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 Motion Picture Association of America |
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Today, these associations represent not only the world of theatrical film, but serve as leader and advocate for major producers and distributors of entertainment programming for television, cable, home video and future delivery systems not yet imagined.
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| The Latin-American Cinemateca of Los Angeles |
The Latin-American Cinemateca of Los Angeles (LACLA) is a non-profit viewer-sponsored film exhibition and cultural organization dedicated to supporting and cultivating every aspect of Latin-American cinema and the moving image in all its forms, from its beginnings to the present. Their goals are to promote and increase the visibility of Latin-America Cinema, to showcase Latino cineastes from the US and Latin America, stimulate a dialogue about the artistic merits of Latin-American cinema and to encourage the youth of Los Angeles and Southern California to pursue careers in film and media studies.
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| The National Hispanic Media Coalition |
A non-profit organization established in Los Angeles in 1986, NHMC has grown to seven chapters in the nation (New York, Chicago, Phoeniz, Sacramento, San Diego, Atlanta and Detroit) . Their mission is to improve the image of American Latinos as they are portrayed in the industry, to increase the number of Latinos employed in media and to advocate for media and telecommunications policies that benefit the Latino community.
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| The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West |
Based in Los Angeles, CA, the Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers is a professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media the opportunity to network professionally, share resources, exchange ideas and meet socially in order to enhance the development, production, promotion and exhibition of documentaries. The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West also advocates the recognition and professional advancement of Black documentary filmmakers.
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| The Black Documentary Collective |
Founded by veteran filmmaker St.Clair Bourne, the Black Documentary Collective provides people of African descent working in the documentary film and video field the opportunity to meet socially, network professionally and promote each others' work and exchange ideas in order to generate productions. The BDC also advocates on issues impacting Black documentarians.
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| Asian Cinevision |
A nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions by helping to develop and support both emerging and experienced Asian American film and video makers and other media artists working in a range of genres and styles and to ensure that the full spectrum of Asian and Asian American media works reach diverse audiences in Asian American communities and beyond.
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| Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences |
Since its inception in 1996, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences promotes awareness of the art and science of interactive games and entertainment. The Academy?s mission is to promote and advance common interests in the worldwide entertainment software community by recognizing outstanding achievements in interactive content and the entertainment software community.
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| Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
The mission of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is to promote creativity, diversity, innovation and excellence through recognition, education and leadership in the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences.
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| Independent Film & Television Alliance |
IFTA is a non-profit association whose mission is to provide the independent film and television industry with high-quality marketplace-oriented services and worldwide representation. As the spokesperson for the worldwide independent film and television industry, the Alliance actively lobbies the United States and European governments and the international organizations on measures that impact production and distribution. IFTA produces the annual American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA, an event that brings together companies who control films rights (sellers) and those who need films to distribute through theaters and other media in their home countries (buyers). The pivotal destination for film financing, licensing and production negotiations, AFM is the only event of its type held in the United States.
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| American Film Institute |
The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education.
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| The Film Foundation |
The most prominent film preservation organization in the United States, the Film Foundation was born out of a recognized need for a single influential entity to take the lead in advocating and supporting the preservation of our nation?s cinematic heritage. Founded in 1990 by Martin Scorcese and a distinguished group of fellow filmmakers, the Film Foundation achieves its goals through innovative educational programs, national campaigns and public events.
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| NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) |
A national membership organization and the premiere Latino media organization that addresses the professional needs of Latino/Latina independent producers. NALIP?s mission is to promote the advancement, development and funding of Latino/Latina film and media arts in all genres.
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| African American Women In Cinema |
Expands, explores and creates opportunities for minority women filmmakers within the entertainment industry, promoting and encouraging diversity and cultural exchange by actively seeking out creative and business collaboration and alliances with organizations that share similar goals and ideas.
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| American Indian Film Institute |
The American Indian Film Institute is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1979 to foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans.
