Video Activism - NEW!

Video Activism - NEW!

Adult Multi-Week | This class has been canceled

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Digital Lab

Beginner

9/9/2019-11/11/2019

6:00 PM-8:30 PM EDT on Mon

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$230.00

$207.00

$20.00

Discover how non-fiction filmmaking can be used as a tool for empowering voices, community building and promoting social change. You will collaborate as a member of a video production team by writing, producing, shooting and editing a short non-fiction piece meant for community engagement. This course will include hands-on workshops on camera, lighting, sound, editing and interview techniques.

  • Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
  • Students should bring a camera. Camera phones work. Please bring a flash drive to store digital files as well.
Hamidi, Ariana

Ariana Hamidi is a filmmaker who combines autobiographical fiction and political satire through performance art, re-photography, animated texts, and 16mm hand processes. Her films have been shown throughout the US and internationally including Anthology Film Archives, Int'l Film Festival Rotterdam, Athens Int’l Film & Video Festival, MadCat Int’l Womens Film Festival, and Beijing Int’l Film Festival. Her film and companion chapbook, Dear Cyclops, was published by Bronze Skull Press. She has an MFA in Performing Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BFA in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts from Ithaca College. Ariana has been sharing her passion for time-based media with students of all ages for fifteen years.