WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — A poster announcing this evening’s event featuring two documentary filmmakers Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez.
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 September 2012 — A poster announcing this evening’s event featuring two documentary filmmakers Maria Elisa Perez and Duniesky Canton Fernandez.
HAVANA, Cuba, 9 September 2012 — While in Cuba with AU Abroad students last week, I spent some time at Casa de las Americas going over the basics of my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” course, to be taught by Cuban instructor Carlos Ernesto Escalona Marti. Casa de las Americas is Cuba’s premier cultural institute, renowned […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 9 September 2012 — I meet with AU Abroad students at their hotel in Havana, Cuba, during the first days of their semester in Cuba, which began 5 September. On the far right is Carlos Ernesto Escalona Marti, who is teaching my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” course this semester. I’m in the green […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 7 September 2012 — The sun also rises over Havana, Cuba, from where I just returned after having spent a week supervising my “Photojournalism and Social Documentary” class, to be taught this semester by a Cuban instructor. This is the early-morning view from my room on the 8th floor of the Hotel Presidente, […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 27 August 2012 — Laura Turner produced, shot, narrated and edited this video during our 16-19 Video Journalism Workshop With Backpack Journalist Bill Gentile. You can watch it on YouTube HERE. This is a terrific example of how wireless microphones can be used so effectively. Previous participants have shot at Afrikutz but with […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 27 August 2012 — Ursula Casabonne produced, shot, narrated and edited this video at our August 16-19, 2012 Video Journalism Workshop With Backpack Journalist Bill Gentile. An employee of the World Bank, Ursula is seeking ways to integrate video storytelling skills into her work. You can see Ursula’s video on YouTube HERE. In […]