4 March 2010 - Co-founding members of the Mindful Media Collective, Julia Reagan and Sammy Loren will showcase their latest social-issue documentary films at a screening event at the Echo Park Film Center in Los Angeles, California.
The screening is part of Mindful Media's ongoing effort to create a broad-based network of communities dedicated to creating social change through independent documentary films.
The two films that will be shown are ArgenChino (2009), directed by Julia Reagan, and Nueva Orleans (2008) directed by Sammy Loren.
The Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing equal and affordable access to film + video education and resources.
For more information about the event please click here.
Mindful Media screening event in Los Angeles
New Mindful Media Video Supports Peace in Sudan
9 January 2010 - A new video clip recently published by Mindful Media producer, Mike McLean brings viewers to the New York City launch of the Sudan 365 Campaign. The Campaign is an international effort to call attention to the fragile peace in war-torn Sudan during the year leading up to the country's next election.
"This election could decide the fate of the 3 million people still living in Darfur, and the fate of the 3 million who have already been forced from their homes during the war, during the genocide," says McLean, "This clip is an invitation and a challenge to take action."
The two-minute clip is currently posted on the Sudan 365 webpage and circulating on the web with other videos from various cities around the world that also celebrated the launch of the campaign.
This video clip features still photos by Shane Bauer and Doctors Without Borders.
Mindful Media Supports Peace & Justice Movement in the US
March. 2009
Mindful Media producer and co-founder, Mike McLean recently made a short video now being used by the Bergen County Peace & Justice Coalition. The video is about 1 minute and features images from two peace vigils that commemorated the 6th year of war in Iraq. The coalition, which is made up of over 15 grassroots peace and social justice groups from Northern New Jersey, is currently using the video on its website and in its online campaigning.
The video can be seen in our new videos section.
To learn more about the Bergen Peace & Justice Coalition click here.
ArgenChino viene a Buenos Aires
ArgenChino (anteriormente Los Chinos de Buenos Aires) el documental que investiga los supermercados chinos de Buenos Aires viene a Buenos Aires el 22 de marzo hasta el 10 de abril 2009.
- Una proyección con el Centro de Estudios Chinos en la Universidad de La Plata ya esta planeado y otras vienen pronto!
- Para fechas de exhibiciones en Buenos Aires y mas detalles del documental, visita el sitio oficial: argenchino.wordpress.com
DEATH RACE to premiere at Ramapo College of New Jersey
Update: March, 2009
Mindful Media Collective member, Mike McLean will be premiering his new short documentary Death Race: the movie explosion this March at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The film is a high-energy documentation of Northern New Jersey's notoriously disruptive death races - bicycle-powered pseudo-scavenger hunts that involve everything from senseless acts of mischief and anarchy, to intelligent criticisms of the United State's car culture.
The short film will be screening at the Ramapo College campus in the Trustee's Pavilion, Room 1 on Monday, March 9th at 8:00pm. The event will also feature a screening of Nueva Orleans, a Mindful Media collaboration.
The trailer for this event can been seen at our New Movies section.
Death Race: the movie explosion runs 16 action-packed minutes and features in its soundtrack various local bands and musicians. The screening event is being hosted by RCORE.
2009 Updates
JAN 2009: Update on Los Chinos de Buenos Aires
Happy New Year from the Mindful Media Collective! With this new year comes many new socially aware documentaries from our producers.
LOS CHINOS DE BUENOS AIRES UPDATEJulia Reagan returned to California in March of 2008 after filming her documentary on the Chinese population in Buenos Aires for one year. Since then she has been editing the film which Mindful Media plans to release in the coming months with a tour in Argentina as well as various locations in the United States. Dates to be released soon!
"Please" Addresses Same-Sex Marriage in California
While in Los Angeles, Mindful Media Collective member, Julia Reagan has been involved with various projects including a short documentary dedicated to repealing Proposition 8 in California.
On November 4th, 2008 California voted to amend its constitution and ban same sex marriage. Whether or not we support the gay lifestyle, it is not just to dictate our beliefs onto the rest of our fellow citizens. Marriage should be a basic civil right. Denying it is a human rights violation. Every single being on this planet deserves happiness. If we are so lucky to find it, how dare it be denied us. This video was filmed on November 15th in Los Angeles. 12,000 people came to protest the passing of this law.
