Informal celebratory screening and discussion with Rutgers-Newark University Class of 2008 profile graduate Robin Laverne Wilson. Enjoy her diversity of documentary, experimental and other videos with her family, who couldn’t be prouder! Popcorn and light movie snacks will be served.

EMERGE: NEW GROWTH MEDIA
Honors Thesis Screening

Monday, May 19, 2008
2:00 - 4:00 pm

Paul Robeson Gallery
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Newark Campus
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd.
First Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973 353 1610
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/artgallery

Map:

Public Transportation:
Rail from Harrison, Jersey City, Hoboken, NYC:
PATH to Penn Station, Newark, AMTRAK (1-800-872-7245; www.amtrak.com) and New Jersey Transit (1-800-772-2222; www.nj.com/njtransit). Trains also stop at Newark Penn Station.

From Penn station-Newark to campus: You may take a $6 taxi ride to campus or take the City Subway (entrance is by McDonald’s) to Washington Street (2nd stop) for 65 cents.

For driving directions, please see gallery website for directions.

http://lovenewark.wordpress.com

As part of my final group project in my Creativity in Business Decisions seminar with Professor dt ogilvie [lowercase required], I helped shoot and edit a team video to promote the City of Newark experience.

Newark is in a momentous renaissance of development, arts, small business and grassroots communities. I’ve gotten fairly acquainted with the city over the years as a student and filmmaker. As a team, we all agreed that its diversity of people and activities have been overshadowed by its volatile season in the 60’s and urban decay up to the 90’s.

So our team of six people photographed and videotaped what we considered Newark’s treasures, and collaborated on a script that celebrates what we find unique and exciting. And we propose that the residents and fans of Newark should do the same — become ambassadors for the City of Newark and promote what you love about it.

I am giddy to announce my first ever public screening, two shorts, at Anthology Film Archives!

BLACK DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE:
SCREENING OF MEMBERS FILMS
curator/host: Julia O’Farrow
SILENT CHOICES
(Running time 60 minutes)
FAITH PENNICK
Producer/Director

Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 7 PM (Admission: $5)
At ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES 32 SECOND AVE
(F TRAIN TO 2ND AVE OR 6 TO BLEEKER)
New York, NY 10008-8631
Phone: (212) 505-5181

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I had the honor of being part of the Brave New Films field crew with the veterans to document their confrontation of Bill O’Reilly at Fox News yesterday, who claims there are no homeless veterans. Here’s my report for the day:

I put on my brown military thermals, my chocolate chip cammies, my black bandana and my black boots. I was off to represent for my father, my uncle, their army buddies and all the people in my life that I knew and didn’t know who had served this country and in some way, often the same way, got the shaft from it. Most of them are Black, like me. My home state, Texas, is practically one huge military base. It’s my patriotic duty, as the daughter of a Vietnam War combat medic, to pick up my weapon and fight for the cause. I grabbed my gear and went into friendly warrior mode to help these vets broadcast their story. And believe me — their stories are AMAZING. Read more