An impossible to imagine number of people and plenty of utilities, it seems, are doing video. Children, teachers, sports professionals, activists, workers and the unemployed, radio and print journalists, the police, military and security firms are all swinging cameras some where on planet earth.
These are some notes from the recent Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) in Yogyakarta. FFD is an alternative film festival that attracts hundreds of students, young people, videomakers, and artists from across Indonesia.
We’ve just upgraded EngageMedia.org to Plumi 4.1.1, the open-source video sharing platform we produce in collaboration with Unweb.me and other developers.
Here is a lovely example of creative online video used to tell stories from Indonesia.
Welcome to the Secure My Video Guide, the first stage in our effort to provide video activists with tools to make their work safe and secure.
Last night in Petaling Jaya, EngageMedia’s Malaysian partner organisation KOMAS launched its now-famous FreedomFilmFest for 2012 with the provocative theme “Democracy: Who’s the Boss?”
Nova Ruth just finished two weeks of an intense tour as both a performer and EngageMedia staff (Music and Democracy, Festival Mata Air, Hip Hop IS Harmony in Diversity tour 2010).
Although Cianjur is not too far from Jakarta but the village we were going to was far from the town. We drove 12 hours through hills and jungles.
A video distribution workshop was conducted from 2-5 Dec 2011 in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia, jointly by Engagemedia and ASTEKI, People’s Association Television.
