Welcome Remarks: Latha Sukumar and Adam Shamoon KEYNOTE: Min Sook - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome Remarks:

Latha Sukumar and Adam Shamoon

KEYNOTE: Min Sook Lee Art and Social Change

Media: Migrant Dreams

DfC Mini - Doc Screening

“Cirquish”

Docs for Change: Program in Review with Sree Nallamothu

Docs for Change

Program Review

Docs For Change

Mandate: Harness the power of Canadian documentaries across the GTA to

• encourage community

dialogue

• Inspire civic

engagement

• Combat isolation in

newcomer communities

Year 1: 2014

Recruitment

Fellows’ responses to “Why Me?” question (in wordle): Fellows’ responses to “Your engagement ideas” question (in wordle): Fellows’ responses to “My Story Idea” question (in wordle)

Workshops & Training

• The Art of

Collaboration

• Diversity of Voices
• Telling Meaningful

Stories

• Building Trust
• The Idea Workshop
• Visuals and Sound in

the Story

• Designing Narratives

& Creating Short Docs

Showtime November 6th, 2014

Cirquish Beating Barriers Until the Thirtieth Blurred Minds

Year 2: 2015

Workshops & Training

• Event Planning
• Community

Outreach

• Facilitation
• Curating

Discussions

• Subtitling

Documentaries

Docs for Change in the Community

Topics Covered

Supporting Initiatives

Tips

Violence Against Women Petitions Actions Advocacy Resources

Achievements

• Created a film library

with a portable projection system

• Built relationships with

community groups

• Connected filmmakers

to communities and communities to resources

• Amplified social issues
• Nurtured voice and

engagement

Screenings

Summary

24 screenings

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17 Canadian documentaries

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10 months in 17 locations reaching up to 1500 people by the end of 2015

DFC Fellows

Thank you, Fellows!

DfC Mini - Doc Screening

“Blurred Minds”

Break – Come Back at 10:30!

Please help yourselves to refreshments in the INVESTING ROOM

PANEL: Making Media Matter

With Heather Frise, Oben Kwabena and

Chandra Siddan Moderated by Gordana Ilic Nikolic

“Welcome to Regent Park Focus!”

Chandra Siddan

One Thousandth T

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Highrise Imagine Universe Within Animatic

Heather Frise

DfC Mini - Doc Screening

“Until the Thirtieth”

LUNCH BREAK

Lunch served in the hall across from the elevators. Breakout sessions start at 1pm.

Breakout Sessions

Room A: Common Political Ground with Min Sook Lee and Evelyn Encalada Grez Room B: Fundraising and Reaching Diverse Linguistic Communities using Audio Visual Material with Carolina Alfaro de Carvalho and Lalita Krishna INVESTING ROOM: Facilitating Community Screening Events with David Adkin and Arlene Moscovitch MCIS Training Room: Recorded Interpretation Workshop with Jack Xu, Valentina Cova and Victoria Radvan

Mini-Doc Screening

“Beating Barriers”

Docs for Change: Mobile Theatre with Eliana Trinaistic

DOCS FOR CHANGE

• MOBILE THEATRE

Acknowledgment

Image courtesy of http://i.imgur.com/4EGSm00.png

The Survey & Pilot 2013-14

39% 24% 23% 12% 2%

TV Engagement

Limited

26% 61% 13%

TV influenced decisions

Yes No

14% 23% 31% 30% 2%

Docs Engagement

Limited Somew hat

52% 24% 24%

Docs influenced decisions

Yes No

HYPOTHESIS: Documentaries + social justice issues + panels = power tool for mobilizing communities

Arts and Social Justice: Why do We Care?

The Participant Index Report (Skoll

Foundation, 2014)

• Measure the audience engagement

with entertainment media

• ¾ viewers placed human rights as the

most important social issue, followed by “healthcare, education, crime, and hunger”

• 53% of viewers impacted emotionally

were willing to take some sort of an action

• Willing to take immediate action on:

global health and poverty (55%), national poverty (55%) and human or animal rights (52% and 51%)

The DfC Model 2014-15

CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY + DISCUSSION PANEL + PLAN OF ACTION

DfC MOBILE THEATRE – We Are Here to Help!

FREE LIBRARY

• Access to unlimited

licenses

• Topics: labour rights,

environmental health, preventative health, domestic violence, disability and human rights FREE EQUIPMENT & STANDARDIZED PROCESS

• Portable speakers

with microphones

• Wireless microphones
• Projector
• Step by step

standardized process

Plus… Expertise! DfC Fellows skilled in:

EVENT PLANING

Finding venue, planning catering, managing AV and technical pieces

SUBTILTING/ INTERPRETING

Subtitling documentaries to various languages to serve your communities better

MOBILIZING AUDIENCES

Finding panelists Designing an action plan (petition, letter, photo journalistic pieces or blog entries)

And … DfC’s Continuous Support with Promotion & Evaluation

WEBSITE LISTING EVALUATIONS

Date of Screening: 14/05/2015 What made you come to the event?

