Virtual Talks with Video Activists is an ongoing series of screenings and discussions with artists, journalists, and community organizers who use video to break boundaries.
Media Burn began this event series in mid-2020, as the global Covid-19 pandemic made so much of our lives digital. The second of the most consequential events of our lifetimes — the continuing fight for racial equality in the U.S. — added further importance to highlighting the existence of video activism.
Browse below through descriptions of future events and replays of past ones, where each activist has explored the impact and the nature of their work.
Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
EngageMedia is a non-profit media, technology, and culture organisation in the Philippines. EngageMedia uses the power of video, the Internet, and open technologies to create social and environmental change. They harness old and new media to assist movements challenge social injustice and environmental damage, as well as to present solutions. Continue reading →
Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
October 29: Chicago-based filmmaker Salome Chasnoff will join Media Burn for a screening and discussion of their work. Continue reading →
Events, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
October 22: South American group Bombozila will join Media Burn for a screening and discussion of their work. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Nancy Buchanan is a conceptual artist working in many forms, including videos, installations, drawings, and mixed media work. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
The documentary TRANSSEXUALS features a look at the transgender community in New York in 1971. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Laurie Little is a Chicago-based filmmaker, artist, and educator. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Skip Blumberg is an activist and video artist whose work has been shown widely on TV, the web, media art centers, and museums. Continue reading →
Blog, Virtual Talks with Video Activists
Tom Weinberg is a pioneering TV and nonfiction producer who has worked in video for more than 50 years. Continue reading →