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Bay Area Video Coalition, or BAVC (pronounced “bay-vac”), is a nonprofit media arts center that was founded in 1976 by a coalition of media makers and activists who wanted to find alternative, civic-minded applications for a new technology - PortaPak video. While the technology has continued to evolve, BAVC’s mission to bring increased cultural and economic participation to underserved communities through media, and our belief that telling compelling stories is powerful for both media maker and audience, remains.

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by Brad Lichtenstein, 2008 Producers Institute participant and Producer of "What We Got: DJ Spooky’s Quest for the Commons"

In June of 2008 I met Tim Kring, the writer and creator of the NBC hit series Heroes, while participating in a Bay Area Video
Coalition-sponsored new media workshop. He told me that we are inventing a new form with "What We Got: DJ Spooky’s Quest for the Commons." We describe it as a film that sends DJ Spooky on a documentary/fiction journey to discover the commons. He can be Zelig-like at historic moments, animated, in acted scenes and in documentary scenes. He’ll use his ability to remix as a kind of superhero power.

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BAVC invites current members to the second event in this special member series! Get involved with the indie filmmaking community, learn strategies for the best grant proposals, meet BAVC staff & instructors, and make your movie happen.

Cost:
BAVC Members: Free!
Nonmembers: $10

Wednesday, July 23rd, 6 - 8 p.m. at BAVC.

Panelists will include: Richard Saiz, Director of Programming, ITVS, Sapana Sakya, Media Fund Director, Center for Asian American Media, and Frances Phillips, Director, Creative Work Fund.

Please RSVP here by July 18th.