Paper Tiger Television http://blog.papertiger.org Paper Tiger has been creating fun, funky, hard-hitting, investigative, compelling and truly alternative media since 1981! Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:47:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Spring Open House http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/30/spring-open-house-2/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/30/spring-open-house-2/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:37:11 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1123

Meet new people to collaborate with on media projects. Re-connect with PTTV and the Tigers …or just come to celebrate the arrival of Spring, tiger-style!!

This event is free and open to the public

*The building is not wheelchair accessible, our apologies!*
]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/30/spring-open-house-2/feed/ 0 Idle No More: Giving Life to Future Generations http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/07/idle-no-more-giving-life-to-future-generations/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/07/idle-no-more-giving-life-to-future-generations/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:25:43 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1121 ]]> Minneapolis, MN – On December 30, 2012, a flashmob gathered at the Midtown Global Market in solidarity with the Idle No More movement, calling on all to come together and live in harmony with each other and Mother Earth.

Collectively, we are at a crossroads where we can choose a path of destruction, materialism and selfishness or a path of peace, wholeness and community. Our actions today will set the course for the kind of planet our children and grandchildren will inherit. Let us all be Idle No More.

Co-Produced by  Nadia Mohamed, Paper Tiger TV and Erick Boustead, Line Break Media

]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/07/idle-no-more-giving-life-to-future-generations/feed/ 0 Final Cut Pro editing workshop http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/01/final-cut-pro-editing-workshop/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/03/01/final-cut-pro-editing-workshop/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:46:10 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1099 Learn the basics in one afternoon!
Saturday, March 2 2013
12pm

Learn how to transfer footage from your camera to your computer, editing basics, transitions, importing images and music, basic titling, and outputting your video,

We are asking for a $10-20 sliding scale donation to help us fundraise for production expenses.

RSVP is mandatory. Please email emily@papertiger.org to reserve your place.

Location:
Paper Tiger TV’s Office
339 Lafayette St — 3rd Floor**
Buzzer #6

** Office is not wheelchair accessible, our apologies!

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Solidarity with Fast Food Forward: Travum from Paper Tiger TV on Vimeo.

]]> On November 29, 2012 over 200 fast food workers in NYC striked to demand higher wages and the right to form a union.  Travum Shim, one of the workers on strike, tells us why he joins the struggle and the importance of this for the future of the economy, our communities and the next generation.

]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/02/05/solidarity-with-fast-food-workers-travum/feed/ 0 A screening for the Peace Pentagon Community http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/01/19/jan23screening/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/01/19/jan23screening/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:03:57 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1076 "Where Should the Birds Fly?” by Fida Quishta and a short about the December 2012 delegation to Gaza by Paper Tiger TV collective members Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6pm Paper Tiger TV – 3rd Floor 339 Lafayette St --FREE-- ]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2013/01/19/jan23screening/feed/ 0 Solidarity with Fast Food Workers: Pamela http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/12/05/solidarity-with-fast-food-workers-pamela/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/12/05/solidarity-with-fast-food-workers-pamela/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:39:28 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1071 ]]> On November 29, 2012 over 200 fast food workers in NYC striked to demand higher wages and the right to form a union.  Pamela Flood, on of the workers on strike, tells us why she is joining this struggle and the importance of this for the future of the economy, our communities and the next generation.

]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/12/05/solidarity-with-fast-food-workers-pamela/feed/ 0 NYC screening of “Rerooting the Motor City: Notes on a City in Transformation” http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/10/03/nyc-screening-of-%e2%80%9crerooting-the-motor-city-notes-on-a-city-in-transformation%e2%80%9d/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/10/03/nyc-screening-of-%e2%80%9crerooting-the-motor-city-notes-on-a-city-in-transformation%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:38:56 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1059 Join us for our 2nd NYC screening of “Rerooting the Motor City: Notes on a City in Transformation”

Weaving together original footage, archival materials and recent interviews, Paper Tiger’s latest documentary explores the radical labor history, philosophy, and action going on behind mainstream Motor City headlines. Local activist and agricultural efforts are seen in tension with gentrifying forces, global restructuring, capitalism and corporate media. This video celebrates Detroit’s transformative creativity and self-determination while keeping an eye on the mechanisms of enclosure and erasure that people all over the world rise up against.

