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Liberated Lens Collective is a community media project based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We believe that story telling belongs to everyone. We do not depend on mainstream media or an expensive film school: we empower ourselves to make our own images! | Liberated Lens Collective is a community media project based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We believe that story telling belongs to everyone. We do not depend on mainstream media or an expensive film school: we empower ourselves to make our own images! | ||
We learn by doing. We teach eachother. We work horizontally, and operate by consensus. We make films in a spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and solidarity, maintain a film equipment library for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops, and host film screenings. | We learn by doing. We teach eachother. We work horizontally, and operate by consensus. We make films in a spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and solidarity, maintain a film equipment library for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops, and host film screenings. | ||
In May 2015 we organized the [[FTP Short Film Festival|Films 2 The People Short Film Festival]]. | In May 2015 we organized the [[FTP Short Film Festival|Films 2 The People Short Film Festival]]. | ||
To contact us, write to: | To contact us, write to: | ||
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Liberated_Lens.announce@lists.riseup.net | Liberated_Lens.announce@lists.riseup.net | ||
To | To get involved, come to our meetings on Sundays, 7pm at the Omni Commons! We're open and happy to welcome you, no matter your experience level. Sometimes, the meetings turn into creative workshops! | ||
Sometimes, the meetings turn into creative workshops! | |||
Our [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3uEQxBHGeNOhX5P1-RsjJg YouTube Channel] has our most recent videos to date, and here are our earlier video productions: | Our [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3uEQxBHGeNOhX5P1-RsjJg YouTube Channel] has our most recent videos to date, and here are our earlier video productions: | ||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_STgWs6GlY From the Holdout to Quilombo] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_STgWs6GlY From the Holdout to Quilombo] | ||
We are currently working on a documentary about black farmers and food justice in the black community | We are currently working on a documentary called [https://vimeo.com/166571268 ''Seeds of Struggle''], about black farmers and food justice in the black community. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:50, 9 December 2016
Liberated Lens Collective is a community media project based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We believe that story telling belongs to everyone. We do not depend on mainstream media or an expensive film school: we empower ourselves to make our own images!
We learn by doing. We teach eachother. We work horizontally, and operate by consensus. We make films in a spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and solidarity, maintain a film equipment library for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops, and host film screenings. In May 2015 we organized the Films 2 The People Short Film Festival.
To contact us, write to: Liberated_Lens@lists.riseup.net
To be updated about what we do, join our announce mailing list: Liberated_Lens.announce@lists.riseup.net
To get involved, come to our meetings on Sundays, 7pm at the Omni Commons! We're open and happy to welcome you, no matter your experience level. Sometimes, the meetings turn into creative workshops!
Our YouTube Channel has our most recent videos to date, and here are our earlier video productions:
The Omni Commons in 30 seconds
Oakland stands in solidarity with Ferguson
No Beauty with an Absence of Color
We are currently working on a documentary called Seeds of Struggle, about black farmers and food justice in the black community.