Tag: Media Arts Center San Diego
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Generation Born After the War Still Feels Consequences of Fall of Saigon
By Alexandria Magik Rice Jerry La’s parents fled Saigon after it fell to North Vietnamese troops in 1975. La said the trauma they endured has kept them from talking about the past. “My parents are very present-oriented people – present and future,” La said. “If you dwell on the past too much, you’re going to…
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Anti-Globalization Movement Lingers at Teralta Park’s ‘Really Really Free Market’
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers It was an ordinary Sunday in Teralta Park for City Heights resident Francisco when he stumbled upon numerous signs proclaiming that what looked like a storage closet explosion in the park near Orange Avenue, was all free. Really, really free, that is. The…
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Bikes del Pueblo Seeks Permanent Space to Help Mid-City Residents With Bike Repairs
Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers A flat tire or a broken chain is all it takes to put a bike out of service if the cyclist doesn’t know how to fix the problem or can’t afford a mechanic. Eleven year old BMX rider Erick Mwesa found that out last week. Biking allows him…
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Young Filmmaker Attempts To Tell the ‘Truth’ About Mid-City Sex Workers
By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview There are academics and law enforcement officials at work studying the statistics of human trafficking and prostitution in San Diego. Just on Wednesday’s KPBS Midday Edition, we heard about a new Urban Institute report that focused on San Diego’s…
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Teen Producers: The Changing Face of El Cajon Boulevard
Teen Producers Project New businesses bring new people and new people transform a neighborhood. That’s the premise behind the latest video by the Teen Producers, a a group of youth filmmakers at the Media Arts Center. Their piece centers on El Cajon Boulevard near 30th Street in North Park, which, for the past couple decades,…