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X-WR-CALNAME:MLK Scholar Presentation: "Documentary and the Power of Knowle
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DESCRIPTION:Synopsis: Documentary movie making is a form of knowledge shari
 ng and also a tool for community building. The way we organize ourselves t
 o create a film can be as powerful a force as the knowledge presented with
 in the movie. Please join documentary filmmaker and educator Louis Massiah
  for a talk on the possibilities of documentary as a tool for community cu
 ltural work\, exploring the traditions and methodologies of independent co
 mmunity-based digital media making.\n\nLouis J. Massiah (MIT\, SM '82) is 
 a documentary filmmaker and the founder/director of Scribe Video Center in
  Philadelphia. His innovative approach to documentary filmmaking and commu
 nity media has earned him numerous honors\, including a MacArthur Fellowsh
 ip (1996-2001)\, two Rockefeller/Tribeca fellowships\, and a Pew Fellowshi
 p in the Arts. Through Scribe\, he assists emerging filmmakers in authorin
 g their own stories\, including the Precious Places Community History Proj
 ect\, Muslim Voices of Philadelphia\, and The Great Migration - A City Tra
 nsformed. His award-winning documentaries\, The Bombing of Osage Avenue (1
 986)\, W.E.B. Du Bois – A Biography in Four Voices (1996)\, two films fo
 r the Eyes on the Prize II series (1987)\, A is for Anarchist\, B is for B
 rown (2002)\, and The Interrogative Portrait series: How to Make A Flower:
  La Méthode MOBO (2020)\, What I See: Don Camp (2021)\, and most recently
 \, Why Black Film? – A Conversation with Pearl Bowser (2023) have screen
 ed at festivals\, galleries\, and museums throughout the U.S.\, Europe\, a
 nd Africa\, and broadcast on public television. In 2011\, Massiah was comm
 issioned to create a five-channel permanent video installation for the Nat
 ional Park Service’s President’s House historic site. Other projects i
 nclude video installations for The President’s House: Freedom and Slaver
 y in the Making of a Nation and the Musée des Civilisations Noires in Dak
 ar\, Senegal. Massiah is the project director and co-programmer of We Tell
 : 50 Years of Participatory Community Media. He holds a Master of Science 
 in Visual Studies from MIT.\n\nThis event is hybrid. Please choose your ti
 cket accordingly. \n\nWe are committed to making this event fully accessib
 le to everyone who wants to attend. Please let us know if there is anythin
 g you need to participate fully in this event by e-mailing vulfp@mit.edu.\
 n\nPhotographs and/or videos may be taken at this event. \n\nBy entering a
 nd attending this event\, you acknowledge and agree that your likeness and
 /or voice may be included in photos and videos of the event and used by MI
 T in connection with communications about the Institute Community and Equi
 ty Office or in other MIT communications.\n\nIf you do not agree to this u
 sage\, please notify the event organizer or do not enter the event.
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SUMMARY:MLK Scholar Presentation: "Documentary and the Power of Knowledge S
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CATEGORIES:Community Event
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