El 4 de noviembre 2008, los ciudadanos de California votaron para cambiar la Constitución para prohibir el matrimonio entre dos personas del mismo sexo. Incluso si no apoyemos el estilo de vida homosexual, no tenemos el derecho de quitárselo a los demas. El matrimonio debiera ser un derecho civil. Negarlo es una violación humana. Cada persona en este mundo se merece la oportunidad de ser feliz. Si por suerte, alguien encuentra felicidad, como se la podemos quitar?
Este video fue filmado durante la protesta en Los Angeles el 15 de noviembre 2008. 12.000 personas vinieron a protestar la ley.
Mindful Media On the Move
November 2008 - In the past few months all four Mindful Media contributors have moved to different countries. But the production of our socially-minded documentaries continues!
Full length documentary that shows the epic struggle of the Saint Jean high school students, while exposing how corporate globalization and corruption work against education. Filmmakers Mike McLean & Marina Recalde have recently relocated from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the New York/New Jersey area of the United States!
Film Updates:
August 2008: The Saint Jean movie trailer hit the Internet on our myspace, youtube and blog. The trailer has since screened at the People's Movie Night at Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia.
September 2008: The Saint Jean rough cut arrived in the United States! Our 45 minute rough cut first screened to a wonderful audience in New York City's Lower East Side. Our rough cut has since been shown to select groups of activists, professors and peers - the input has been outstanding and much appreciated.
Approaching 2009: We are reaching our final cut of The Fight for Saint Jean. The film will run about 1 hour and will feature the music of composer Nicholas Coleman and the voice-over narration of the producers, Mike McLean and Marina Recalde.
A 30-minute documentary showing an intimate view of the lives of 5 immigrant laborers from Latin America. They crossed the US-Mexico border illegally to find work rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Filmmaker Sammy Loren recent relocated to Paris, France, but not before meeting with co-producer and editor Mike McLean - the two have been in collaboration on the film since the summer of 2007.
Film Updates:
April 2008: Nueva Orleans rough cut screens at the New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
September 2008: Nueva Orleans rough cut screens in New York City
Aproaching 2009: Nueva Orleans is extremely close to its completion and will be screened internationally very soon. The film features the music of Evan Morris.
Other updates:
Mindful Media filmmaker, Mike McLean will be releasing a short film called Death Race: the documentary explosion. The short film documents a series of high-adrenalin bicycle scavenger hunts organized by politically-charged youth activists in Northern New Jersey. The film will premiere at Ramapo College in March, 2009 in conjunction with a screening of The Fight for Saint Jean and yet another Death Race event organized by the Ramapo Community Organizing for Radical Empowerment (RCORE).
Mindful Media filmmaker, Julia Reagan has returned to her home in Califonia after a year of filming in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Latest News/Noticias
The Fight for Saint Jean documentary nears completion
First screening events scheduled for September 2008
July 8th, 2008
BUENOS AIRES - Filmmakers Mike McLean and Marina Recalde are currently in
post-production of their new documentary, The Fight for Saint Jean and the Struggle for Education in Argentina. The one-hour film follows the epic struggle of the students of Colegio Saint Jean in their fight to save their school and defend education as a human right for all. The film also tells a 50 year history of struggle for education and human rights in Argentina.
The filmmakers are currently looking for screening events in the United States starting in September of 2008. They are appealing to student groups, human rights organizations, and community members for assistance in organizing a series of grassroots video screenings along the East Coast. The filmmakers will be touring with their film from September 25 until October 8th and hope to have screening events in New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Allentown, PA, Ohio, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond, Greensboro, NC, and Atlanta, GA.
The Fight for Saint Jean is just one documentary produced and distributed by Mindful Media, a collective of producers and activists determined to use film to shed light on pressing social issues and create social change. After their first series of screenings, the filmmakers will be developing supplementary education materials so that The Fight for Saint Jean can been used in classrooms to cover several social sciences topics, including students rights & youth in politics, privatization & global economics, community organizing & direct democracy, and much more.
If you or your organization is interested in organizing a screening of The Fight for Saint Jean, please write MindfulMediaCollective@gmail.com.
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