The Billy Bang Quartet
Born Billy Walker, Billy studied violin as a youngster growing up in New York's South Bronx. Drafted into Vietnam, he had a political awakening and returned to America to throw […]
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Amy Goodman
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesAmy Goodman, the host of Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! helps celebrate the five year anniversary of the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center and launches a capital campaign for The Sanctuary […]
The Kamikaze Hearts
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Kamikaze Hearts offer “upstate porch rock.” Deftly crafting descriptive tales in song in addition to the texture of four-part harmonies, the band features acoustic guitar, brushed snare drum and […]
Be the Media! Workshop with Jim de Séve: Essential Documentary Tools
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesCurious about documentaries? Thinking of making one or in the middle of production? Examine fundamental issues critical to planning, producing and marketing a documentary. Topics include: Subject - Choosing a […]
Mansour Farhang on Iran
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesProfessor Mansour Farhang is an Iranian-born author and former diplomat who served as revolutionary Iran's first ambassador to the U.N. after the fall of the Sha and before Khomeini. He […]
George Stoney on “Urban Renewal”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesA new edit of the 1964 documentary What Do You Tear Down Next, documenting the prelude to destruction of hundreds of downtown buildings in Troy, Schenectady, and Albany. Followed by […]
George Stoney 90th Birthday Bash
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe Sanctuary for Independent Media celebrates a living legend, the one and only George Stoney, one of America’s greatest documentary filmmakers! Stoney has been making films since 1946, and was […]
George Stoney on “Prison Action”
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThe 2005 documentary Getting Out by Stoney and his former student David Bangall holds true to one of the basic precepts of community media: giving a forum to unheard voices […]
“Notes Against the Threshold of Dreams” with Zevin Polzin
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesComposer Zevin Polzin's overnight concert, Notes Against the Threshold of Dreams, will be an exploration of the liminal zone between waking consciousness and dream. This process involves the sonification of […]
“The Other Side” Premier with Filmmaker Bill Brown
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesBill Brown is from Lubbock, Texas. He has made several short experimental documentaries about the dusty corners of the North American landscape, including The Other Side (2006). He will be […]
In-the-Works Film and Video Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesPresenting filmmakers and their works in progress to an audience of filmmakers, film lovers and anyone interested in the creative process. The "In-the-Works" Film and Video Festival, curated by Burrill […]
Joe Giardullo’s Red Morocco
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesFormed in 2005 Red Morocco is Joe Giardullo, tenor/soprano sax; Bob Forbes, bass; and Harvey Sorgen, drums. This powerful band features Harvey Sorgen, former longtime drummer with Hot Tuna. Joe […]
“Cartune Xprez” Animation Screening
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesCartune Exprez is a curated program of experimental animations and performances from across the United States and Canada. This event converges hypercolor flash graphics, hand drawn stories, newspaper cut-outs, photo […]
Be The Media! Workshop With Cat Mazza: Introduction to Web Design and Basic HTML
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesIn this workshop, led by new media artist Cat Mazza, you will learn the basics of developing a website. It will cover how to brainstorm interfaces and navigation, basic HTML […]
“The Camden 28,” Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesHow far would you go to stop a war? Anthony Giacchino’s film The Camden 28, tells what happened on August 22, 1971, when twenty-eight men and women in Camden, New […]
“Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon,” Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesComposed of an artful blend of documentary and dramatic elements, Khalo Matabane's Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon (2005) is a revolutionary film for South Africa. It breaks from the hard-hitting […]
“Men on the Edge: Fishermen’s Diary,” Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival
A documentary by Israeli filmmakers Avner Faingulernt and Macabit Abramzon Men on the Edge: Fishermen's Diary (2005) is set on an isolated and abandoned beach at the border between Gaza […]
The Sabir Mateen Quartet
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesComposer and bandleader Sabir Mateen has been a musician most of his life. Born in Philadelphia, he started as a percussionist and moved to flute as a teenager. Gradually evolving […]
“The Net” Premiere With Political Theorist Langdon Winner
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesMore of a film essay (of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker) than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck's The Net: The Unabomber, the LSD and […]
Be The Media! Workshop with Andrew Lynn and Victoria Kereszi: How to Deconstruct Your Television – A Media Primer for Youth and Parents
The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United StatesThis hands-on workshop will change the way you watch TV forever! It will give young people and adults a basic introduction to critical thinking and media literacy as well as […]
