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Film Your Issue is a national issue film contest featuring 30 to 60-second films by U.S. residents from the ages of 18 and 26. Spearheaded by Heathcliff Rothman, in partnership with The American Democracy Project, the contest had its first "beta" round in 2005.[1] For other uses, see American Democracy Project (527 group in Florida). ...


In 2006, the contest kicked off its expanded vision. Thirty-five semi-finalists were named by the competition, and five winners were selected[2] through a combination of a jury including Walter Cronkite, Brian Williams, Senator Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others.[3] Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. ... Brian Williams For other persons named Brian Williams, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star in...



All semi-finalists are shown on MSN Video, and the 5 winners are shown on MTVu. One of the winners receives an internship at The Walt Disney Company.[4] MSN Video is an internet video download service created and run by Microsoft. ... CTN redirects here. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney; NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...


References

  1. ^ FYI - Film Your Issue :: About Us (August 31st, 2006).
  2. ^ "FILM YOUR ISSUE 2006 SELECTS WINNERS", USC Center on Public Diplomacy, June 8, 2006.
  3. ^ "FYI: The VIP jury list", MSNBC, February 3, 2006.
  4. ^ "Film Your Issue: Lights, camera, action!", MSNBC, March 31, 2006.

External links

  • Film Your Issue site


 
 

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