaders and activists will…
Posted by Intern on December 7

Oscar Shortlist Raises Questions about Docs
15 films made the cut for the preliminary shortlist of Best Documentary for the 2010 Academy Awards.  Although this certainly seems like…
Posted by Intern on November 24

Independent Filmmaker Conference 2009 - a mini-guide from MTM
IFP film conference is coming up soooon so tickets should be grabbed now. IFP INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER CONFERENCE September 19 – 23, 2009,…
Posted by Leah on September 16

Still Digging Up the Past in South Africa: Exhuming the Mamelodi 10, Social Justice and Racial Reconciliation
A few days before I left South Africa in 2005, I spent two days in the Winterveldt cemetery, a Black cemetery (under…
Posted by Bryan Mark on August 10

MTM & Mercy Corp’s Tribute to Women’s History Month
So yesterday was International Women’s Day! To honor the month in which we focus our attention on the trials and accomplishments of…
Posted by Leah on March 9

Congrats Ondi!
A Media That Matters alumna made some press this weekend from the snowy mountains of Utah. Big congratulations to Ondi Timoner for…
Posted by Phil on January 26

Radio Doc - Massacre of ‘68, Mexico City, Mexico
Make sure to tune into NPR’s All Things Considered today at 4:30 p.m. (ET), or listen online following the broadcast at www.radiodiaries.org,…
Posted by Leah on December 1

Election Day‘s Rashida Tlaib wins a seat in Michigan’s state legislature
In 2004, Rashida Tlaib was turning out the vote in her Michigan community. For Election Day, we followed her as she took…
Posted by Jolene on November 13

“The Goal is Social Change”
As IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Conference comes to an end, I’d like to rewind for a minute and recap my favorite moment from…
Posted by Intern on September 19

Allied Media Conference Rocks!
The 10th annual Allied Media Conference gets bigger and better every year.  This year the program was tight.  A full schedule was…
Posted by laimah on June 24

The Way We Were
This weekend, The Paley Center (formerly The Museum of Television and Radio) will be screening all ten of Arts Engine’s films. Many…
Posted by Angela on May 2

Looking at the Cinema Eye Honors
The Cinema Eye Honors originated to recognize documentary filmmakers as artists deserving of attention for their craft. The first award ceremony was…
Posted by Felix on March 28

The IFP Rough Cut Lab is coming up!
The ladies of Production here at Arts Engine are mentors for IFP’s Documentary Rough Cut Lab, a program that, through the feedback…
Posted by Angela on March 21

SXSW 2008
Austin "Live Music Capital of the World", TXHow does one summarize the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW)? It is an incredibly packed…
Posted by laimah on March 18

We All Live Under the Same Moon
Armed with sodas and popcorn, ninety-five excited high school students entered the theater at Tribeca Cinemas for the Tribeca Youth Screening Series,…
Posted by MediaRights on March 5