Sanctuary TV

A (very) quick roundup of the kind of stuff we do at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Truly independent films, world class speakers and authors, live music from around the world, media-making workshops, potluck deliciousness and generally good times with the best people you'll meet in the Capital Region of Troy NY!

This video was shot by countless Sanctuary volunteers, edited by Penny Lane, and animated by Andrew Lynn.

Instructor: Leonard Retel Helmrich

The "single-shot cinema" theory is a method to carefully compare film
history with the history of other forms of art, like painting, sculpture,
architecture, music and poetry, "to get this close to the skin of the
people."

Anti-corporate pranksters The Yes Men will give the inside scoop on their latest impersonations, from representing Halliburton at a Gulf Coast Reconstruction Conference to being Exxon at Canada's largest petroleum industry gathering. The Yes Men agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce, ask questions, and then smuggle out the stories of their hijinks to provide a public glimpse at the behind-the-scenes world of business. In other words, the Yes Men are team players... but they play for the opposing team.

[This is the full 23 minute video. check it out!]

Hudson Mohawk Indymedia has produced a definitive account of the whirlwind of events surrounding Wafaa Bilal's controversial art exhibit, "Virtual Jihadi."

"Art ≠ Terrorism" goes beyond the sound bites to find out what happened when an Iraqi artist came to Troy, NY only to be censored--not once, but twice.

First, Wafaa Bilal was chased off campus after his artwork was mis-characterized as terrorist propaganda by undergraduate bloggers.

When the exhibition was given refuge by The Sanctuary for Independent Media, the city government responded by shutting down the space.