Towson University’s Video Activism Group hosted a film event on campus last Thursday evening at the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theater. The event, which was co-sponsored by The New York Times, showed the use of films as a form of activism. The featured short films included entries from Electronic Media and Film (EMF) students at Towson, a Towson alumnus, Kids on the Hill, Wide Angle Youth Media, and Digital Harbor High School. The festival also included a sneak peak of an animated feature-length film about consumerism. The film’s director, Ann Leonard, is an activist based in Berkeley, Calif.
One goal of the festival was to promote video as a way to “promote social issues and motivate others toward civic engagement,” according to coordinator and Towson EMF professor Gordon Glover. “We are using video for advocacy, activism and as a tool for social change,” he says.
One goal of the festival was to promote video as a way to “promote social issues and motivate others toward civic engagement,” according to coordinator and Towson EMF professor Gordon Glover. “We are using video for advocacy, activism and as a tool for social change,” he says.
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