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SoundFest

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:54:08 -0500

Asian American Arts Alliance, a non-profit organization based in New York City organized their first outdoor music showcase in Chinatown featuring a talent-packed roster of local Asian American performers. The public concert held in Columbus Park in August 2007. It was the first music fest in Chinatown since the events of 9/11 and it is one of the many symbols of rebirth and rejuvenation in that community since the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan.

UN Secretary General

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:45:56 -0500

10 short videos shot by UN field offices in 10 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia, telling personal stories of the impact of the global economic crisis. In charge of all production, translation and uploading of footage by FTP. Edited videos, subtitling translations and converting from a variety of formats including PAL. Created Flash outputs & wrote video text for website: voicesofthevulnerable.net

American News Project

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:59:37 -0500

story title: No Debate: Hempstead is Struggling

As Hempstead, NY prepared to host the last presidential debate, local people hit hard by the financial crisis tell stories that the debates left out.

This American News Project (ANP) short featured the story of Jocelyn Voltaire, a local Haitian woman whose Iraq veteran son had died the same month her home went into foreclosure. Jocelyn's heart-wrenching victimization by a predatory lender became a major story on Huffington Post and attracted the attention of Code Pink.

A few days later I returned to Hempstead by myself to shoot a follow-up story for ANP focusing on Jocelyn. Leveraging the power of the two videos, Code Pink was able to raise over $20,000 on her behalf, which helped persuade a judge to grant her a reprieve allowing her to stay in her home.

Daibosatsu Zendo

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:10 -0500

The 30 year anniversary of the founding of one of the first Zen Buddhist centers in the United States.

The Secret Life of Cell Phones

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:03:34 -0500

I edited this video (shot on HD by Azimuth Media) for INFORM, Inc.

Editor: Konrad Aderer
Client: INFORM, Inc.

Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Detainees at Bergen County Jail, NJ

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:22:35 -0500

LIFTING OUR LAMPS
Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Detainees
Bergen County Jail
December 2, 2007

Defending a School from anti-Muslim Hysteria

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:06:46 -0500

On Monday August 21, 2007, supporters of Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA) held a rally outside the Department of Education. Many members of the press (including Fox News) squeezed into the tight space allotted by the NYPD for the demonstration. The speeches focused on setting the media and public straight about how KGIA will foster understanding of the Arab language and culture, and how desperately the school is needed to educate ambassadors who can one day overcome the bigotry and ignorance displayed by the backlash against the school and its principal, Debbie Almontaser.

Hillier Architecture

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:27:16 -0500

When Hillier Architecture, one of the largest and most prestigious architecture firms in the U.S., needed an extreme shooter/producer to capture one of their most ambitious projects, I jumped at the chance. In this symphonic eight-minute sequence, a German-built staircase and freestanding glass enclosure are installed on a terrace sixteen stories above Central Park.

Videographer & editor: Konrad Aderer
Client: Hillier Architecture

Enemy Alien

Thu, 24 May 2007 16:34:20 -0500

A young Japanese American filmmaker gets involved in the struggle to free a Palestinian activist from Homeland Security detention.

For more information on the project, visit lifeorliberty.org.

Alex & Jung's Wedding

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:52:44 -0500

At the Ritz Carlton of Half Moon Bay, offering a spectacular cliffside view of the ocean. The groom & bride got the best of both worlds. Rain was forecast, which is traditionally a sign of a lucky marriage. It was raining a little that morning, so the wedding was going to be indoors. Then at the last minute the sun came out.

A Corner of Her Eye

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:49:08 -0500

producer: Konrad Aderer
22 minutes, MiniDV, 2006
Three brothers ride out Hurricane Katrina in their father�s house in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. An intimate, spooky family portrait that starts as a father�s adventurous challenge and rapidly turns to a fight for survival.

"The brothers provide choice insights on dad�s use of Hurricane Katrina as part of his larger Psyops training program for his sons...This amazing footage provides a strong narrative structure and is amplified craftfully with background alarm noise and ambient panic."
-- Amy Wolf, The Indypendent

The Case of Geoffrey Blank

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:11:45 -0500

Producer/DP/Editor: Konrad Aderer
Documentary-in-progress. Geoffrey Blank faces four years in prison for his anti-war demonstrations during the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Geoffrey is an intensely outspoken anti-war activist who, like over 1,800 others, was arrested during the Republican National Convention in 2004. His last arrest, in August 2004, was ostensibly for speaking on a bullhorn in Union Square Park without a permit. He's currently on trial in a consolidated case which comprises a laundry list of demonstrably false charges stemming from his anti-war activities. If convicted, Geoffrey could be imprisoned for four years.

Despite the peril he's in, Geoffrey staged a protest right below District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office calling the NYPD "treasonous" for its campaign of politically tinged arrests.

Rising Up: The Alams

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:25:31 -0500

Producer/DP: Konrad Aderer
Editor: Helen Yum

In this short documentary we meet the Alams, a Bangladeshi family living in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Mohammed Alam, father to two young U.S.-born daughters, is one of 13,000 immigrants facing deportation as a consequence of Special Registration, a post-9/11 policy which targeted nationals of Muslim countries. But the Alams are not just victims. Learn how they fight back as members of South Asian community organization D.R.U.M. (Desis Rising Up and Moving).

Rising Up: The Alams was produced for the non-profit media project Life or Liberty, as part of Third World Newsreel's Call For Change series.

Premiered at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rose Cinema, October 2005
Mesa FilmFest 2005
Museum of Modern Art Documentary Fortnight 2006
South Asian International Film Festival 2006
Asian American International Film Festival 2006
Prisoner's Justice Film Festival (Toronto) 2006
Durango Film Festival 2006
Hawaii International Film Festival 2006
First Asian American film Festival (Hong Kong) 2007
International Rescue Committee's World Refugee Day celebration, IRC Baltimore 2007

Ghana for USAID

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:26:02 -0500

Producer/DP/Editor: Konrad Aderer
Near Accra, the capital city of Ghana, Liberians still live in a refugee camp where basic needs are precious. This was a PSA for a program of the U.S. Agency for International Development which I shot as a field producer for Off Ramp Films. Below is a rough sample of footage I shot covering a USAID-funded eye clinic in Budumburam refugee camp.

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