05 Aug Filmmakers' Statement on the Making of "Disruption"

Posted at 08:21h in Journal by Paco de Onís

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Since founding Skylight in 1981, we have been committed to the advancement of human rights and social justice through media.  We have told stories that explore and document a range of pathways to social change; from rebellion against a brutal military dictatorship in Guatemala (When...

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13 Mar DISRUPTION

Posted at 12:23h by Pamela Yates

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13 Mar Regarding #stopKony

Posted at 08:49h in Journal, Outreach by Paco de Onís

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In terms of practical approaches to apprehending Kony, since I became aware of him when we began to make The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court in 2006, I’ve always wondered, who pays his satellite phone bill?  Where is he getting arms and...

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20 Feb Will the U.S. retract the anti-ICC Bolton letter?

Posted at 15:58h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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Last week I heard that the Harold Koh, U.S. State Department Legal Adviser, intends to retract the letter John Bolton sent to the UN denouncing the International Criminal Court when he was the Bush administration Ambassador to the UN (as seen in “The Reckoning: The...

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27 Dec How to Nail a Dictator

Posted at 18:45h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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photo: Jean-Marie Simon As I was musing about the past year of filmmaking and outreach that we’ve been doing at Skylight Pictures, it occurred to me that much of the focus of what we do, as well as the actions of the human rights heroes...

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30 May Heading to Kampala

Posted at 06:12h in Film News by Paco de Onís

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Our first video blog post recorded with our Team Kampala ICCRC members as we connected flights in Brussels airport on our way to Kampala to distribute 1,000 Screening Kits of “The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court” at the ICC Review Conference.

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28 May The Nexus of Film and Activism in Kampala

Posted at 09:06h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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At Skylight Pictures we spend a lot of time thinking about ways to heighten the impact of our films to increase awareness of human rights and justice issues.  For over 25 years we’ve been committed to the art of storytelling through the language of cinema...

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03 Jun International Justice Central – IJ Central

Posted at 21:26h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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I’m immersed at the BAVC Producer’s Institute for New Media, a 10-day think tank where 9 teams of documentary producers, video editors and multimedia developers get together to create projects that seek to extend the reach of social issue documentaries in new media spaces.  Our...

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01 Jun From Engagement to Political Impact

Posted at 22:31h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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If we succeed in engaging audiences, how do we move them from engagement to building a movement for international justice and exerting pressure on policy makers? I attended a panel in San Francisco yesterday called Sourcing the Future: Marketing and Sustainability for Social Justice Media...

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01 Jun the enduring role of radio

Posted at 21:27h in Production Notes by Paco de Onís

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In all the explorations of new media tools for outreach, let’s not overlook the role of radio and its enduring potential for interactive engagement with audiences, as we saw while filming for The Reckoning in Bunia in the Ituri region of eastern DRC.  While there...

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