How can filmmakers balance creativity, historical accuracy, and accountability in the age of AI? Hear from AX Mina, Impact and Engagement Consultant at the Archival Producers Alliance.
When: March 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Where: Online, Zoom link given with RSVP
RSVP for Zoom Link: buff.ly/M52Fb1Q
🎉 Congratulations to TWN Workshop Graduate and fiscal sponsoree Byron Hurt’s new short, "Men of Courage" premiering on AfroPoP presented by Black Public Media this month.
Watch on Black Public Media's YouTube Channel
📽️ buff.ly/anPruOL
@blackpublicmedia @byronhurt
#MenofCourage
#ByronHurt
Third World Newsreel at Vassar College's Women's Work: Organizing New York Independent Film & Video program.
Exhibition: February 25—May 24, 2026
📍 Vassar College
🗺️ 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
🔗 buff.ly/uXZ5Rer
#WomensWork #ThirdWorldNewsreel #Film #Video #MediaCollectives
Find out how the one of the oldest media arts organization in the U.S. has stuck to its mission after all these years, and their strategies to survive today’s media landscape.
Podcast episode available on YouTube.
📻️ buff.ly/lwP0B9N
@lauraflanders.org
@GRITLaura.bsky.social
Join us in this Indie Lens Pop Up event to see the film "The Librarians" and hear from librarians working on our freedom of speech and freedom to read.
When: Thurs, March 5, 2026 at 6 PM
Where: City College of NY, Shepard Hall Room 291
RSVP: buff.ly/3jVe4RU
Hear from long time distributor, promoter and programmer, Carlos Gutiérrez, of Cinema Tropical and Distribution Advocates.
When: Wed, March 4th at 6 PM
Where: City College of NY, Shepard Hall
Free RSVP: buff.ly/GVptZEv
Creating systemic change through film requires more than filmmaking. Join Emmy award-winning filmmaker and impact producer Resita Cox for a dynamic virtual conversation on integrating impact campaigns into your film’s core production strategy.
Zoom RSVP: buff.ly/NxnPZk4
When: Feb 26th @ 6:30 PM ET
See "Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories" as part of the Black Cuba series programmed by Yasmina Price. This sensitive and speculative film chart the migratory experiences of people in the Cuban diaspora.
WHEN: Monday, February 23, 2026 @ 7 PM
WHERE: BAM, Brooklyn, NY
TICKETS: buff.ly/yH2DsLo
🎥✨ Barbara McCullough’s visionary short films/pictures are set to captivate audiences as part of the exhibition "Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985". This exhibition focuses on photography’s impact on a movement that celebrated Black history, identity, and beauty.
🔗 buff.ly/GezFLDF
See the behind the scenes in the making of Stranger Things 5 - and hear from acclaimed director and cinematographer Martina Radwan!
Who: Martina Radwan
When: Wed, Feb 25 @ 6 pm
Where: City College of NY, Shepard Hall Room 291
Tickets: buff.ly/bYLZ7e1
See the trailer: buff.ly/anmZLqC
📽️ The Newsreel Restrospective continues!
cinéSPEAK x Vox Populi presents powerful short films from the Third World Newsreel Retrospective (1968-1972).
📍 Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
🕡 Thurs, Feb 19, 2026 @ 7 PM
🎟️ buff.ly/FdQ2z5Y
📽️ See "A Letter for Yene" by Manthia Diawara at the exhibit hosted by CARA.
🗓️ Opening Celebration: Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 4–7pm
📍 Center for Art, Research and Alliances, New York, NY
🎟️ buff.ly/6G3Jn9L
#ALetterforYene
#ManthiaDiawara
At a time when community activism is needed more than ever, a look at some films from the late 1960s to be inspired.
When: Wednesday, Feb 11th at 6 PM
Where: City College of NY, Shepard Hall Room 291
Light refreshments. CC captions.
RSVP: Link in bio. buff.ly/e40q78W
Questions to workshop@twn.org
Join us for refreshments, a new film "The Inquisitor," and a talk with director Angela Tucker and coproducers Trevite Willis, and Moira Griffin at the City College of NY.
📆 Wed, February 18th at 6 PM
📍 CCNY, Shepard Hall, Rm 291
♿ CART and ASL
🎟️ RSVP: buff.ly/hYXnNHg
#TheInquisitor #AngelaTucker
Deborah Thomas is an interdisciplinary scholar, filmmaker, and producer and Professor and Director of the Center for Experimental Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of prize-winning books.
buff.ly/c1Y7fmw
Join us for a screening of "Homes Apart: Korea" at the Billy Wilder Theater.
