Muslim Voices Community Media Project 2023 |
Application
Overview
Muslim Voices of Newark is a community history project - hosted by CMC and Scribe Video Center - that will provide free filmmaking tools and instruction to Muslim groups and organizations, to create short
documentaries about the Muslim community of the greater Newark area.
Muslim Voices is a national community history project, founded by Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, where individuals and communities learn media making and explore the use of video as an artform and tool for social change. The project was designed to highlight and celebrate the presence, history, contributions and challenges of African American Muslims in America.
Working with Scribe, Express Newark's Community Media Center (CMC), located in downtown Newark, will host Muslim Voices of
Newark, and support our Muslim groups and organizations in developing their own documentary projects - researching and sharing the stories, significant events, achievements and issues that are part
of both the history of Islam in the Newark area and the history of the region itself.
Producing a documentary video is a chance to honor the local experience and to become the author, not just the subject, of your own history. In the process of completing a useful videotape, group members will develop professional production skills they can continue to use to uncover the rich stories of our past.
Each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their community media project with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with
participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups.
Upon completion, the finished media works, which include a series of short documentaries, are shown publicly through screenings organized by Scribe at museums, schools, universities, community
organizations, and the Muslim Voices Community Media Project website.
The goal of the Muslim Voices Community Media Project is to provide instruction and media tools to traditionally underrepresented Muslim groups so that they can research and share the stories, significant events, achievements and issues that are part of both the history of Islam in the U.S.
No prior experience in filmmaking is required.
Timeline
Saturday, March 18, 2023: Application Opens
Friday, June 16, 2023: Regular Deadline
Friday, June 30, 2023: Late Deadline
Mid August: Finalists Notified/ Recipients Notified
Application will open: Saturday, March 18, 2023, 5:00 PM (EST).
A committee of past Muslim Voices participants, community leaders, Scribe staff, and local planning committee members will select projects to participate. Selected participants will spend the Fall and Winter months developing their documentary scripts and learning how to use the video equipment. In the Spring of 2024, selected groups will take part in a day of production, spending the entire day videotaping interviews and documenting places and events in their communities. Finally, after editing their videos, participants will be invited to show their work when completed.
Muslim Voices of Newark is a community history project - hosted by CMC and Scribe Video Center - that will provide free filmmaking tools and instruction to Muslim groups and organizations, to create short
documentaries about the Muslim community of the greater Newark area.
Muslim Voices is a national community history project, founded by Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, where individuals and communities learn media making and explore the use of video as an artform and tool for social change. The project was designed to highlight and celebrate the presence, history, contributions and challenges of African American Muslims in America.
Working with Scribe, Express Newark's Community Media Center (CMC), located in downtown Newark, will host Muslim Voices of
Newark, and support our Muslim groups and organizations in developing their own documentary projects - researching and sharing the stories, significant events, achievements and issues that are part
of both the history of Islam in the Newark area and the history of the region itself.
Producing a documentary video is a chance to honor the local experience and to become the author, not just the subject, of your own history. In the process of completing a useful videotape, group members will develop professional production skills they can continue to use to uncover the rich stories of our past.
Each group will plan, shoot, and edit a video about their community media project with the help of a filmmaker and a research scholar hired by Scribe. While these facilitators will work closely with
participants throughout the course of production, the work itself—the planning, writing, and filming—will be done by members of the community groups.
Upon completion, the finished media works, which include a series of short documentaries, are shown publicly through screenings organized by Scribe at museums, schools, universities, community
organizations, and the Muslim Voices Community Media Project website.
The goal of the Muslim Voices Community Media Project is to provide instruction and media tools to traditionally underrepresented Muslim groups so that they can research and share the stories, significant events, achievements and issues that are part of both the history of Islam in the U.S.
No prior experience in filmmaking is required.
Timeline
Saturday, March 18, 2023: Application Opens
Friday, June 16, 2023: Regular Deadline
Friday, June 30, 2023: Late Deadline
Mid August: Finalists Notified/ Recipients Notified
Application will open: Saturday, March 18, 2023, 5:00 PM (EST).
A committee of past Muslim Voices participants, community leaders, Scribe staff, and local planning committee members will select projects to participate. Selected participants will spend the Fall and Winter months developing their documentary scripts and learning how to use the video equipment. In the Spring of 2024, selected groups will take part in a day of production, spending the entire day videotaping interviews and documenting places and events in their communities. Finally, after editing their videos, participants will be invited to show their work when completed.