Carlton, you are the truely, the man in black!Will see in the theater! Off to Full Frame Doc Festival tomorrow, but looking forward to this opportunity to attend Silver Docs and ALA in June.
And, a great opportunity to look for "notables" Nell Chenault Carleton L. Jackson wrote: > Greetings Collective Wisdom. > > First, apologies for a really big message. > > This time it is not a query but an opportunity. For of those of you who > plan to attend ALA in DC this summer, who are also looking for a > media-tastic pre-conference but couldn't find one, I would like to > invite you to consider tying a slice of the International Documentary > Film Conference, hosted by the American Film Institute as part of the > AFI-Discovery Channel Silver Docs Documentary Film Festival. > > This event is occurring simultaneously with our ALA Conference, just > outside of DC in Silver Spring Maryland. Please take a look at the > registration announcement following. The full all conference, all > festival pass is $400.00. If you can (afford and) do the whole thing > along with ALA, then congratulations! You are a supreme (and wealthy or > well funded) media librarian. > > But, if you think you could spare only one day (Friday June 25th) and > could arrive by Thursday night, then please read the remainder of my > message just after the announcement below. I just might have a > media-tastic bargain surprise for you. > > First, look at the picture, then read the message afterwards. Then see > you again at the bottom of the page.... > > Carleton > > -- > Carleton L. Jackson > Librarian, Nonprint Media Services Library > University of Maryland Libraries > 0300 R. Lee Hornbake Library > College Park, Maryland 20742-7011 > 301-405-9226 voice / 301-314-9419 fax > [email protected] > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs 2010 > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:20:59 -0400 > From: Silverdocs 2010 Registration <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > > > Silverdocs Eblast Header > <http://connect.afi.com/site/R?i=20-2BOWyEvQ8weBGFJm1sw..> > > > Greetings: > > I’m pleased to announce that Passes for AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs > 2010 (June 22 - 27) are now available. We’re busy putting together a > terrific festival week and hope that you’ll join us. I wanted to let > you know that we’re offering specially discounted “Early Bird” rates, > which are available for a very limited time only, now through April 5, 2010. > > Take a look at our Passes and Packages: > > _http://silverdocs.com/news-links/2010/03/11/passes-sale-now/_ > > Now in its eighth year, Silverdocs has become the premier documentary > festival in the U.S. We've hosted such distinguished filmmakers as > Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Jonathan Demme, special > guests Al Gore, LeBron James, Madeline Albright and Sheila Johnson, > and have introduced our uniquely engaged audiences to some of the > world’s most significant and highly-regarded documentary films in our > state-of-the-art theaters – all in a wonderfully accessible, fun > environment. > > The concurrent International Documentary Conference welcomes over 850 > industry guests, providing the independent film community a wealth of > professional development opportunities, all within the context of a > world-class festival. Master classes offer instruction with > award-winning directors, cinematographers and editors. Silver Sessions > offer one-on-one networking opportunities with top documentary > executives from Discovery, HBO, Sundance, National Geographic, PBS, > ITVS, P.O.V., A&E Indie Films to name a few. > > Once again, we are delighted to host The Good Pitch @ Silverdocs, a > unique pitching forum – follow this link to learn more: > > http://britdoc.org/real_good/silverdocs2010. > > AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs is/ the/ place to network with decision > makers, press, public broadcasting professionals and other media > executives, as well as educators, media 2.0 specialists, policy experts, > non-profit leaders and independent filmmakers. > > We expect 2010 to be the best Festival and Conference yet! On behalf of > the entire team, I look forward to welcoming you in June. > > With All Best Wishes, > Sky Sitney > Artistic Director > www.silverdocs.com/ > Questions? Need more info? email [email protected]_ > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Carleton's back.... > > Okay, if you wish you could do it all, but can come in a day early for > ALA, here it is. In honor of the ALA attendees who are part of the > collective wisdom of VRT (all right, any librarian can actually do this) > SilverDocs has arranged a sort of "SilverDocs Lite" pass for us. They > are allowing any librarian to register for the Friday Educator's Pass > for $135. Just about the cost of a top-of-the-line pre-conference. So > read on. > > While the pass is originally intended for local teachers, any ALA > Librarian registering will get this: Thursday night reception, Friday > all day access to the International Documentary Film Conference (3 > tracks of meetings, one specifically for educators) any industry > (meaning social) events happening Friday - Saturday, and 10 film > vouchers for the film festival itself Friday through Tuesday. There are > films on the weekend starting as late as midnight and social venues > thereafter. Friday's conference schedule is being realigned to have one > panels on documentary film and education which I helping to plan. So my > point about it sort of being a media librarian pre-conference is true. > > NOTE: This variation of the Educator Pass has been created especially > for the VRT members since SilverDocs coincides with our conference. If > you can get in one day early, think $135 it is a bargain for all the > documentary films, conference topics and social events. I offer my > apologies to any official ALA program that may overlap, but any > "SilverDocs Lite" attendee should be able to add this on without > interfering with any ALA scheduled activity except for lack of sleep by > the end of ALA. > > One last NOTE: You should register for the EDUCATOR PASS for access to > Festival, Conference & Education workshop. For optimal use you should > try to be here Thursday night or early Friday. ALSO to facilitate the > "educator" part of the registration, use your institutional address if > you register online or include your business card if you do it by mail. > > But wait there's more: if you have "spouse" or /other/ with you, you can > each register even if the other is not an "educator." > > If anyone has any questions for me, feel free to email me off-list. > > Carleton > > -- > Carleton L. Jackson > Librarian, Nonprint Media Services Library > University of Maryland Libraries > 0300 R. 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