A film and media company featuring stories by BIWOC and immigrant filmmakers.
Worldtown
Joined May 2009
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✨We have a new poster✨
AWAY, TOGETHER - a This is Worldtown Film - available to view:
- this week via @thenorthface
+ panel Q&A on Oct. 22nd with @WUTIWORLD
- Until Oct. 24th @SFIndieFilmFest
(Winner Best New Mexico Narrative Short)
- Toronto @reelasian Nov. 12th-19th
This is Worldtown is re-launching as TIWT Films with a focus on documentary and scripted narrative work.
Keep an eye on this space for upcoming news about our latest productions.
"As human beings, we are born into bodies that we did not choose. These bodies inherently carry histories and stereotypes that affect the way we are received, and thus... buzzfeednews.com/article/gab…
Check out the final piece from our #InvisibleLove series, "Still Life at Twelve in the Morning," a poem by @okay_oyin. ✨ thisisworldtown.com/invisibl… #wocvoices #poetry #womenofcolour #invisiblelove
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Next up in our #InvisibleLove series is "unlearning love," a poem by @AAtaullahjan. ✨Check it out! thisisworldtown.com/invisibl…
Check out @MayaBasti's "Post-Memory" an audio-visual piece exploring inter-generational transmission of experience, part of our #InvisibleLove series. 🔮✨ thisisworldtown.com/invisibl…
Next up in our #InvisibleLove series is "When I Refuse You" a poem written by @fionarclarke. Check it out! thisisworldtown.com/invisibl… #wocvoices #womenofcolour #poetry #biwoc
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Check out the beautiful artwork by Hafsa Khizer in her piece, "27" as part of our #InvisibleLove series. 🌸 thisisworldtown.com/invisibl… #photography #wocvoices #womenofcolour
Start your weekend with some poetry! Check out "Capes" written by @LizisaBeth, as part of our #InvisibleLove series. 💖 #wocvoices #biwoc #womenofcolour #poetry thisisworldtown.com/invisibl…
Next up in the #InvisibleLove series is "burnt-butter skin," a poem by @sabrinaids ✨ Check it out: bit.ly/2BmP6hk
We're back with a new series of visual and written works by women of colour artists reflecting on the theme of "Invisible Love." 💖🔮✨ Check out the first in the series, "Espejo" written and directed by Shireen Alihaji. thisisworldtown.com/invisibl…
CYMI: We attended @reelasian's Reel Ideas Conference a few weeks back and shared the tips and tricks we learned from industry professionals in our latest post. Check it out! #reelideas #reelasian22 thisisworldtown.com/reelasia…
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"I want people to know that as an artist, I want to bring certain stories to life and I intend to do so through visual narrative. There are stories that need to be told, there are conversations that need to happen, and there... thisisworldtown.com/the-laye…
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“It’s important to remember that whatever women have suffered at the hands of a predominantly white and male photography corps, there is perhaps no group more robbed of their own narrative than women of colour.” huckmag.com/art-and-culture/…
ICYMI: We presented at PhotoEd Magazine's #PechaKucha Event a few weeks ago with #BehindtheDust mediamakers Aleia Robinson-Ada, Samah Ali and Eli Farinango. Check it out here: youtube.com/watch?time_conti… youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
"I didn’t choose where I was born, I didn’t physically migrate from one place to another, but my ancestors did, my parents did. This movement is in my blood. Carrying their stories, also means carrying... thisisworldtown.com/diaspora…
"For some, affection comes easy, bright and unmistakable. And for others, it takes time and a special sort of compromise. From shoot-to-shoot, home-to-home, I found myself returning to the same place. What does it mean to be loved?... thisisworldtown.com/have-you…
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Get to know @cheung_kristin and @megan_lau, co-founders of @thefuture_arts, a Vancouver-based program designed to support young women of colour to take on leadership positions in creative and arts organizations. ✨
bit.ly/2P0yLTy #motivationmonday #womenofcolour
See you in the morning for our panel at #makechangeTO makechangeconference.com/201…