Druid City Girls Media

07/22/2021

Here’s your daily dose of Druid City because it’s T-2 days until kickoff for our inaugural film competition, DruidCity48! You may have noticed that the tagline “by girls, for girls” makes a frequent appearance in our graphics. It is this very sentiment which makes DruidCity48, and DCGM by extension, so special. Both form a sisterhood organized around a shared passion (filmmaking!), which builds community, collaboration, and creativity. We cannot wait for you to experience empowering connections of your own through your participation in DruidCity48! Register here: http://bit.ly/DruidCity48
Rules: http://bit.ly/DruidCity48Rules

07/21/2021

As we are counting down the days for DruidCity48, DCGM is again spotlighting influential voices in filmmaking!
Marquette Jones has worn many proverbial hats as a beloved and immensely talented producer, director, and professor at the University of Alabama. Marquette has been the driving force behind several award winning short films that have been included in international film festivals and featured on television. Additionally, she has collected a plethora of accolades for her screenwriting, producing, and cinematography skills. Outside of her numerous accomplishments, Marquette was an enthusiastic mentor for women in media and founded the Directing Magic Podcast to highlight the intellect and perspectives of women creatives.

Tragically, Marquette passed away earlier this year, leaving behind a rich legacy that will only continue to guide the ambition of women filmmakers across the world. To learn more about Marquette’s life and passion, follow this link: http://www.directingmagic.com and remember that you can register for DruidCity48 at bit.ly/DruidCity48 !

07/20/2021

Less than one week until the kick-off of DruidCity48!! In preparation for the competition, DCGM will be sharing advice from pioneering women in film throughout the following week. Today’s featured quote is from studio executive, content producer, and professional executive coach Kisha Imani Cameron. Cameron is most notable for her illumination of BIPOC voices in filmmaking through her establishment of the Focus Features Africa First Short Film Program for African filmmakers. We hope that Cameron’s quote encourages you to explore your identity and incorporate your experiences as valuable influences in your filmmaking process!

07/13/2021

Are you a girl from Alabama passionate about filmmaking and eager to develop and show off your skills? DruidCity48 sounds perfect for you!

In this competition, girls ages 14-17 will have the opportunity to work together and create a film in only 48 hours! Participants will be tasked with writing, filming, and editing a film that falls under a randomly assigned genre and theme.

A virtual kickoff will be held July 23rd to discuss film and content requirements. The competition will run from the end of the kickoff to exactly 48 hours later on July 25th. We hope to see you and your team there! Follow this link to register for the competition: http://bit.ly/DruidCity48 and see the full list of rules at http://bit.ly/DruidCity48Rules

02/11/2021

So proud of our Druid City Girl Maya today. She rocks! (as always)

07/31/2020

We're wrapping up this week with a from last year's camp! We love seeing our UA interns working side-by-side with campers for hands-on learning. (And, come on, we're definitely loving the GRLS RULE t-shirt.)

07/30/2020

Taking it back again with a ! This great photo from our 2018 camp was taken by the incomparable Sabina Vafina, and we love how it captures so many different kinds of girls-- across all ages and cultural backgrounds-- working together thoughtfully around a camera. We think more film sets should look like this!

07/29/2020

Happy ! We love this candid pic from the very first Druid City Girls Media Camp way back in 2017. We've grown a lot since that first camp, but we think this picture represents some of the things that haven't changed in the last three years. We're still all about having fun with cameras and bringing girls together!

07/28/2020

There are so many ways that individuals and organizations can support our work and join us on our mission to provide media education to girls across Alabama. Our virtual resources are FREE for anyone to use, and we're always looking for new ways to expand our reach. If you'd like to get connected with our program, don't hesitate to reach out and send us a message!

07/27/2020

Do you ever wish that other girls had the same opportunity as our Druid City Girls to learn media production skills? Is there a specific media skill-- such as camera, editing, sound, writing, acting, documentaries, vlogs, etc-- that your girl has a passion for? With this , our girls can use their skills to help our program and mission grow!

For full instructions on the , and the rest of our challenges, visit druidcitygirlsmedia.org (link in bio!) We've got all the resources your girls need to create their own videos, so spread the word and invite someone to take the !

In the Druid City, girls are meant to be seen and heard. Who We AreWhat We Do Created in 2016 by Dr. Barbara Jane Brickman and fourteen undergraduate students at the University of Alabama, the Druid City Girls Media Program is a project seeking to bring media production, media literacy, and digital....

07/24/2020

Meet our team! Dr. Barbara Jane Brickman, the Program Director and Founder of DCGM, is an Associate Professor of Media and Gender Studies at UA. Her work has appeared in Camera Obscura, The Journal of Film and Video, Discourse, and Journal of Popular Music Studies. Since the publication of her first book, New American Teenagers: The Lost Generation of Youth in 1970s Film (2012), she has written a volume on the film Grease for the Cinema and Youth Cultures series (2018) and is currently working on a manuscript on le***an camp in American popular culture.

"As a group, we were also unanimous in our belief that the camp should be available to all girls, regardless of their socio-economic background. In fact, we identified a clear need to reach out specifically to underserved and less advantaged girls, who often cannot afford high tech media camps and who typically remain invisible or are negatively stereotyped in popular representations of 'girlhood.'"

07/24/2020

Meet our 2020 team! Annabeth (Abba) Mellon, the lead intern and co-instructor for our 2020 virtual program, is a current senior at UA double majoring in Film and Gender & Media Studies. She joins us for her third summer after interning at the 2018 and 2019 summer camps as well as our community education initiatives. A fierce advocate for media literacy, she has a special passion for children's media. Ask her about her senior research project on the role of children in creative development for film!