Artists' Television Access

Author: Gilbert Guerrero

  • Mental-Rev Productions presents: Return from Gaza and Lebanon

    Screening:

    Raw video, travels across Gaza: Speaking with Palestinians one year after the intense destruction of “Operation Cast Lead.”

    Dawn, After the Bombs:  a story of Lebanese people under bombardment during the 2006 “July War.”  Filmed by Activists from the Bay Area, Dawn, After the Bombs offers an up close and personal look into the experience of people whose homes, families and lives were uprooted amidst the chaos and destruction of war. (2006 short film, 18 minutes)

    Film Makers and Activists will be on hand to discuss their travel experiences and the videos.

  • ATA Staff Meeting

    Feb 1st.2010 Monday 7 pm -9 pm all volunteer meeting.
    here are the agenda items for the next ATA meeting (all-staff meeting!)

    1) Tshirts. Are there any tshirts? Can we make more? Can we sell them?
    2) Open Screening. How did the open screening on the 17th go? Ideas to make
    open screening better?
    3) Film Fest intern. This years film/video fest is looking for
    volunteers/interns. Anyone interested? Any ideas?
    4) Cleaning day. Let’s have regular cleaning days!
    5) Dump. Can we take stuff from the back room to the dump? Who can help?
    When will we do it? or should we just board up the back room.
    6. Clarity of Volunteer responsibilities : all volunteers ability
    or inability to sign up on the calendar for benefit of all the
    volunteers
    .Volunteers responsibility to cover two screenings a month .
    What is so hard about signing on to the calendar?
    any ideas about volunteer duties.
    7. can we have a regular screening night for volunteers to have
    conversations about various topics? programming shows,etc etc.
    8. i can’t think of any more , oh we have five new ata
    volunteers so come
    out an meet them.
    9. If you can’t make it , try to come to the next one.

  • Taha Belal: Play It Again

    ryan_giggs_1386537cOn April 14th, 1999, Manchester United and Arsenal played against each other for a place in the final of the Football Association Challenge (FA) Cup. While 30,233 fans watched, Manchester United took the lead in the 17th minute through David Beckham (1-0). At the start of the second half, Man U’s Welsh wizard Ryan Giggs came on to replace Jesper Blomqvist. After 69 minutes, Dennis Bergkamp put Arsenal level (1-1). Later in the game, Roy Keane got a red card and sent off for a foul on Arsenal’s Marc Overmars. In injury time Arsenal was awarded a penalty kick, but Dennis Bergkamp’s shot was saved by Peter Schmeichel. Still level after 90 minutes and allowance for stoppages, the match went into extra time.

    In the 110th minute — in the second half of extra time — Giggs intercepted the ball from a pass by Patrick Viera at half field. He went on to skip past four Arsenal defenders before shooting the ball past David Seaman and into the goal. It would go down in history as a phenomenal play, a moment of sublime beauty.

    Taha Belal is an artist living and working in San Francisco.