Current Projects
NEW SERIES FROM DEEP DISH TV!
Uprooted: A Grassroots Examination of the Politics of Migration The corporate media “debate” on immigration reduces the question to a false contest between human and civil rights versus security. Rather than have a contextualized, meaningful dialogue, the voices of those most affected by immigration policy are rarely heard while the opinions of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and former CNN host, Lou Dobbs fill the airwaves.
Uprooted will not only articulate a broad critical analysis of the immigration debate, but also showcase inspiring and moving portraits of those most affected by U.S. immigration policies, as well as those that are mobilizing to change those policies. The series will systematically debunk the nativist mythologies that fuel the rhetorical engine of the right wing pundits, while offering humane and hopeful solutions for how different peoples of different nations can share the one imperiled planet we all share. Check out the
Uprooted blog to find out more!
The Deep Dish Model is and always has been a collaborative one. Thus far we are collaborating with amazing organizations like
Puente Movement,
Presente,
Dream Act organizers,
PanLeft,
Feet in 2 Worlds, a href="http://colorlines.com/droptheiword/">The Drop the "I" Word Campaign,
The Global Workers Justice Alliance,
Voices in Exile and
Alwan for the Arts. We welcome more partners in this new initiative. Please write to outreach@deepdishtv.org if your organization is interested in being involved.
PARTICIPATE IN THIS SERIES! Deep Dish is Seeking Submissions!
Do you have any work that you think could fit into this series? Do you know anyone that does? Have you been thinking about producing something? Deep Dish TV is looking for submissions and suggestions. If you have video, still images, graphics, stop-motion animations, or any other visual art, let us know by sending an email to uprooted@deepdishtv.org, with some description of the work and a link to it if its online. We’ll be gathering submissions of work on our the
Uprooted blog, and showcasing some of that work in the final series produced for this project. This is an opportunity for you to present your work to new audiences within a broader context, and increase its impact on the vital issue of migration. Be a part of this amazing effort!
DONATE TO THE EFFORT!
Deep Dish TV is relying on its network of contributors and supporters to help fund the production of this series. Grant funding is ever-harder to come by, as you know, and that is especially true for the kind of grassroots, radical work that Deep Dish TV produces. Any donation, no matter how small, would be a great help. To donate, Click
Here, and make sure to note that your donation is for the immigration series on the PayPal confirmation page
STAY TUNED!
Do you want to receive periodic updates on the progress of the series? Drop a line to underthefence@deepdishtv.org and we will make sure to stay in touch with you, but no more than twice a month we promise.
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The Many Voices of the Global Village
Deep Dish is producing a twelve part series entitled Waves of Change, which samples community media in dozens of countries. This series will be a survey of projects around the world in radio, television, theater, murals, comics and the internet-- forms of resistance to homogeneous commercial culture. The series celebrates the energy and success of community expression, but also looks at the problems of sustainability, the difficult interactions with political power, the stressful and sometimes dangerous lives of media activists and the ever-present potential of co-option by commercial interests.
IN ADDITION:
DIY* Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments
A screening and DVD series that is curated from the best material in Deep Dish TV's 22 year-old grassroots media archive. This project is animated by the idea that history is, fundamentally, competing sets of narratives that are selected by interested parties. The mainstream media curates a history for us that is frequently out of sync with the experience of social actors. This project is fundamentally about collecting and distributing the narratives that social movements have curated for themselves; telling the histories that are always in danger of being drowned out and forgotten.