DIY Screening and Distribution Workshop
Conducted by Robert Greenwald, Jacquie Soohen, and Carol Crowe

Getting your video seen a gazillion times online is undeniably great, but there's something extra special about RL screenings, be it at a house party, a community center, an art space, an independent cinema, or a guerrilla screening with a video projector on a downtown wall. It's also nice to sell a few DVDs so you can upgrade your gear, fund your travel to the next screening, and maybe even pay down your credit card debt from your last indy production. In this workshop we will explore different ways that DIY videomakers are creating screening and distribution networks to bypass the big players.

Robert Greenwald will talk about his distribution model for independent political documentary, through grassroots "house parties" and with the decentralized screening community Brave New Theaters.

Jacquie Soohen will discuss the Big Noise Films model of community screenings, festivals, and the indymedia circuit that has kept Big Noise able to financially survive for the last 8 years while touring, screening, shooting and editing new material from Argentina to Iraq to New Orleans.

Carol Crowe will discuss her experience as the president of short film distributor Apollo Cinema, where she has over 14 years of experience in film and television acquisition, distribution, marketing, development and production.