Welcome to Paper Tiger
What is Paper Tiger Television?
Paper Tiger has been creating fun, funky, hard-hitting, investigative, compelling and truly alternative media since 1981! The programs produced at PTTV have inspired media-savvy community productions and activism around the world. Our archive includes shows that provide critical analysis of media, educate about the communications industry and highlight issues that are absent from mainstream information sources. Through the distribution of our short documentary programs, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy, PTTV works to expose and challenge the corporate control of media. Because of the bias and misrepresentation of issues in mainstream media it is critical to include diverse perspectives in the process of making media. PTTV strives to increase awareness of how media can be used to affect social change. A public that can strategically and creatively use the media is necessary for a more equitable and healthy democracy.
What's going on at Paper Tiger...
RIGHT TO THE CITY NEW YORK MAKES DEMANDS:
JOIN US THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH AT CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL
What would New York City be like if everyone had....
Housing that was safe and affordable?
Public space that was truly public?
Local governance that was representative and powerful?
Jobs that were good and available?
We know, its hard to imagine.
But that's why the Right to the City Alliance brought together dozens of
community groups from throughout the five boroughs to visualize a
better City and flesh out demands and build a movement to make it
happen. On Thursday, February 11th, we'll present the Right to the City
platform, cultivated from months of radically democratic thinking. New
York City has been the playground of the wealthy for far too long --
its time for the people to take back the power!
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Proshansky Auditorium
WHEN: Thursday, February 11th, 2010 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
WHAT: Film screening, discussion, presentation of demands, opportunities
to get involved
WHO: The Right to the City New York Alliance and Paper Tiger Television
Please join us for this very special evening with:
Dr. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, CUNY and Dr. Peter Marcuse, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! PAPER TIGER IS HOSTING A FINAL CUT WORKSHOP!
Learn all the basics in a two-day intensive workshop February 20 AND 21(10am-5pm)
$150 for ONE DAY $250 for TWO DAYS: Priority given to people registering for both days.
Learn how to transfer footage from your camera to the computer, editing basics, transitions, importing music and images, titling and outputting your video to tape, speed, freeze frames, advanced transitioning, basic audio, filters, simple effects easy techniques for creating a polished piece.
Limited to 6 people
Classes given in the Paper Tiger office at 339 Lafayette St.
Registration is not guaranteed until paid in full. EMAIL barbara@papertiger.org for more information.
PAPER TIGER NATIONAL BROADCAST ON FREE SPEECH TV
Paper Tiger Television will present ART, ACTIVISM and ANALYSIS a 13-part curated series highlighting some of our most outstanding shows. The series presents a chronological look at how the content and style of the collective's work has changed since 1981. It covers a wide range of topics from racism, classism, DIY media, domestic violence, the prison-industrial complex, media conglomeration and displacement... just to name a few. Broadcast dates TBD but look for it sometime in late 2009 or early 2010 on Free Speech TV! Tune in!
PAPER TIGER BROADCAST EVERY WEDNESDAY
Paper Tiger Television broadcasts regularly at 8pm Wednesdays on TimeWarner Ch34 and RCN Ch82 (Manhattan Neighborhood Network MNN) and at 3pm and 11pm Wednesdays on TimeWarner Ch34 and Cablevision Ch67 (Brooklyn Community Access Television BCAT)