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| Cine Las Americas |
A multicultural non-profit organization based in Austin, TX, Cine Las Americas promotes cross-cultural understanding and growth by educating, entertaining and challenging the diverse community of Central Texas through film and media arts.
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| The Color of Film Collaborative |
A non-profit organization that works to support media makers of color and others who have an interest in creating and developing new and diverse images of people of color in film, video and the performing arts.
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| Black Hollywood Education Resources Center |
A non-profit, public benefit organization, BHERC is designed to advocate, educate, research, develop, and preserve the history and the future of blacks in the film and television industries, striving to highlight the important roles that blacks have played and continue to play.
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| Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) |
A non profit organization that promotes diversity in the media arts and entertainment through educational programs that develop the next generation of Asian Pacific artists and leaders, bridging intercultural understanding between Asian Pacifics and the community at large.
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| La Cinema Fe |
La Cinema Fe's mission is to promote a wider and deeper understanding of the roots, life and diverse cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities in Latin America, the US, Spain and Portugal through the creation of a space to showcase Spanish and Portuguese films.
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| Center for Asian American Media |
A non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
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| National Black Programming Consortium |
Since 1979, NBPC has been a leading provider on American public television of compelling programming that celebrates the cultural heritage of African Americans and the African Diaspora.
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| Native American Public Telecommunications |
Supports the creation, promotion and distribution of Native public media.
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| Nosotros |
Founded in 1970 by Ricardo Montalban, Nosotros was formed to help fulfill the goals of persons of Spanish-speaking origin in the motion picture and television industry.
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| Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture |
A cultural and educational institution devoted to the promotion, integration and advancement of Puerto Rican arts and culture.
IPRAC addresses the needs of the Puerto Rican diaspora through the presentation of competent visual arts and programming that furthers Puerto Rican history and artistic traditions.
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| Third World Newsreel |
An alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues.
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| Queer Film Review |
Queer Film Review's mission is to preserve a racially diverse Queer history in film, promote safe Queer spaces online, raise awareness of Queer film, identify Queer themes, and combat homophobia.
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| The Alliance of Women Directors |
The Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) was formed in 1997 as an outgrowth of the American Film Institute's directing workshop for Women (DWW). Since then the group has expanded to include a wide range of women directors, who have directed a minimum of one feature film, short film, documentary or narrative television program. The purpose of AWD is to create an undeniable presence for women directors and to advocate for wider recognition of the work and talents of women directors in the industry. Excellent phrase - "an undeniable presence for women directors".
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| The Michigan Production Alliance |
The mission of the Michigan Production Alliance is to provide cohesiveness to the community, through communications, continuing education and political awareness. As well as to offer leadership in the development of incentives and a more stable financial environment for Michigan film and video production companies, freelancers and support services.
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| Guilds: |
| Screen Actors Guild |
The nation's largest labor union representing working actors. The Guild exists to enhance actors' working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists' rights.
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| Writer's Guild of America (West) |
A labor union composed of the thousands of writers who write the television shows, movies, news programs, documentaries, animation, CD-ROMs, and content for new-media technologies that keep audiences constantly entertained and informed. Their primary duty is to represent members in negotiations with film and television producers to ensure the rights of screen, television, and new-media writers. Once a contract is in place, they enforce it.
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| Writer's Guild of America (East) |
The Writers Guild of America, East, is a labor union representing professional writers in film, television and radio. Writers Guild East members tend to define themselves by the nature of their writing, the organizations by which they are employed and the contracts, or minimum basic agreements, under which they work.
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| Director's Guild of America |
A union that seeks to organize an individual profession, rather than multiple professions across an industry, the DGA is a craft union, representing directors, associate directors, stage managers, and production associates in television, and directors, assistant directors, unit production managers, and technical coordinators in film as well as similar positions in television commercials production.
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| Actor's Equity Association |
Founded in 1913, Equity is the labor union that represents more than 45,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.
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| Other Links: |
| Joe Escalante's Barely Legal Radio Program on Indie 103.1 FM |
At present Joe Escalante spends most of his time in radio as the morning host for Indie 1031FM radio in Los Angeles Monday Through Fridays from 6AM to 10AM on what Rolling Stone Magazine called the ?coolest radio station in America.?
