[Migrantjusticedocumentary] resend...
Boban Chaldovich
contact at bobanchaldovich.com
Fri May 8 08:41:03 PDT 2015
If there's no objections to this, I'll buy the domain name tonight and I'll set up the website on Sunday. The videos are ready to go online, so I can upload them to YouTube tonight.
On May 8, 2015 11:34:16 AM EDT, Catherine Kendler <catherinekendler at gmail.com> wrote:
>Nobody else has expressed an opinion on the name, I think if no one is
>too
>bothered we really should go with shadowofborders.com partly for the
>reason
>that Danielle mentioned which is that it will hopefully show up on
>search
>engines if people search the doc title.
>
>Thanks Boban for setting those things up.
>
>On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Boban Chaldovich <
>contact at bobanchaldovich.com> wrote:
>
>> I can set up the domain, website and email, just let me know what
>name to
>> use.
>>
>> On May 8, 2015 10:05:27 AM EDT, Danielle Holyk
><danielle.holyk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice Flyer Cat!
>>> i doubt you can get dvd's there unless there's some kind of
>express....
>>> did they get made yet/in the process?
>>> Good luck with the screening!
>>>
>>> As for website, everyone ok with what Boban suggested?
>>> also for the text is was wondering if we should just use mostly the
>blurb
>>> on the dvd (at least it's trilingual) and if we need more text we
>could
>>> update the indiegogo and translate it? the other things would be
>links and
>>> a contact email (would we use the resist, gmail or make one with the
>>> website---wich i don't know how to do?)
>>> let me know what you think about web text and i can start updating
>this
>>> guy if you think it's necessary: (or start something else)
>>> also would we sell dvds via web page? (for postage and costs?) also
>as
>>> soon as it goes up, even if we're still organizing screenings do we
>put the
>>> full version up there (n high res down loads right away so anyone
>can watch
>>> it/screen it?) I would like to do that! unless we wanna apply for
>RIDM or
>>> something and that would disqualify us? what do people think?
>>> Take care
>>> danielle
>>> Who are we & what is this project
>>>
>>> We are a group of community organizers and media-activists in
>Montreal
>>> who have been working on a video documentary project about
>grassroots
>>> migrant justice struggles in Canada. At its core, our documentary is
>meant
>>> to serve as a popular education tool for both people who already do
>migrant
>>> justice work as well as the broader Montreal community and beyond.
>>>
>>> Through the testimonies of migrants who have struggled or are
>struggling
>>> today to remain in Canada, the documentary attempts to debunk the
>myth of
>>> Canada as a welcoming multicultural country and to expose the
>exploitative,
>>> colonial and imperial foundations of Canada and its immigration
>system. It
>>> is also a platform for people struggling against the immigration
>system to
>>> tell their stories and to highlight the ongoing resistance by
>migrants and
>>> allies to undermine the racist colonial borders of the Canadian
>state.
>>>
>>> Throughout the duration of this project, we have worked in
>collaboration
>>> with members of many migrant justice groups such as Solidarity
>Across
>>> Borders, the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for
>Regularization,
>>> No One Is Illegal, the Temporary Foreign Workers Association, and
>people
>>> directly affected by Canada’s unjust immigration policies. Thus, our
>>> project has always prioritized and been shaped by the voices of
>Montreal’s
>>> migrant justice community and directly affected people. We believe
>that
>>> this documentary will be an invaluable resource to use within our
>>> communities and to spread education about migrant justice struggles
>both
>>> nationally and internationally as well.
>>>
>>> Over the past year and a half, we have been consulting with local
>migrant
>>> justice groups, filming marches, community events, and press
>conferences,
>>> as well as conducting interviews and spending countless hours
>editing. Our
>>> project is nearing its final stages but we need your help in order
>to
>>> complete this project and distribute this resource around!
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Catherine Kendler <
>>> catherinekendler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> I sent this message a few days ago and I think it never got through
>>>> because the attachment was too big. I just sent it in a private
>message to
>>>> our facebook page so you can look at it there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to show you the flyer for the screening here. We're going
>to
>>>> start publicizing it the second week of May. The venue is a cool
>place and
>>>> it's the main venue for radical doc screenings in the city.
>>>>
>>>> I have a question for Boban... I have no idea about this stuff, so
>>>> excuse my ignorance, but how am I to go about showing the film?
>It's a bad
>>>> idea to count on DVDs getting here--the last package that got sent
>to me
>>>> took a month and a half to arrive. Can you just send me a high
>resolution
>>>> version for me to download? Is the last version you sent good
>enough for
>>>> projection?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> cat
>>>>
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