Save film and photography in NYC! Sign the petition at http://www.picturenewyork.org, and make a YouTube video comment. Tag it “picturenewyork”.
A group of filmmakers, photographers, and others concerned about proposed rules by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film rallied at Union Square on July 27th, 2007. The rules make it difficult for even casual filmmakers and [...]
Gabriele Stabile for The New York Times
Beka Economopoulos wields a cardboard prop modeled on a 16-millimeter Bolex camera, which is to be used in a demonstration.
Please join the Filmmaker/Photographer contingent at this Friday’s First Amendment rally at Union Square. Recently proposed regulations seriously threaten the rights of photographers and filmmakers to operate in NYC, and they could go into effect as soon as this August. Other laws already restrict our rights to parade, dance, meet, bike, shout, and [...]
Please join us this Thursday, July 19th for a brainstorm and planning session to coordinate a creative response to proposed regulations by the Mayor’s Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting.
Introduced quietly just before Memorial Day weekend, the regulations could severely restrict the ability of even casual photographers and filmmakers to operate in New York City. [...]