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| Internet Movie Data Base |
Information on movies, cast, crews, dates, budgets , box office - layers and layers and layers and layers of information. IMDB Pro for which you have to subscribe, gives even more and with more detail - representation, contact info, wider Box Office figures, what's in production, Industry calendar and rankings.
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| Who Represents |
Who Represents, and it's more cynical website, "whorepresents.com" gives you the representatives of actors: their agents and/or managers and/or publicists. It also gives you the highly useful, reverse direction search field -"who is represented by?" It is a subscription service.
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| Movies By Women |
This site includes information on historical women directors, current and past statistics on women directors, and also includes female director interviews.
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| Women Make Movies |
Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production , promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.
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| Women's eNews |
Very informative about women in general worldwide with much food for thought (and for material and stories that should be told). Every now and then an article specifically about women and film such as "Women Drive the Film Industry in Kenya" or news of the annual film festival by African American Women in Cinema.
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| Senses of Cinema |
A great journal that explores eclectic, avant-guarde and ?fringe? cinema.
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| Bright Lights Film |
Popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political.
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| Twitch |
Film news / review / discussion site that pays particular attention to independent, cult, foreign and genre film.
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| Kinoeye: New Perspectives on European Film |
Explores the fringes of mainstream European cinema, past and present, and bring them back into the limelight.
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| Film Score Monthly |
Read about music and film in this journal. You can also purchase music both mainstream and obscure.
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| Millennium Film Journal |
This journal has published articles on independent cinema for 30 years and you can view the complete catalog of issues for no cost.
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| Film Philosophy |
Lively and informed commentary on the ideas about the relationship between ideas and movies.
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| Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media |
Review essays, reports and editorials that explore contemporary film and media.
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| Framework: Journal of Cinema and Media |
Esteemed discourse on every aspect of cinema since the late seventies.
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| Images Journal |
A quarterly review of films and popular culture, with new reviews coming out weekly.
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| Spliced Online |
Film reviews, interviews and news.
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| Common Sense |
There was an interesting, completely off the point comment after a screening of THIS MOVIE IS NOT YET RATED, the documentary delving into shameful MPAA Ratings Board practices. The audience member was furious at the documentary for criticizing the ratings board when she needed it. "What is a parent to do? We need SOMETHING to help us determine what films are appropriate. How can you criticize it!" Putting aside the missing-the-point, what is a parent to do? Try this common sense link for honest ratings with no agenda. The site has an impeccable pedigree and thoughtful 'ratings', and complicated, sensible reviews that help you make decisions related to your particular family. An excellent list of criteria including 'message' and degree of commercialism (how many products are imbedded advertising targeting your kids' dollars). You'll want to bookmark it.
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| Women in Film Directors and Producers |
This is a site within a site within a site. The Mother site is the About.com group; then you are going to go to about women's history, then to this very informative section with bios of women directors and producers, interesting references etc. A note of caution - this About Group has advertisers and links with all sorts of other sites so we're not recommending those links. It's simply good for research.
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| The New England Chapter of Women in Film Annual Screenwriting Competition site |
The contest aims to promote the work of women screenwriters and support the creation of worthy film roles for women. Aspiring screenwriters, both women and men, are invited to enter. Entries must be authored or co-authored by a woman and/or feature a woman or women in prominent roles. The deadline for submissions is usually around February 1st each year.
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| The San Francisco Women's Film Festival |
The brainchild of Filmmaker and community educator, Scarlett Shepard, this festival showcases and awards and celebrates, since 2004, local, student and international women filmmakers, now, before and for the future. In addition to celebrating this festival for it's wisdom and success, and the filmmakers for their stories, the site about the festival tells a story - how many films they've found that don't have distribution, the arbiter of mainstream attention, and how many of their films haven't been posted on Imdb.com, an arbiter of mainstream connectivity.
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