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DIY DAYS Boston agenda for Sat 4-Oct-08 is now online
Written by David Tames on September 29, 2008
Filed Under Distribution, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking
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I’m impressed with how many people registered for DIY DAYS before the agenda was published, but now the agenda is online, check it out. I think you’ll agree with me, this is an excellent lineup, I expect this will be among the best filmmaking events this year in Boston, hope to...  Continue Reading...

Smile Boston Project screens in Boston, Friday, October 3, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 28, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Film Festivals
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Readers in the Boston area are cordially invited to attend a free screening of my short documentary, Smile Boston Project, part of a special Boston screening of selected films from the From Here to Awesome film festival. Artist Bren Bataclan, the subject of my documentary, will be in attendance....  Continue Reading...

Scott Kirsner: Inventing the Movies
Written by David Tames on September 27, 2008
Filed Under Business, Hollywood, Interviews, Video
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In this video I interview journalist and author Scott Kirsner about his new book, Inventing the Movies: The Epic Battle between Innovation and the Status Quo in Hollywood. The interview covers an example from the book and takeaways for innovators in any field. Scott blogs about the movie industry...  Continue Reading...

Maria’s Story and its role in the technological history of documentary filmmaking
Written by David Tames on September 20, 2008
Filed Under Documentary, Filmmaking, MassArtDMI, Media Technology, Reviews
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Maria’s Story (1990, Monona Wali & Pamela Cohen, 53 min.) is a documentary portrait of Maria Serrano, a 39-year-old woman who is a peasant, mother, and guerrilla leader who at the time the film was made, had spent over a decade of her life fighting in the hills of El Salvador. Some...  Continue Reading...

DIY DAYS coming to Boston October 4, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 13, 2008
Filed Under Art, Business, Distribution, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, New Media, Web
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The DIY DAYS conference will be held in Boston on Saturday, October 4th at MassArt, along with screening of From Here to Awesome films the night before, also at MassArt. This traveling conference, recently held in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, explores how independent filmmakers...  Continue Reading...

Boston Media Makers, Meeting Notes, September 7, 2008
Written by David Tames on September 7, 2008
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, New Media, Video on the Web
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Pierre-Loic Assayag, who I know from the old Viant days (at one point we both worked for this digital business consulting firms that rose and fell during the era of irrational exuberance) is now working on Traackr, a fascinating start-up which tracks and compiles social media data and produces...  Continue Reading...