Who Is TCAD Seattle?  On May 23, Muhammad Yunus spoke at Seattle Town Hall and showed a trailer for a inspirational documentary he's in, called "To Catch A Dollar," due out in September. Several attendees talked with Yunus, Gayle Ferraro, the film maker, and Kathleen Wells, the project director from Grameen Research.  When we asked if we could help, they said yes.  This volunteer group was formed in the days that followed, with a short term objective of building support for promotion of the movi …

We facilitate meaningful media making by partnering with local and international NGOs and non-profits. Sometimes called advocacy journalism, citizen journalism, humanitarian media, or just simply documentary film and photography. Our members create stories to help cause positive social change by helping the small orgs who are solving the world's biggest problems and injustices. These meetups serve the purpose of collaborating, educating, socializing, networking, awareness building and team build …

This group is intended to bring independent documentary filmmakers (seasoned or aspiring) together for inspiration and networking opportunities. Some sample topics/events for discussion include: -Discuss current or aspirational projects -Discuss production war stories -Share tips and techniques -Deconstruct and analyze various documentaries -Go to documentary screenings -Screen each others' films, provide constructive feedback Who knows where our networking connections may lead!

New York, LA, London, France, San Francisco and Vancouver all have meetups for transmedia storytellers, including some of the most innovative figures in the industry. Let's add Seattle to that mix. This group is for anyone, be they curious media makers, practiced transmedia creators, documentary film producers, new media makers, web designer/developers, screenwriters, novelists, actors, and beyond. Transmedia is about collaboration, and media ideas that transcend borders. If we're lucky, by shar …

A group for anyone in Seattle or the Eastside with a passion for going to the cinema. The group is open to all genres and will be dictated by the tastes of the members. Seattle has a great set of theaters and this group will try and cover the lot of them.

Community Cinema is a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring free monthly screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens. Community Cinema is on location in more than 90 cities nationally, bringing together leading organizations, community members and public television stations to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time. Women and Girls Lead is an innovative public media initiative designed to focus, educate, a …

"As this planet journeys towards a higher consciousness, there is no door that cannot be opened – no past that cannot be read and learnt from, no future that cannot be seen and created towards. I am willing to give my life to help the human race evolve. I am willing to give my life to help our people grow." - Art Runningbear Vietnam Combat Veteran turned Apache Healer, Seer, Spiritual Mentor "When I was cycling/travelling around the world on a documentary project to collect, share and inspire …

Meet and mingle with film fanatics, independent filmmakers, and industry professionals. IndieFlix screenings are FREE and open to the public. Come be part of Seattle's exciting independent film scene and meet your neighbors!

Can't afford to go to the cinema all the time? Don't like what's playing? Want to eat and drink while watching new films you've never seen before and old favorites? Let's sit on each other's couches and floors and watch movies and socialize. Bring pillows and snacks and movie suggestions. Hopefully we can find enough people to host that we can make a regular thing out of it. Let us know if you can host, and any thoughts, suggestions, or concerns.

The renaissance is here, and it brought ice-cream! So, here’s the idea: Ideas. Unfiltered, unencumbered, and unapologetically enthusiastic ideas. Ideas that lead to grease-smeared hands, lavender sorbet, things that go bang, clouds of steam, those goggle-marks you see on crazy chemistry geeks, and some guy (or girl) in the background juggling and swinging from a trapeze. We are a collective of intellectual eccentrics, passionate about learning and our various (and yes, I mean various) arts. Wal …