Mentors for Media Makers
“We were starving artists. Starving to feed ourselves on celluloid and barbequed chicken,” recalls filmmaker Ron Mann of the time…
Articles
Voices from Issues Past
What happened at AIVF over the last 30 years? Coming up with a coherent and entertaining way to answer that…
The History and Legacy of AIVF (Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers)
In 1975, when a small group of energetic filmmakers convened the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in their living…
AIVF: And What it Meant to Me
I first became aware of AIVF when Martha Gever was editor of The Independent. I marveled at this national organization…
Why We (Still) Need AIVF
When I started to write this article, I began with a David Letterman-esque list of 20 reasons we need AIVF….
Love’s Labor Lost
Alot of what AIVF did was to create an interface between very diverse communities of independent media makers and audiences…
Getting Perspective
When I came to work with AIVF in February, I don’t believe the Board or staff could have predicted that…
Now & Then
Long before Super 8’s 40-year march from home movie to Kodak’s hot new kid, long before camcorders, and long before…
American History X
With more than 25 museums and research centers and a collection of more than 142 million objects, the Smithsonian Institution…