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FILM,
TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA LINKS
Independent
Film/Video Art
Foundation
for Independent Video & Film
Association for the Independent Video & Film
A national service organization for independent media. With
over 5,000 members, AIVF is a vital resource for independent
film and videomakers, providing programs and services, as
well as a sense of community. AIVF also publishes a national
magazine and several books, maintains a library of media arts
resources, and sponsors events throughout the country.
Film Arts
Foundation
FAF is the largest regional film/video membership organization
in the country, providing essential services to film and videomakers
of every style, genre and level of experience. Its programs
include seminars, access to production and post-production
equipment, exhibition, a monthly magazine, a resource and
video library, consultation services, and a grants program
for makers located in one of the ten Bay Area counties.
International
Documentary Association
The IDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting
the documentary form, supporting documentary film and video
makers, and increasing public appreciation and demand for
nonfiction programs.
Sundance
Institute
In 1981 Robert Redford gathered a group of colleagues to discuss
new ways to enhance the artistic vitality of the American
film. The result was the establishment of the Sundance Institute,
a nonprofit organization, dedicated to the support and development
of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision, and to
the national and international exhibition of new, independent
dramatic and documentary films.
National
Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is
a nonprofit association comprised of diverse member organizations
who are dedicated to the production, exhibition, distribution,
and preservation of film, video, audio and online/multimedia
arts. It's mission is to: strengthen media arts organizations
as an integral part of the community; facilitate the support
of independent media artists form all cultural communities
and regions; integrate media into all levels of education
and advocate for media literacy as an educational goal promote
humane uses of and individual access to current and future
media technologies; and encourage media arts that are rooted
in communities, as well those that are global in outlook.
Independent
Feature Project
A resource for independent filmmakers, the IFP is a membership
organization that provides educational services and support
to its constituency. The IFP's activities include: the annual
Independent Feature Film Market; Filmmaker Magazine; From
Script to Screen, and annual screenplay development conference;
a monthly screening series to provide the public and distributors
an opportunity to view films which are seeking theatrical
distribution; and various seminars and workshops to encourage
filmmakers in all aspects of production.
Independent
Television Service
Established in 1988 to energize public television, ITVS funds
innovative proposals by independent producers by providing
production, promotion, marketing, and distribution support.
Public
Radio Field
Corporation
for Public Broadcasting
In 1967, the United States Congress created the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB created the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS) in 1969 and National Public Radio (NPR) in 1970.
PBS and NPR produce and distribute national programs. CPB
cultivates and funds these programs and seeks ways to use
them to serve communities better. CPB develops public telecommunications
services (radio, television and new media such as online programming),
investing in nearly 1,000 local radio and television stations
that reach virtually every household in the country. It's
the largest, single source for funding for public programming.
National
Public Radio (NPR)
Founded in 1970, NPR is a nonprofit membership organization
that is a leading producer of public radio programming in
the United States. NPR has 490 member public radio stations
nationwide, and also operates a national satellite program
distribution system, with regional uplinks for public radio
stations and other producers.
Public
Radio International (PRI)
Public Radio International (PRI) is a public radio network
that acquires, develops, funds, and distributes public radio
programming from station-based, independent and international
producers. PRI Program Fund awards are made for program research,
piloting, and production in fields of news and information,
music and variety, with emphasis on developing new talents
and program concepts, and on serving diverse audiences.
National
Federation of Community Broadcasters
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is
a national membership organization of community-oriented,
non-commercial radio stations. Large and small, rural and
urban, eclectic or targeted toward specific communities, the
member stations are distinguished by their commitment to localism
and community participation and support.
National
Endowment for the Humanities
The NEH is a federal agency that supports learning in history,
literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities.
It funds research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries,
preservation, and activities throughout the country. The NEH
supports media projects which engage the public in critical
analysis and interpretation of humanities themes though television,
film, and radio programming.
Public
Television Field
Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS)
The Public Broadcasting Service, created and owned by the
nation's public television stations, exists to serve its Members
with programming and services of the highest quality and the
imaginative use of technology to advance education, culture
and citizenship.
Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
In 1967, the United States Congress created the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB created the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS) in 1969 and National Public Radio (NPR) in 1970.
