NORWOOD, MA, 13 October 2012 — Designer and Internet marketer Bruce Jones, at his office in Norwood, Massachusetts, begins a weekend dedicated to the completion of “‘Bill Gentile’s Essential Video Journalism Field Manual,’ by Backpack Journalist Bill Gentile.” Listed as a required text for my “Backpack Documentary” course of Spring 2013, the book should be […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 28 September 2012 — Kirsi Jansa was a participant in one of my Backpack Video Journalism Workshops. Since taking the course, she has devoted her time, energy and considerable skills to documenting the development of “fracking,” the controversial process used to extract natural gas from beneath the earth’s surface. Her series of documentary […]
http://videojournalismworkshops.com, WASHINGTON, DC, 22 September 2010 — Cuban video journalists Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez have released their film, “Solar del 11,” about a public housing unit in Havana, Cuba. The film addresses one of the three chronic ills of Cuban society, which are housing, food and transportation. Watch the film HERE. Winners […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — Cuban filmmakers visiting American University (AU) sit in on my Backpack Documentary class late Wednesday. Maria Elisa Perez (in foreground with orange sweater) and Duniesky Canton Fernandez (opposite on left) screened their film, “Solar del 11,” about a public housing unit in Havana, Cuba. The film addresses one of […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — At an American University screening for the documentary short documentary, “Solar del 11,” I introduce Cuban filmmakers Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez. The film documents a public housing unit in Havana. The three chronic ills of Cuban society are housing, food and transportation. Winners of a documentary […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — A poster announcing this evening’s event featuring two documentary filmmakers Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez.