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The Cambridge Education Association hosted a School Committee Candidate Forum, October 3, 2019, at the Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library, featuring all 11 candidates for School Committee. The event was filmed by Beck Hamlin.

The Ward 6 Cambridge Democratic Committee hosted a School Committee Forum at the Cambridge Public Library, October 2, 2019. The forum was recorded by Rock Louis.

Here in Cambridge, 22 city council candidates are running for nine seats, and voters would like to hear their views, plans and strategies for addressing climate change locally. September 25, 2019, the Climate Action Coalition hosted a city council forum at the Cambridge Senior Center, addressing these issues.

The Cambridge Ward 6 Democratic Committee held its biennial Progressive Democrats City Council Candidates Forums at 5 and 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Cambridge Main Library, splitting the candidates into two smaller forums. The forums were filmed by Beck Hamlin and Alice Dettmer.

Stories from the Archives: The History of Voting In Cambridge for African Americans and Women from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

In the premiere episode of Stories from the Archives, CPL archivist Alyssa Pacy discusses the history of voting for African Americans and Women in Cambridge.

Hosted and written by Alyssa Pacy, Archivist at the Cambridge Public Library
Produced by Peter Levine, Media Production Educator at Cambridge Community Television

September 10, 2019, the MIT Press Bookstore celebrated author Leah Plunkett‘s book launch for Sharenthood: Why We Should Think before We Talk about Our Kids Online. Plunkett describes various modes of sharenting—including “commercial sharenting,” efforts by parents to use their families’ private experiences to make money—and unpacks the faulty assumptions made by our legal system about children, parents, and privacy, in a discussion with the Cambridge Public Schools Chief Information Officer, Steve Smith. The discussion was filmed by Rock Louis and edited by Alice Dettmer.

For each municipal election, CCTV offers candidates for the local office the opportunity to record brief personal statements. Here are the 2019 candidate statements.

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Flora of Cambridge, a collection of shots of nature in Cambridge by Moussou N'Diaye.
8:45 PM on Tuesday 9/24, Thursday 9/26, & Sunday 9/29
12:45 PM on Wednesday 9/25 & Friday 9/27

Graffiti of Cambridge, a collection of shots of Cambridge street art by Moussou N’Diaye.
8:15 PM on Tuesday 9/24, Thursday 9/26, & Sunday 9/29
12:15 PM on Wednesday 9/25 & Friday 9/27

That Was Way Too Much Nyquill, ‘The Theme From Space Force' Jazz Rock fusion band play original music on Sound & Vision by Beth Walsh-Bolstad.
8:30 PM on Tuesday 9/24, Thursday 9/26, & Sunday 9/29
12:30 PM on Wednesday 9/25 & Friday 9/27

Heads Up For A Better Life, life is not random; it is a wonderful gift with a caveat: We get out of it what we put into it. It's all in our hands. Make it count and enjoy the ride! Produced by Jojo LaRiccia.
7 PM on Tuesday 9/24, Thursday 9/26, & Sunday 9/29
11 AM on Wednesday 9/25 & Friday 9/27

Roland Pearsall Interview Part II, Roland Pearsall, a local busker, singer/songwriter shows his musical talent on Sound & Vision. Produced by Beth Walsh-Bolstad.
8 PM on Tuesday 9/24, Thursday 9/26, & Sunday 9/29

The Era of Personal DNA Technology, from diagnosing disease to modifying crops to solving crimes, DNA technology keeps transforming our world. We will discuss how this personal DNA revolution is empowering everyone to unlock the secrets encoded in DNA, and at the end of the discussion you will have an opportunity to get hands on with DNA technologies too.
Filmed by Cameron Lee and Harry Jean. Produced by CCTV.
5 PM on Tuesday through Friday, 9/24-9/27

Invisible Imprints, an hour-long piece that explores racial challenges that permeate life in America. This deeply thoughtful and multidimensional production meshes Hip Hop, modern dance and spoken word. Watermark celebrates the cultural differences in American society, through the lenses of Bach and hip hop, at first in contrast but then melds together with poets, a rapper, local singers, live musicians and nine dancers. By Moussou N’Diaye.
6 PM on Tuesday through Friday, 9/24-9/27
5 PM on Saturday 9/28

Victory, a PSA promoting teaching as a career, with the theme that teachers have better work stories. By the Massachusetts Department of Education.
10 AM on Tuesday 9/24
12:15 PM on Thursday 9/26

Camping, a PSA promoting teaching as a career, with the theme that teachers have better work stories. By the Massachusetts Department of Education.
10:05 AM on Tuesday 9/24
12:30 PM on Thursday 9/26
11:30 PM on Friday 9/27

From My Heart To Yours, a short documentary about the Opioid epidemic in Somerville and in the whole state of Massachusetts. Produced by Somerville Media Center.
11 AM on Thursday 9/26
10 PM on Friday 9/27

Living, a documentary about four women battling Metastatic Breast Cancer. Produced by Liisa Budge-Johnson.
11:20 AM on Thursday 9/26
10:20 PM on Friday 9/27

MA Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security August 28th, 2019 Part 1, the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security met at the Massachusetts State House to hear testimony on several bills related to firearms. Part 1 of 2. By the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
4 PM on Monday 9/23

MA Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security August 28th, 2019 Part 2, the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security met at the Massachusetts State House to hear testimony on several bills related to firearms. Part 2 of 2. By the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
10:10 AM on Tuesday 9/24

CCTV Weekend Marathon
Tune in on Channel 9 for the Weekend Marathon!
Friday 9/27 from 6-9 PM, Saturday 9/28 from 12 PM - Midnight
& Sunday 9/29 from 12-4 PM

Rooster Tails: Beethoven’s Surreal Symphony, 2011, a series capturing the imagination of a surreal ancient world in these animated titles: Digging the Mummy, Ancient Egypt Land of Mystery, Ramses The Great at Home, and The Bust of Augustus Caesar. By Mick Cusimano.
7 PM on Friday 9/27

It Ain't Over 'Til Dover, local comedians perform in Dover, New Hampshire. Produced by Kristina Kehrer.
11:50 AM on Saturday 9/28

Space Wasters Episode 1, a number of sketch comedy routines dating back from 2007 by Conan Skyrme.
12:30 PM on Sunday 9/29

Cambridge Community Television nurtures a strong, equitable and diverse community by providing tools and training to foster free speech, civic engagement, and creative expression while connecting people to collaboratively produce media that is responsive, relevant, and effective in a fast-changing technological environment.

If you would like to send your own programs to air on our CCTV channels, please email alfonso@cctvcambridge.org

On September 11, 2019 A Better Cambridge hosted a City Council Candidate Forum at the Cambridge Public Library. The forum was moderated by former Cambridge City Councillor David Sullivan.

CCTV will again produce election related programming for the municipal elections on November 5, 2019. CCTV is committed to helping Cambridge voters get the information they need to make an informed decision on Election Day. We will engage in several video production activities to accomplish this goal.

Early in August 2019, CCTV extended the invitation to each certified candidate on the ballot to record their personal statements. Recording takes place in early September and, once completed and published, you will be able to browse candidate statements here: http://www.cctvcambridge.org/candidates. You can also look back on the years and years of candidates we have helped get connected to the Cambridge audience.

CCTV will record and broadcast as many city council and school committee candidate forums as possible so long as the event is one in which all candidates are invited. Every effort will be made to stream these events live on our social media platforms and our live television channels.

Finally on November 5, CCTV will broadcast live from the City-wide Senior Center where city officials hold the final election result count.

Cambridge Community Television does not endorse individual candidates or their messages. CCTV is platform for candidates and residents to express their positions and perspectives and we attempt to provide this opportunity to all candidates and political groups during election season. For more information, give us a call call.

This video is a compilation of various green screen projects produced by youth participants from Summer Media Institute 2019. They were created for the studio module, during which students learned how to shoot green screen projects in a real TV studio using special lighting and set up.

