in the gallery...
digital stories
Challenge for Change and NFB Filmmaker in Residence Program
One of the projects that broke new ground for movements in participatory & social-change film-making was the Challenge for Change program. Created by the Canadian National Film Board in 1967, it ran until 1980 and resulted in over 140 films being made as collaborations between filmmakers and Canadian communities. The Challenge for Change program... »
Journal articles on Digital Story Telling practices in Australia
Check out this edition of the online Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication (3CMedia) for some recent articles about a range of DST projects in Australia, including one on the Pelican/Hopevale Digital Story Telling Project. Papers are based on selected presentations given at the 5th annual Making Links conference, held at The... »
Pacific Black Box
Many projects that bring together collaborative arts and collaborative documentary (or ethnography) practices begin with a simple aim of allowing a particular group of people to give voice to issues that effect them, rather than relying on outsiders to represent them. By providing individuals and communities with tools for self expression – be they... »
Hopevale visit #3 – digital versions of Milbi
Checkout this little digital story, (Click here) one of a set that John Haviland edited during our visit to Hopevale. This is the story of the Night Owl, or Bunja, told in Guugu Yimmithir by Tulo Gordon and illustrated by Tulo’s paintings. Milbi is the Guugu Yimithirr word for Story. In the mid 70’s John Haviland... »