🗓️ Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 7 PM
📍 Billy Wilder Theater, Los Angeles, CA
🔗 buff.ly/jL3cUnZ
@uclaftvarchive
#HomesApart
#ChristineChoy
#JTTakagi
#KoreanWar
Join us for an online talk with Natalie Bullock Brown, of the Documentary Accountability Working Group, on the ethical dilemmas of documentary work, its framework syllabus, and what it could mean for all of our work.
📆 Feb 12 at 6:30 PM ET
📍 Zoom - RSVP to get link
🎟️ buff.ly/7Axrz1m
#BarbaraJordan
⌛ Today is the LAST DAY to apply for the TWN Production Workshop for 2026!
This program offers a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to develop their skills in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment.
Form: buff.ly/OdPzQgW
Email workshop@twn.org for more info.
#TWNProductionWorkshop
Join us for this film that premiered in 2025 at SXSW and won the Editing award at IFFBoston, and hear from the director Khary Saeed Jones.
📆 Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6 PM
📍 City College of NY, Shepard Hall Rm 291, 259 Convent Avenue at 140th street.
♿ ASL and CART.
🎟️ buff.ly/6IeTwzS
Join us for a screening of "People's Park" at La Clef!
🗓️ February 1, 2026 at 8 PM
📍 34 Rue Daubenton, 75005, Paris, France
🔗 buff.ly/pt34SIM
PEOPLE'S PARK (1969, USA, 25mn) by Third World Newsreel
The film traces a landmark civic occupation. In the late 1960s.
#PeoplesPark
#ThirdWorldNewsreel
📺 Watch "The #1 Bus Chronicles" by Director Joel Katz broadcasting on local PBS. Details below.
Schedule:
NJ PBS, 2026: 01/21 (8pm), 01/22 (4:30pm), 01/23 (2am), 01/24 (6:30pm)
WLIW PBS, 2026: 02/10 (9:30pm), 2/12 (3:30am)
#JoelKatz #ThirdWorldNewsreel #DocumentaryFilm #Intersectionality
⌛ Only one week left to apply for the TWN Production Workshop for 2026!
This program offers a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to develop their skills in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment.
Deadline is January 23, 2025
Form: buff.ly/NJbnzIT
Email workshop@twn.org for more info.
🚒 "The People's Firehouse #1" will be screening at Zeughauskino in Berlin!
This film highlights the Polish Americans of Northside, Brooklyn realized their community was under attack by the city bureaucracy.
🗓️ Jan 23, 2026 @ 8 PM
🔗 buff.ly/zcM2xqL
January News: Exhibitions, Festivals, and More!
Link in bio.
Join us for a screening of "BLACK NATIONS/QUEER NATIONS?" by Shari Frilot at the Anthology Film Archives.
PROGRAM: buff.ly/BHvtO7q
"ASSEMBLY TIME: BLACK NATIONS/QUEER NATIONS?" (1995, 52 min, video)
🗓️ Jan 13, 2026, 6:45 PM & Jan 20, 2026, 8:45 PM
Anthology Film Archives
🚧 "Break and Enter a.k.a Squatters (Newsreel #62)" will be screening at Zeughauskino in Berlin!
This film captures 1970, when several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city.
🗓️ Jan 16, 2026 @ 8 PM
🔗 buff.ly/rafRrP9
Anita Chang is an artist, writer and educator who experiments with the interplay between content and form to inspire different kinds of audience engagements.
Anita Chang's work is available for educational purchases on our website: buff.ly/fI8M874
⌛ The deadline for the TWN Production Workshop Application is January 23, 2025!
This program offers a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to develop their skills in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment.
Application Form: buff.ly/NJbnzIT
Email workshop@twn.org for more info.
🎥 The TWN Production Workshop Application for 2026 is now open!
This program offers a unique opportunity for emerging filmmakers to develop their skills in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment.
Deadline: Friday, January 23, 2026
Application Form: buff.ly/CR2okYO
#TWNProductionWorkshop
The Emmy-nominated animator and award-winning filmmaker blends creative media with character-driven stories. Her films from her documentary short series have been featured in over 140 film festivals and have been nominated for more than 80 awards.
@fostercarefilm