PBS and NPR produce and distribute national programs. CPB
cultivates and funds these programs and seeks ways to use
them to serve communities better. CPB also develops public
telecommunications services (radio, television and new media
such as online programming), investing in nearly 1,000 local
radio and television stations that reach virtually every household
in the country. It's the largest, single source for funding
for public programming.
Latino
Public Broadcasting (no website available)
Latino Public Broadcasting supports the development, production,
acquisition and distribution of non-commercial educational
and cultural television programming that is representative
of Latino people, or addresses issues of particular interest
to Latino Americans. These programs are produced for dissemination
to public broadcasting stations and other public telecommunications
entities. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
LPB's mission is to provide a voice to the diverse Latino
community throughout the United States.
National
Asian American Telecommunications Association
By providing opportunities to Asian Pacific American artists
working in film, radio, video, and other electronic media,
NAATA seeks to advance the ideal of the U.S. as a pluralistic
society where diverse cultures and people are empowered and
respected. NAATA aims to promote better understanding of the
Asian Pacific American experience to the broadest audience
possible.
Native
American Public Telecommunications
The NAPT offers grants for research, development, or completion
of programs which bring a new perspective, quality and quantity
of Native American productions to national audiences via public
broadcasting.
Pacific
Islanders in Communications
Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) is a national nonprofit
media organization established primarily for the purpose of
increasing national public broadcast television programming
by and about indigenous Pacific Islanders. PIC promotes programming
which fosters a deeper understanding of the values inherent
in Pacific Island cultures and which enhance public recognition
of and appreciation for Pacific Islanders; that is, the descendants
of the first peoples of Hawai'i, Guam, the Northern Marianas
Islands, American Samoa and other Pacific Islands.
National
Black Programming Consortium
The NBPC is a national non-profit media arts organization
dedicated to the presentation, funding, promotion and distribution
of positive images of Black film and video. It houses one
of the largest archive collections in the country and produces
an international film/video competition and festival.
Film/Video
Preservation Field
Association
of Moving Image Archivists
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is a professional
association established to advance the field of moving image
archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals concerned
with the collection, preservation, exhibition and use of moving
image materials.
National
Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress
Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB), authorized and
established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-285; 2 U.S.C. 179), serves as a public advisory
group to the Librarian of Congress. The Board consists of
40 members and alternates representing the film industry,
archives, scholars, filmmakers and others who make up the
diverse American motion picture community. As its primary
mission, the Board works to ensure the survival, conservation
and increased public availability of America's film heritage,
including: advising the Librarian on the annual selection
of films to the National Film Registry, and counseling the
Librarian on development and implementation of the national
film preservation plan.
Bay Area
Video Coalition
BAVC exists to serve all artistic disciplines through technical
assistance, training, and low cost access to the newest communications
technologies. In the early 1990's, BAVC took the initiative
to expand its offerings into the video preservation field.
It has developed video preservation standards and resurrected
obsolete equipment so works can be restored.
National
Center for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film
Institute
AFI is dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film,
television and other forms of the moving image. AFI's programs
provide innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting,
preserving and redefining the role of the moving image. The
National Center for Film and Video Preservation was established
in 1984 by the AFI and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Its mission is: to serve as a center for coordinating American
moving image preservation activities, to implement a National
Moving Image Database of film and television archival holdings,
to research and publish the AFI Catalog of American Feature
Films, to locate and acquire films and television programs
for inclusion in the AFI Collection at the Library of Congress
and other archives, and to create broader public awareness
of preservation needs.
National
Film Preservation Foundation
The National Film Preservation Foundation is a new, non-profit
organization created by Congress to save America's film heritage.
The Foundation raises money for the non-profit and public
archives to preserve and make available endangered films that
are not protected by commercial interests. In October 1999,
the Foundation will be eligible to receive federal support.
Federal funds go entirely to film preservation projects; none
will be spent on the administration of the Foundation. The
National Film Preservation Foundation raises money to support
film preservation activities in archives, libraries, museums,
historical societies, universities, and other non-profit organizations
across the United States.
Media
Alliance
Media Alliance c/o WNET/Thirteen
Founded in 1979, Media Alliance is an advocacy and service
organization dedicated to advancing the independent media
arts in New York state. In the early 1990's, Media Alliance
began a video preservation initiative and published the first
comprehensive study of video preservation needs, "Video
Preservation: Securing the Future of the Past." Currently,
Media Alliance is working on preserving video artworks of
national significance and making them
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