Downtown Community Television Center

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Firehouse, Engine Company 31, where DCTV is headquartered

The Downtown Community Television Center or DCTV is a community media center located in the former Engine Company 31 firehouse on Lafayette Street in the Civic Center of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1972 by spouses documentary film director Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno.

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Mission

According to their website, [1] DCTV "introduc[es] members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment." DCTV conducts classes enabling people from less privileged backgrounds to learn to create video productions and operates studios available to them for low cost. These programs are funded in part by earnings from DCTV's own documentary films which have won 16 national Emmy awards and many other honors.

Facilities

DCTV is based in Firehouse, Engine Company 31, a landmarked firehouse at 87 Lafayette Street in Manhattan, constructed in 1895 and purchased by DCTV in the 1980s. [2] It offers unique and versatile multi-use venue rentals.

Firehouse Cinema

In 2022, DCTV opened Firehouse Cinema as a documentary-only, art house movie theater. [3] The cinema screens first-run films as well as specialty programming throughout the year. [4] Dara Messinger serves as the director of programming. [5]

Programs

By providing professional training and tools, access to critical equipment and public exhibition space in Manhattan, DCTV gives youth, aspiring and emerging filmmakers and communities of all backgrounds greater voice and platforms through documentary film.

PRO-TV (Professional Youth Media Training) is a program designed to train students from New York City's underprivileged communities in media arts, using state-of-the-art equipment. [6]

Films

DCTV's productions include:

References

  1. ↑ DCTV's Mission Statement and History – Downtown Community Television
  2. ↑ Lower Manhattan : News | Historic Downtown Firehouse Gets Wired by DCTV Archived October 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Culgan, Rossilynne Skena (2022-09-21). "A documentary theater is opening in Chinatown's historic Firehouse Building". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  4. ↑ Morfoot, Addie (2022-09-21). "Firehouse Theater Dedicated to Documentary Films Opens Its Doors in NYC's Chinatown". Variety. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  5. ↑ Smith, Shane (2024-01-05). "An Independent Spirit: Dara Messinger Discusses DCTV's Firehouse Cinema". International Documentary Association. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Media Organizations". PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  7. ↑ Third Avenue, DCTV shopping cart Archived February 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Invisible Citizens: Japanese Americans, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Junkie Junior, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ The Philippines, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Hard Metals Disease, DCTV shopping cart Archived October 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Hunger in the Suburbs, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ One Year in a Life of Crime, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Rape: Cries from the Heartland, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ The Story of Vinh, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Chiapas: The Fight for Land and Liberty, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ Snakeheads, DCTV Shopping Cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ High on Crack Street, DCTV shopping cart Archived January 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ Lock Up: The Prisoners of Riker's Island, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ A Cinderella Season, DCTV shopping cart Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ A Cinderella Season, DCTV official website Archived April 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ Campaign Confidential, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ Papa, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Afghanistan: From Ground Zero to Ground Zero, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  25. ↑ Bridge to Baghdad I, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  26. ↑ Bridge to Baghdad II, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  27. ↑ Coca and the Congressman, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ↑ Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story, DCTV shopping cart Archived September 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  29. ↑ Latin Kings, DCTV official website
  30. ↑ Dope Sick Love, DCTV shopping cart Archived April 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  31. ↑ Dope Sick Love, DCTV official website
  32. ↑ Bullets in the Hood: A Bed-Stuy Story – Pro-TV / DCTV Production – Award-winning Youth Documentary Program
  33. ↑ Bullets in the Hood, DCTV official website
  34. ↑ The Last Cowboy, DCTV shopping cart Archived August 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  35. ↑ The Last Cowboy, DCTV official site Archived July 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  36. ↑ Off to War (1–10) The Complete Box Set, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  37. ↑ Off to War, DCTV official website Archived July 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  38. ↑ Siberian Adoption Story, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  39. ↑ Venezuela: Revolution in progress – A DCTV & Discovery-Times Production Archived April 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  40. ↑ Venezuela, DCTV official website Archived April 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  41. ↑ Baghdad ER Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  42. ↑ Baghdad ER, DCTV official website Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  43. ↑ India Journal, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  44. ↑ The Russians are Coming, DCTV shopping cart Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  45. ