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Protesting horrific human ugliness through art.

#stories for a better world #arts activism

Pam Sporn - Documentary Film Co-Teacher at CLDI

Student Work: Ayinde Jean-Baptiste

Check out this piece co-produced Ayinde Jean-Baptiste (CLDI ‘13) on food, fairness and a community creating its own resources.

#documentary #audio #activist documentary #food rights #urban history #community garden #food desert #victory garden #community organizing

Faculty Work: Sally Herships

New Faculty Announced! Sally Herships

An award winning producer, currently reporting for American Public Media's Marketplace Sally Herships has also produced or reported for the BBC, The New York Times, NPR, WNYC, Studio 360 and has put in many hours at Radiolab.

Ayinde Jean-Baptiste (CLDI ‘13) artfully captures Haitian voices, allowing them to take part in the narrative of the 2010 earthquake.

#documentary #activist documentary #in their own words #haiti #podcasts #folklore

#documentary #local characters #old new york #urban history #the listening project #brooklyn #midwood

Lindy at the Savoy

Produced by Dave Isay and Steve Zeitlin for the "American Talkers" series. First broadcast on Weekend All Things Considered, 1996. Photos by Hazel Hankin.

#documentary #radio #old new york #lindy hop #urban history #urban folklore #local characters

Faculty Work: Ram Devineni

Ram Devineni - Documentary Film Co-Teacher at CLDI

Ram Devineni is an innovative story teller. He is the producer of the the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film, The Russian Woodpecker, and creator of the Augmented reality comic book Priya’s Shakti, winner of the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Grant.

#documentary

Faculty Work: Michael Kamber

Michael Kamber - Multimedia Photography Teacher at CLDI

Michael Kamber has worked as a photojournalist for more than 25 years. His photographs, videos, and multimedia work have been widely published and recognized. In 2011, Kamber founded the Bronx Documentary Center, an educational space dedicated to positive socials change through photography and film.

#michael kamber #photojournalism #documentary

#documentary #old new york #local characters #the listening project #brooklyn

Faculty Work: Pam Sporn

Pam Sporn - Documentary Film Co-Teacher at CLDI Pam Sporn is a Bronx-based documentary filmmaker whose work interweaves historical narratives and personal storytelling.

#documentary #activist documentary #activist media #civil rights

Student Films: Amanda Colon-Smith

#documentary #capoeira #local characters #urban history #activist media

Folklore is... West Indian Mas Camps

#documentary #neighborood #west indian day parade #local characters #urban folklore #urban history

An amazing immersion in all things documentary! The institute combined big picture inspiration with hard radio skills. After just three weeks I feel ready to begin producing radio.

Julia Szabo (CLDI ‘13)

Folklore is... The Puerto Rican Schwinn Club

#documentary #urban folklore #urban history #local characters #nyc history #schwinn

Student Project: Busker Profile

#documentary #busker #profile #urban folklore #local characters #subway performers #subway stories #nyc history

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