For updates: http://reroutingthemotorcity.tumblr.com/ and Facebook

$5 Suggested

172 Allen Street, New York, New York 10002
]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/10/03/nyc-screening-of-%e2%80%9crerooting-the-motor-city-notes-on-a-city-in-transformation%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 In Memory of Neil Smith 1954-2012 “Neil Reads USA Today: The Flip Side of the Weather is the News” 1984 http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/09/29/in-memory-of-neil-smith-1954-2012-neil-reads-usa-today-the-flip-side-of-the-weather-is-the-news-1984/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/09/29/in-memory-of-neil-smith-1954-2012-neil-reads-usa-today-the-flip-side-of-the-weather-is-the-news-1984/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:11:49 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1051 ]]> It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the loss of Neil Smith, Marxist geographer and comrade in arms. Here’s something from the archives to remember him by. Neil passed away in the early morning hours of September 29th, 2012. Neil was a brilliant theoretician and an inspiration to so many. His absence will be deeply felt by communities of leftist political resistance and his brilliant ideas will influence our lives and work for many years to come. He was loved by so many.

Neil Smith was a Professor of Anthropology and Geography and the Director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center department of the City University of New York.

In 1984, Neil collaborates with Paper Tiger and reads USA Today, America’s only national newspaper and the one with the largest circulation. The newspaper’s agenda of fostering national unity and consciousness through the dissemination of endless and useless trivia is analyzed. Finding the lowest common cultural denominator erases all tensions within American society and forwards the idea that the only difference between Americans are geographical anecdotes and the local non-happenings that fill up the newspaper’s pages.

]]> http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/09/29/in-memory-of-neil-smith-1954-2012-neil-reads-usa-today-the-flip-side-of-the-weather-is-the-news-1984/feed/ 0 People’s Land, Other Cities http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/09/23/peoples-land-other-cities/ http://blog.papertiger.org/2012/09/23/peoples-land-other-cities/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:27:18 +0000 papertigertv http://blog.papertiger.org/?p=1030 596 Acres, Paper Tiger TV and Myrtle Village Green will host a double screening of EDIBLE CITY and REROOTING THE MOTOR CITY on Thursday, September 27 @ 636 Myrtle Avenue bt. (Kent and Franklin) These two documentaries dig deep into urban agricultural movements fueled by local communities in San Francisco and Detroit.

Filmmakers Andrew Hasse and the Paper Tiger video collective will join us for a discussion after the films.

Screening @ 7:30 p.m. REROOTING THE MOTOR CITY (Detroit)
Weaving together original footage, archival materials and recent interviews, Paper Tiger’s latest documentary explores the radical labor history, philosophy, and action going on behind mainstream Motor City headlines. Local activist and agricultural efforts are seen in tension with gentrifying forces, global restructuring, capitalism and corporate media. This video celebrates Detroit’s transformative creativity and self-determination while keeping an eye on the mechanisms of enclosure and erasure that people all over the world rise up against. See more at http://reroutingthemotorcity.tumblr.com/
Screening @ 9 p.m. EDIBLE CITY (San Fransisco)
Edible City is a feature-length documentary film that tells the stories of extraordinary people who are digging their hands into the dirt, working to transform their communities and doing something truly revolutionary: growing local Good Food Systems that are socially just, environmentally sound, and economically resilient. See more at http://ediblecitythemovie.com/
THIS EVENT IS FREE.

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Come meet a radical Berlin-based video collective on Thursday, September 20!

8 p.m. @ Paper Tiger HQ, 339 Lafayette Street. Screening, ideas and discussion about urban movements and media making in NYC and Berlin.

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