Video Activism 101 Workshop with Twin Cities Indymedia

How do you videotape a protest rally? What are the best ways to document police actions? How do you digitize and share video online? Join Twin Cities Indymedia in a skill sharing workshop. With info from iWitness Video and Glassbead Collective, we build on experiences at the 2008 Republican National Convention, the G20 Conference in Pittsburgh, and more. Plus: bring your own videos to share.

U of M West Bank, Blegen Hall 115
map: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/BlegH/

Covers: Basic equipment info, editing skills, reporting from demos/events, interviewing, conceiving video story ideas from start-to-finish.

Example videos:

RNC:Terrorizing Dissent, Police Raid and Detainment of I-Witness Journalists 083008,

G20:Democracy 101 , G20: Epic Undercover Police Fail, Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) G20 Pittsburgh, G20 Riot Police Trap U of Pittsburgh Students on a Staircase and Tear Gas/Pepper Spray Them

Housing crisis: Fighting Foreclosure: 5 Minnesota Women Refuse to Leave (trailer), Fighting Foreclosure: 5 Minnesota Women Refuse to Leave, Foreclosure protesters maced kicked arrested Minneapolis police @ Rosemary Williams-9-11 2009