[Imc-aotearoa-video] Online video distribution for social justice and environmental material

[Geraldene Peters]

Hi all
I'm going to the Our Media conference in Sydney over Easter and will
catch up with And from Engage Media 
http://engagemedia.org/about-us ( http://engagemedia.org/ )
and a friend from the Western Sydney community arts/media collective,
ICE (Information + Cultural Exchange)
http://www.ice.org.au/about/intro 
 
If you know of anybody who may be interested in publishing their video
online with Engagemedia, could you please pass this information on to
them? If makers have access to decent bandwidth, then it's possible to
upload their video to the site
- otherwise, I'm happy to take any dv format material over to Sydney
for transfer (tapes etc. can then be returned to makers).  Intending to
leave around April 7th - contact details below.
 
all the best,
Geraldene
 
Material already online:
http://engagemedia.org/taxonomy/countries/NZ/ 
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EngageMedia is a website and a network for distributing social justice
and environmental video from South East Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
It is a space for critical documentary, fiction, artistic and
experimental works that challenge the one-way communication model of the
mainstream media. 

The growth of digital tools such as peer-to-peer networks and increased
bandwidth mean distributing high resolution video online is becoming
more and more viable. There is great potential for video makers to take
advantage of new technologies and bypass the control of big media
conglomerates. 
EngageMedia aims to demystify and provide access to these new
technologies, create an online archive of independent video productions
using Creative Commons licenses and form a peer network of video makers,
educators and screening organisations. [Full Project Brief (
http://www.engagemedia.org/engage_media.pdf/download )] 
Our core aims are 
To assist individuals and groups producing thought-provoking and
informative media focused on social and environmental issues distribute
their work. 
To develop the digital media and Internet skills of independent video
makers and marginalised communities. 
To foster a regional network of producers, to assist each other in
producing and distributing their work in the South East Asia and Pacific
region. 
To produce an online video delivery platform under a free software
license that others are free to use and modify for their own media
projects. 

If you have any comments please let us know and don't forget to sign up
to the announcement list or even donate to the project! ;) 
EngageMedia is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing media
tools to activists, campaigners, communities and citizen journalists. We
need your assistance to develop these tools.Technology 

We are utilizing Plone ( http://plone.org/ ) on Zope for our Content
Management System (CMS) for independent video producers, citizen
journalists and NGOs. This CMS is licensed under the GNU-GPL and is
freely available to use, copy and modify. If you are a programmer
interested in contributing to the project, please contact us (
http://engagemedia.org/contact-info ).
Click here ( http://engagemedia.org/features ) for a full list of
EngageMedia's technical features. The EngageMedia Team
The EngageMedia collective is currently Andy, Andrew, Lachlan, Anna and
Dave. 
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