New La Americana site launched!
November 29, 2007
We’re very proud of the new site, which we’ve been working on for several months with talented designer Krystle Mobayeni. Please be the first to experiment with it, sign up for our e-mail list in the bottom left, and let us know your comments.
Also don’t forget about the La Americana work-in-progress screening next Friday. Hope to see you there.
– ppls.tv
Work-in-Progress Screening of La Americana Dec. 7th
November 26, 2007
The Young Democratic Socialists and Agents of Change are hosting a work-in-progress screening of La Americana on the evening of Friday Dec. 7th in New York City.
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Friday, December 7, 2007
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7:30pm – 10:00pm
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St. Mary’s Church
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521 West 126th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam)
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New York, NY
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Filmmakers Nicholas Bruckman and John Mattiuzzi will be in attendance to take feedback and do a Q&A after the film. Join us for one of our last preview screenings before La Americana hits the film festival circuit in 2008.
See you there,
pplsTV
La Americana Poster
November 17, 2007
We are day two into the IFP Rough Cut Labs and have our last day tomorrow dealing with fundraising, outreach and festival strategy for our film. It has been an amazing experience, and we will later post here the names of the other great docs that are coming out of the labs. Here is the first draft of our poster designed by John Mattiuzzi.
La Americana Braintrust Meeting this Monday
November 10, 2007
More than 20 key stakeholders and issue experts have RSVP’d for a November 12th ‘braintrust’ at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington DC. The meeting, organized by San Francisco-based nonprofit Active Voice, will consist of a full screening of La Americana and a roundtable discussion about the film’s potential to reach “beyond the choir” and encourage people outside of the immigrants’ rights community to consider immigration policy reform through a new lens. The meeting will inform the development of a nationwide strategy to prompt people across America – from human rights advocates to policymakers to families employing undocumented workers – to reconsider the implications of our immigration ‘crisis’.
In other news, the beta launch of the new La Americana website will begin next week!
Stay tuned,
pplsTV
Production begins on “The Grey Movie”
November 1, 2007
The long awaited and highly anticipated documentary on the infamous student based collective, the Organization, has officially began filming in selected areas around New York City. At the helm of the project once again is Nicholas Bruckman, acting as both producer and director; also working on the project are John Matiuzzi as cinematographer, Justin Thomas as co-producer and writer, and Jordan Forkey as editor and writer.
The story follows the rise and eventual unraveling of the Organization, a loosely knit band of student activists, as they attempted to spark a revolution in ideas and direct action in a post 9/11 America. Using recent events under the Bush Administration as a backdrop, the story follows several key figures in the Organization’s inception and evolution, and showcases their metamorphosis from disillusioned youth into empowered radicals at the front lines of a sweeping movement demanding a reaffirming of America’s founding ideals.
Further updates on the progress of the film will be posted in the coming months, and a private screening is expected sometime early in the new year.
Justin Thomas
People’s Television