• I was interested in the

subject matter

• I accompanied a friend
• I felt like seeing a movie

DATA COLLECTION & ANALYTICS

90% 6% 4% The event was interesting and I will continue to think about it and the issues presented The event was interesting but I will probably not think about it after tonight

Next Steps

• 1. DOWNLOAD THE

MOBILE THEATRE GUIDE

• 2. CONTACT US FOR

ASSISTANCE

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This program planted seeds of positive change. I learned to be an "activist", to make a difference in community by helping to speak out for a cause or give people with little or no voice a voice...I learned about different organizations and understood how I can help them to promote their causes... I found that directors are more than happy to participate because by spreading the word we magnify their voices.

ANNA GENSCHOW, DfC Fellow

Thank you!

documentariesforchange.org

Eliana Trinaistic, eliana@mcis.on.ca

CLOSING REMARKS: Latha Sukumar

Thank you!

DfC Fellows:

Ana Genschow Ashraf T awfik Abdelfattah Carolina Alfaro de Carvalho Dafinka Scatozza Elina Jabbour Gordana Ilic Nikolic Hasmukhlal Thakkar Janet Duckworth Jerome-Rocco Salata- Rodriguez John Chung Jhonattan Bonilla-Ramirez

DfC Program delivery: MCIS Language Services: Latha Sukumar, Eliana Trinaistic, Evgenia Karakehayova DOC Institute: Lalita Krishna, Adam Shamoon, Sree Nallamothu (Yr 2), Vinita Srivastava (Yr1),Kiva Reardon , DOC Institute

Khaled Islaih Mahtot T. Gebresselassie Nancy (Yanyan) Qi Nilufer Savci Nino Marshania Rabila Attai Roxana Nastase Souleiman Ali Thanaporn Trakulkajornsak Thulasi Sahajananthan Zewdi Gselassie

Docs for Change Workshops Facilitators (Year 1): Amar Wala, Filmmaker Chanda Chevannes, Filmmaker Lalita Krishna, Filmmaker Juan Baquero, Filmmaker Min Sook Lee, Filmmaker T alia Ricci, Journalist Daniel Lak, Journalist T echnical support (Year 1 & 2): Chris Mottes, CEO, Hindenburg Systems ApS Michael Puntis, Long & McQuade Mark Dorlandt, Henry's Sabreena Peters, graphic designer

Thank you!

Community partner agencies (Year 2): Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Bloor/Gladstone Library Cecil Community Centre Central Neighbourhood House Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre Dorset Park Hub, Harbour front Community Centre Markham T amil Seniors Association North Y

• rk Community House

Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities T

• ronto Reference Library

Triovest Conference Centre, 789 Don Mills Road University of T

• ronto (St. George Campus)

Victoria Park Hub Woodside Square T

• ronto Public Library

Working Women Community Centre

Community screenings - panelists and moderators (Year 2): Amanuel Melles Amar Wala Anita Balakrishna Arlene Moscovitch Beverley Bettens Bridget Perrier David Adkin Diana Feliz Dharshana Jayapathy

• Dr. Graham Hudson
• Dr. Stephanie J. Silverman
• Dr. V

aragunan Mahadevan Emil Feliz Ezat Mossallanejad Heather Marshall Jabeen Fyazi Jereen Ignatious John Anderson Juan Rodriguez

Thank you!

Karen Cho Kazumi T suruoka Korrie L Silver Lalita Krishna Linda Ward Lawrence Jackman Lynda Kosowan Manzil Bacchus Melanie Sager Min Sook Lee Miriam Roger Paramita Nath Rabila Attai Reshma Drodia Samuel Park Shahla Zendagani Shamso Elmi Shelley Gilbert Shova Adhikari Suboshana Saravanapavanandan Student moderators (Clara’s Big Ride): Aarani Sahajananthan Chris Pebble Ethan Rope Dumadean Simpson Keerthana Aloysius Y asar Chowdhury

Thank you!

Conference presenters: Min Sook Lee Heather Frise Oben Kwabena Chandra Siddan Gordana Ilic Nikolic Evelyn Encalada Grez Carolina Alfaro de Carvalho Lalita Krishna David Adkin Arlene Moscovitch Jack Xu Valentina Cova Victoria Radvan

DfC Conference Management T eam:

• Marketing: Gabriela Rodas, Princess Hew

, Rachel Wu, Vivek Vijayapalan,

• Food/ Logistics: Laura Zollner,

Alexandre Cuvelier

• Volunteers:

Andrea Levin, V alentina Cova

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V Support: Evgenia Karakehayova, Luisa Cano, Paul Zborshchik Consultants (survey design): Jackie Garrow , Fe Nogra Abog DfC Conference V

• lunteers: David Zuniga, Hanna

Reyes, Jessica Chung Chai Man, Jocelyne Couture, Kiera Woodill, Maya Worth, Melanie Blain, Stacey Boyd MCIS proofreaders and editors: Gabriela Rodas & Veronica Costea MCIS design and layout: : Jhonattan Bonilla Triovest property management team: Rachelle Perez and Elizabeth Jordon Catering by Friends Catering, social purpose enterprise

Thank you!