Video4Change Network Blog
Lena Hendry’s Conviction and RM10,000 Fine Unjust
Former Program Coordinator of Pusat KOMAS Lena Hendry was sentenced to pay a fine of RM 10,000 or spend a year in jail by the Magistrate’s Court in Kuala Lumpur for screening the Sri Lankan civil war documentary, “No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka” before...
Video4Change Network Presents at the 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference
The Video4Change network organized a panel at Transparency International’s 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Panama on the subject, ‘Exposing Corruption with Digital Video: How citizens can use the tool in their pockets to expose corruption’. By...
Defending Human Rights in the United States
Video4Change Network partner WITNESS has announced that they are expanding their work in the United States through a generous new grant. Announcement from the WITNESS newsletter:"WITNESS is excited to announce that we are expanding our work in the United States...
Video4Change at the 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference
Image: Promotional flier for the Video4Change Session at the 17th IACC Organizations from the global network will be conducting a session at the 17th IACC conference in Panama. Video4Change network member organizations Video Volunteers, InsightShare, InformAction TV...
Community Impact: School Implements RTE Rules
The Right to Education (RTE) Act has laid down norms and standards for schools to ensure inclusive and quality education for all children of India. Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the hinterlands of India flaunt these rules because the authorities seldom...
Disputed Boundaries
In Kenya, many conflicts are dismissed as ‘cattle rustling’, until they grow too serious to be ignored by the national government. Filmed in Isiolo, Northern Kenya, this film looks at how old boundaries and new resources become a deadly race of rivalry and survival between some of Kenya’s poorest communities.
Network Building at the Southeast Asia Video for Change Forum
From 24-26 August, EngageMedia participated in the Southeast Asia Video for Change Forum, which was held as part of the Freedom Film Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From 24-26 August, EngageMedia participated in the Southeast Asia Video for Change Forum, which was...
Immersive Witnessing: From Empathy and Outrage to Action
We are in the moment of an explosion of opportunity and hype around the possibilities of the ‘wildfire’ of immersive media – the ‘empathy machines’ of virtual reality and the breathless urgency of personal live-streaming video via Facebook and Periscope.
Getting Practical with Impact
Video for Change practitioners can no longer get around impact. Donors require video-makers to measure their impact and lately, a lot of attention has been given to video’s role within society and civic movements. Britdoc’s Impact Guide is probably the most used guide...
First Video As Evidence Workshop in Myanmar
WITNESS presents the first Video As Evidence workshop in Yangon, Myanmar. Calling all filmmakers, activists, citizen journalists, NGO workers, community reporters, human rights investigators and lawyers. WITNESS presents the first Video As Evidence workshop in Yangon,...