[Frameworks] Artist Call

Tue Feb 4 15:18:01 CST 2025

Thank you Ruth, and thank you Mary for thoughtful responses.  I have some suggestions to further this effort along.  We need to start making films that will inspire others to take decisive yet peaceful political actions. In terms of the type of filmmaking, I suggest we keep each piece fairly short, no more than five minutes in length. They can fall into genre you can come up with; all sorts of variations of narrative, documentary and/or experimental will all suffice. You can make more than one, if you are moved to do so.  These works do not have to be perfect as the situation we are confronting seems to be morphing hourly; they simply need to address issue(s) at hand concisely and passionately (however the approach) as it is necessary to reach as many audiences as possible. These films/videos can originate from any moving image medium however, the final version should end up as digital piece to allow for easy access and presentation. The specs for these pieces can be ascertained later, but the higher the definition the better. If there are any curator/programmers out there reading this, please make some time to organize this effort locally and set aside some time at your theaters for some public showings of this work. An online presence of these group compilations should be researched and engaged as well. The dwindling progressive press may not be able to withstand the onslaught coming from White House and others…they will need our help. At this point I’m not sure if this artist call will gain any traction, however I am available to help directly in any way I can.

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> From: Ruth Hayes <randomruth at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Frameworks Digest, Vol 210, Issue 1
> Date: February 3, 2025 at 1:52:42 PM EST
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> Thanks for the call, Phil.
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> Here’s an initiative that I’ve joined recently, the Abortion Clinic Film Collective. In the Abortion Clinic Film Collective series, we hear from medical directors and staff, mothers and daughters, criminal defense attorneys and advocates, about how their personal and professional lives have been affected post-Dobbs. Each portal provides a window into the broad and life-threatening ramifications of that Supreme Court decision and its devastating legacy for the health and well-being of our country and people.
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> We are organizing screenings of this work around the country, especially in redder areas. See https://www.abortionclinicfilmcollective.org/the-films/  for a list of the films included.
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> Best,
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> Ruth Hayes
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>> From: Philip Weisman <poweismanx at aol.com>
>> Subject: [Frameworks] Artist Call
>> Date: February 3, 2025 at 7:25:55 AM PST
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>> I realize this is an international forum and that this may be not as relevant for some of you as it for many of us. However, here in the USA as you most likely know, we are experiencing an authoritarian oligarchical push to reverse and destroy institutions that indeed help people. Our personal freedoms are now truly compromised so before some of us are truly hurt or imprisoned by this regime’s cruelty I am calling for as many filmmakers that are able to address this current situation in new work and local curator’s present this work and communicate with all of us to bring our community together in actionable response. This can be one of many initiatives but I believe as filmmakers we can start here. 
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> From: mary billyou <mbillyou at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Frameworks Digest, Vol 210, Issue 1
> Date: February 4, 2025 at 12:20:08 PM EST
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> Yes 
> Thank you for recognizing the seriousness of the situation in which we find ourselves. Sometimes I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe where people don’t seem to actually see what is happening.
> And thank you Ruth for bringing our attention to this amazing effort that you’re involved in. You are inspiring and give me hope every time I learn more about what you do, but this project is particularly resonant now. I look forward to delving into this deeper. 
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> I recently compiled a film that was on a shelf for a long time but I thought under the circumstances I should release it - it’s a concert film of a Fugazi show in 1995. I put it here as representation of a community of trust in which there are such people who identify as male feminists. 
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> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM Ruth Hayes <randomruth at comcast.net <mailto:randomruth at comcast.net>> wrote:
>> Thanks for the call, Phil.
>> 
>> Here’s an initiative that I’ve joined recently, the Abortion Clinic Film Collective. In the Abortion Clinic Film Collective series, we hear from medical directors and staff, mothers and daughters, criminal defense attorneys and advocates, about how their personal and professional lives have been affected post-Dobbs. Each portal provides a window into the broad and life-threatening ramifications of that Supreme Court decision and its devastating legacy for the health and well-being of our country and people.
>> 
>> We are organizing screenings of this work around the country, especially in redder areas. See https://www.abortionclinicfilmcollective.org/the-films/  for a list of the films included.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Ruth Hayes
>> 
>> http://www.randommotion.com <http://www.randommotion.com/>
>> www.vimeo.com/ruthhayes <http://www.vimeo.com/ruthhayes>
>> https://www.instagram.com/randomruth_animation/
>> sites.evergreen.edu/ruthhayes/ <http://sites.evergreen.edu/ruthhayes/>
>> ruthhayesflipbooks.etsy.com <http://ruthhayesflipbooks.etsy.com/>
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>>> From: Philip Weisman <poweismanx at aol.com <mailto:poweismanx at aol.com>>
>>> Subject: [Frameworks] Artist Call
>>> Date: February 3, 2025 at 7:25:55 AM PST
>>> To: frameworks at film-gallery.org <mailto:frameworks at film-gallery.org>
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>>> I realize this is an international forum and that this may be not as relevant for some of you as it for many of us. However, here in the USA as you most likely know, we are experiencing an authoritarian oligarchical push to reverse and destroy institutions that indeed help people. Our personal freedoms are now truly compromised so before some of us are truly hurt or imprisoned by this regime’s cruelty I am calling for as many filmmakers that are able to address this current situation in new work and local curator’s present this work and communicate with all of us to bring our community together in actionable response. This can be one of many initiatives but I believe as filmmakers we can start here. 
>>> Yours,
>>> Phil Weisman 
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