Summer Media Institute 2019: Green Screen Dreams from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

A Virtual Reality experimental film about the cultural arts district Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This video highlights the street art that defines a city.

Produced by Liz Anderson, Toby Mallon for SMI 2019

Make sure you click around the video to experience the full effect of a 360 film!

Central Square in Virtual Reality from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

This is a Virtual Reality film about the Alewife Storm Wetland. In it the filmmakers take you on a tour of the Wetland and talk about what they learned during a field trip they took to explore the issue of greater intensity storms caused by climate change and how they impact their community.

Produced by Tavi Pollard, Ellen Jacobson for SMI 2019

Make sure you click around the video to experience the full effect of a 360 film!

Alewife Storm Wetland Tour from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

This is a Virtual Reality project about the Alewife Storm Wetland and its role in mitigating storms. The video features Catherine Woodbury from the Cambridge Community Development Department who talks to students about the history and importance of the Alewife Wetland.

Produced by Allison Desir, Biruk Endale, and Malik Gayot for SMI 2019

Make sure you click around the video to experience the full effect of a 360 film!

Alewife Storm Wetland from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

This Virtual Reality project takes viewers through a series of field trips youth participants of the Summer Media Institute went on to learn about climate change. Featured are students from Boston University’s Rotjan Lab studying microplastics in the ocean, and John Bolduc, Environmetal Planner from the Cambridge Community Development Department who talks about how Cambridge is mitigating the more aggressive storms and flooding caused by climate change.

Produced by Amhed Fassassi, Jameer Silva, and Nahom Woldesenbet for SMI 2019

Make sure you click around the video to experience the full effect of a 360 film!

Pay Attention from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

The 23rd Annual Galluccio Associates Youth Sports Recognition Breakfast honors those who volunteer their time for local youth sports. It was hosted at the Royal Sonesta hotel in Cambridge and filmed by Andrew Gerzon on June 8, 2019.

The internet was designed to be a kind of free-speech paradise, but a lot of the material on it turned out to incite violence, spread untruth, and promote hate. What should be done about this enormous problem?

UN Special Rapporteur on Free Expression David Kaye will discuss this and other issues raised in his new book Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet.

Filmed by Tricia Bitetto and edited by Cameron Lee.

Community Media Stories | Maurice Wilkey from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

Maurice joined CCTV in 2007 while looking for a way to broaden his media skills. He has since joined the Board while continuing to produce his live show.

Learn more about Cambridge Community Television at cctvcambridge.org

This piece delves into various viewpoints on the Affordable Housing Overlay -- a zoning proposal aimed to increase opportunities for affordable housing developments in the city.

Perspectives on the Affordable Housing Overlay from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo.

The message goes out to all of our dedicated television producers. CCTV will discontinue all use of DVDs in our broadcast operations as of January 1, 2020. At that time, CCTV will no longer accept program submissions on DVD media.

DVDs have been a staple for access producers who circulate their programs to TV stations, however, DVD video quality is now considered poor by modern standards. It takes an enormous amount of time for producers to make a DVD, and even more time to convert DVDs for playback on CCTV's channels. Many producers have found alternative online tools for distributing high quality video files that save them time, travel, and money. Google Drive, Dropbox, and WeTransfer are good examples.

To help make this transition successful for all of our producers, CCTV will introduce new guidelines and methods to submit your programs electronically. We will offer workshops in the use of these tools and offer consultations for any producer who needs extra help. Schedules for those opportunities will be released shortly.

CCTV has only two DVD recorders in operation (in our live studio and dub station). We will support those devices until they eventually fail, but we will not replace them. If you depend upon those recorders for your program then please begin transitioning our digital SD card recorders. Our cablecast interns and staff at the front desk can help you learn how to use them.

There will be more information to follow in the weeks to come. Until then, mark your calendars for Jan 1, 2020, as the end of the line for DVDs at CCTV. Please reach out to me with any questions!