[Hidden-tech] Fwd: new WGBH Lab Open Call

[Jonathon Podolsky]

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> From: Stefanie Koperniak <stefanie_koperniak at wgbh.org>
> Date: November 20, 2007 4:28:17 PM EST
> Subject: new WGBH Lab Open Call
> Reply-To: Stefanie Koperniak <stefanie_koperniak at wgbh.org>
>
> WGBH Lab partners with National Black Programming Consortium to  
> present new Open Call
> 	
> The WGBH Lab and National Black Programming Consortium collaborate  
> to present the Lab’s new Open Call. The WGBH Lab Open Call seeks big  
> ideas for small screens, including mobile devices, Web sites and  
> television broadcast.
>
> For the new Open Call, the WGBH Lab and National Black Programming  
> Consortium invite filmmakers and other aspiring media-makers to  
> pitch an idea for a video short (of approximately three minutes)  
> looking at the issue of how we resolve past wrongs, especially  
> around matters of race. Pitches might explore themes of belonging  
> versus expulsion, anger versus forgiveness, guilt versus  
> reparations. A successful pitch offers a new approach to story- 
> telling and presents a surprising visual style, a fresh genre or a  
> unique voice. The deadline is December 12, 2007, and users of the  
> Lab site will be able to comment on and review pitches chosen by  
> WGBH. Visit http://lab.wgbh.org.
>
> Selected pitches will receive production funding and editorial  
> support. Finished shorts may be presented in conjunction with WGBH’s  
> and PBS's African American History Month programming in February,  
> via broadcast and broadband. The Lab will also consider completed  
> shorts (rather than only preliminary pitches) that address these  
> themes.
>
> ITVS has co-produced, in association with National Black Programming  
> Consortium, the film “Banished,” to be broadcast on Independent Lens  
> in February 2008. “Banished” explores how slavery and racism  
> reverberated into 20th-century America with the violent removal of  
> black families from their communities from the 1860s to the 1920s.
>
> About National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
> Since 1979, NBPC has been a leading provider on American public  
> television of quality, intelligent and compelling programming that  
> celebrates the cultural heritage of African Americans and the  
> African Diaspora. NBPC is one of five ethnic consortia funded by the  
> Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The Consortia function as  
> developers, producers, and distributors of radio and television  
> programming that appeals to diverse audiences and harnesses the  
> creative talents of minority communities. Visit http://nbpc.tv.
>
> About the WGBH Lab
> The WGBH Lab is a virtual space designed to explore new content  
> creation opportunities, with a focus on new media. In addition to  
> Open Call, some of the Lab’s current features include the Filmmakers- 
> in-Residence program and the Lab Sandbox, which invites users to  
> experiment with archived WGBH content. The WGBH Lab aims to support  
> the innovative work of independent filmmakers and open the doors of  
> WGBH to new voices and ideas. Visit http://lab.wgbh.org.
>
> About WGBH
> WGBH Boston is America’s preeminent public broadcaster, producing  
> such celebrated national PBS series as Masterpiece Theatre, Antiques  
> Roadshow, Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Arthur and more than  
> a dozen other award-winning primetime, lifestyle and children’s  
> series. Boston’s last remaining independent TV station, WGBH  
> produces local TV productions (among them, Greater Boston, Basic  
> Black and Maria Hinojosa One-on-One) that focus on the region’s  
> diverse community, while WGBH 89.7 FM is Boston’s NPR Arts & Culture  
> station, offering a rich menu of classical, jazz, blues, news  
> programming and more. WGBH is the leading producer of online content  
> for pbs.org—one of the most-visited dot-org sites on the Internet—a  
> major producer for public radio and a pioneer in developing  
> educational multimedia and new technologies that make media  
> accessible for people with disabilities. For its efforts, WGBH has  
> been recognized with hundreds of honors, including Oscars, Emmys,  
> Peabodys and duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards. Visit WGBH on the  
> Web at www.wgbh.org.
> ###
>
> -- 
> Stefanie Koperniak
> Publicist, Media Relations
> WGBH
> phone: 617-300-5317
> fax: 617-300-1016
> stefanie_koperniak at wgbh.org

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