WASHINGTON, DC, 5 October 2012 — This is a Spanish-language version of the Harley-Davidson story I produced while in Cuba in fall semester 2011. Published by Yahoo! EN ESPAÑOL, it’s a re-worked and longer version of the piece originally published in the United States. You can it HERE. It is critical, if one is to […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 27 September 2012 — Register today and guarantee your place at the 6-9 December Video Journalism Workshop With Backpack Journalist Bill Gentile in Washington, DC. See http://videojournalismworkshops.com. The Video Journalism Workshops With Bill Gentile are intensive, four-day immersions in the craft of “backpack journalism” defined as character-driven television/web productions with hand-held digital cameras […]
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 — 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 — Cuban video journalists Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez take some time off from presenting their latest film to tour the nation’s capital, including the Mall and the Washington Monument. Winners of a documentary competition sponsored by American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) the […]