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Arts Engine Celebrates Ten Years of Media for Change
This year Arts Engine celebrates ten years of producing, promoting and exhibiting media for social change. Visit our Ten Year website to watch a new video that recounts our storied past through eight Big Mouth documentaries, seven Media That Matters Film Festivals and our powerful online machine at MediaRights.org. Also, stay tuned to the Ten Year website for more information on the festivities!
A lot has happened in ten years and a lot more will happen in the next ten. Your support has been and will continue to be a very important part of Arts Engine’s sustainability. Please consider making a contribution to Arts Engine online before the end of the year. If you’ve already made a contribution, thank you for your support.
Published on February 01
Arctic Son makes headlines in The New York Times
TV writer Daniel Gold touts Arctic Son as “a chance to see something of the country and the lives that remain at the mercy of others.” Arctic Son, a Big Mouth film, will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on Public Television as part of P.O.V.‘s 20th anniversary season this month. Tune in on August 21st (check local listings) and watch this intimate story of a father and son reunited in a remote Arctic village after a lifetime apart. Arctic Son is proud to reach a national audience on P.O.V., television’s longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films.
Read the full New York Times article here.
Published on August 21
MediaRights.org launches Upstream: New Column on Public Media and Social Action
Upstream is a new online column launched by MediaRights.org. This monthly column focuses on the impact of online public media on social issues. Read the first article by Katy Chevigny here.
Published on June 20
Media That Matters 7 Film Festival Goes Online!
This year’s seventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival showcased 16 brand new short documentaries covering a wide range of social issues. Watched the newest collection of social issue documentaries here.
Published on June 20
Arts Engine Launches Staff Blog on MediaRights.org
Arts Engine is excited to announce the launch of Engine Feed, our staff blog. Read about our favorite films, our insights on the global politics and more.
Published on April 19
Arts Engine’s Election Day premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival
SXSW announced its lineup of feature films for the 2007 festival!
Arts Engine is proud to be at SXSW for the second time, with its newest film, Election Day as a Spotlight Premiere.
After the success of Brother Born Again, which screened at SXSW, Director Katy Chevigny and the Big Mouth Films crew are excited to return to the festival
SXSW will launch the Election Day tour of the festival circuit, and serve as a kickoff for the national outreach and education campaign. The film will be broadcast on PBS in 2007/2008.
Get Screening Times and find out more about SXSW.
Published on March 07
Arctic Son is proud to be featured on Public Television as part of P.O.V.‘s 20th anniversary season
Arctic Son is proud to be featured on Public Television as part of P.O.V.‘s 20th anniversary season. P.O.V. is television’s longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, P.O.V. has presented over 225 films to public television audiences across the country. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Published on February 21
Arts Engine and Adobe Partner on Adobe Youth Voices
Arts Engine is proud to announce Adobe Youth Voices, a new global initiative empowering youth to create with purpose. Read more…
Published on January 30







