One of the great things about documentary is that you can create change. Documentary filmmaking is not just about entertaining people. Documentaries bring light and depth to issues that most news organizations can’t.
Distribution with Outreach and Engagement: Dispatches From Women in Media
May 9th, 2012 | by Nicole Docta | published in Uncategorized, Women and Girls Lead
Finding Your Creative Voice: Dispatches From Women in Media
March 30th, 2012 | by Nicole Docta | published in Women and Girls Lead
The term “finding your own voice” means two different things to me. As an artist, you need to find your own way to express yourself that is unique from others.
Networking: Dispatches from Wisconsin Women in Media
March 21st, 2012 | by Frances Perkins | published in Women and Girls Lead
All the passion, the responsibility, the geekiness in the world can only get you so far in the world of film and media. It takes connections, collaborations and networking to get where you want to go
Geekiness: Dispatches from Wisconsin Women in Media
February 6th, 2012 | by Frances Perkins | published in Engage WI, Women and Girls Lead
Yes, I’m a self-proclaimed film geek. As you’ve been reading in other posts, this field is extremely hard work. We wouldn’t do it if we didn’t love it, and love it in a crazy, goofy way that can only be described as geekiness.
To Film a Chicken: Dispatches from Wisconsin Women in Media
November 30th, 2011 | by Tashai Lovington | published in Engage WI, Women and Girls Lead
A group calling themselves the Chicken Underground were banding together to get the local ordinances changed to allow for the legalization of backyard poultry. My chicken book idea came back into focus, but I began to think of it in a more dynamic way–as a film.
Remembering Wangari Maathai
September 27th, 2011 | by Engage Wisconsin | published in Updates, Women and Girls Lead
Today we remember Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize – she passed away Sunday. In 2009, Independent Lens aired her story in the documentary “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai“. As Jennifer Buffett wrote in her Huffington Post article today, “She understood that women, working as powerful actors in [...]
