November 2011
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Visions: Tim Hetherington Extended thru Jan. 22
There’s still time!
The exhibition, VISIONS: TIM HETHERINGTON, has been extended until Sunday, January 22.
VISIT US 2/5 train to 3rd Avenue-149th Street; BX6, BX13, BX32, BX41 bus; 24hr parking is available CONTACT US info@bronxdoc.org FOR SCHOOL GROUPS contact education@bronxdoc.org
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Professional photojournalists replaced by unknown... →
Citing the growing quality of viewers cellphone snaps and amateur video footage, CNN has laid off about a dozen staffers. It apparently matters not at all that the unpaid citizen-journalists are completely untrained in even the most rudimentary aspects of media ethics. Do we know what their agendas are or who they work for? Do they understand the very concept of objectivity?
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Tim Hetherington on the BBC →
A very insightful 7-minute piece about Tim Hetherington on the BBC. It digs into hs real genius, what set Tim apart as a journalist. Included are interviews with his girlfriend Idil Ibrahim and friends Sebastian Junger, James Brabazon and Stephen Mayes of VII.
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Congo show →
A friend who has worked extensively in Africa highly recommends this show. Give it a look if you are in Chelsea
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Dan Rather speech at CPJ →
Dan Rather took no prisoners last night at the CPJ awards. He delivered an extraordinarily powerful and concise speech defining the trouble with American journalism today. Here is a link.
Holiday Hours
Bronx Documentary Center will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23 though Friday, Nov. 25. We will reopen on Saturday, November 26 at 11AM. Enjoy the holiday!
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Bronx Portraits from Chantal Heijnen →
Beatiful, evocative portraits from Chantal who lives up on 183rd st and is a new friend of the BDC.
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Returning Afghan War Vets from Restrepo Doc →
A really nice and informative piece on ABC’s website about the soldiers from the 173rd Airborne, the outfit profiled in the Oscar-nominated film Restrepo. The Afghan footage was shot by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger; the US footage was shot by BDC staffer Mike Kamber
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Revolutionary virtual reality iPad video... →
From BDC founder Mike Kamber, the first New York TImes review published of Danfung Dennis’s new iPad app. This app allows the viewer to pan 180 degrees as he or she watches a video. Will Condition ONE open up groundbreaking possibilities for filmmakers and documentarians?
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Bronx Community Board membership
BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ URGES BRONX RESIDENTS
TO APPLY TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD
Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. today invited Bronx residents to make a difference in their community by joining their local Community Board. The Office of the Bronx Borough President will be accepting applications for all 12 Community Boards from city residents who reside, work or have professional or other...
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Wounded Photog Joao Silva does the Marathon! →
A wonderful short video on BDC friend Joao Silva as he completes the NYC marathon
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Inspiring photoessay on a disabled runner →
BDC asst. Romina Hendlin of Venezuela did this truly inspiring photoessay on a man who can’t walk stairs due to a birth defect, but runs marathons. He will be in NYC this weekend for the NYC marathon.
