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The Smile Boston Project (Trailer)
Written by David Tames on June 30, 2007
Filed Under Art, Documentary, Events & Screenings, General, Video
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The Smile Boston Project is a 20 minute documentary that I recently completed. The film will premiere at the 16th Woods Hole Film Festival on Saturday, August 4th at 5:00 P.M. (screens with Justice Louis D. Brandeis: The People’s Attorney). The film follows artist Bren Bataclan through...  Continue Reading...

Special Screening of Remembering John Marshall
Written by David Tames on June 29, 2007
Filed Under Documentary, Events & Screenings, Filmmakers, General
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The Plymouth Independent Film Festival (July 18-22, 2007) will present a special screening of “Remembering John Marshall” along with four short films by John Marshall (”Bitter Melons,” “A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding,” “After the Game,” and “Youth...  Continue Reading...

2007 Woods Hole Film Festival
Written by David Tames on June 27, 2007
Filed Under Art, Documentary, Events & Screenings, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Films, General, Video on the Web
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This week the Woods Hole Film Festival posted their festival schedule. Now in its 16th year, the festival opens with a screening of the remastered 1971 Documentary Classic, Blue Water, White Death, about the search for the elusive Great White Shark. Woods Hole is a wonderful festival with a...  Continue Reading...

2007 Plymouth Independent Film Festival
Written by David Tames on June 27, 2007
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The Plymouth Independent Film Festival announced today its film selection for the third annual film festival. Over forty films will be screened at the Plimoth Plantation beginning on Thursday July 19 at 4pm. Highlights include seventeen films as part of the Made in Mass screenings series: ...  Continue Reading...

One of the most interesting works in progress…
Written by David Tames on June 4, 2007
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One of the most interesting works in progress right now among documentary filmmakers has got to be Les Blank’s film on documentary film pioneer Ricky Leacock, described in Blank’s own words as “having the time of his life in Normandy, France, where he is happily at work creating...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, June 3, 2007
Written by David Tames on June 3, 2007
Filed Under Events & Screenings, General, Media Literacy, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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It’s been a media saturated weekend, first was at the Making Media Now Conference at Boston University on Friday and now its Sunday morning and I’m attending the monthly Boston Media Makers meeting held the first Sunday of every month at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain. The...  Continue Reading...

Making Media Now (slides from Opening Remarks)
Written by David Tames on June 2, 2007
Filed Under Books, Business, Filmmaking, General, Media Literacy, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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Here are my slides from the Opening Remarks I made at the Making Media Now: Filmmaking in Transition conference held yesterday at Boston University. A special thanks to Jennifer Kaplan, Bonnie Waltch, and all the people and sponsors who made this lively and engaging event possible. Continue...  Continue Reading...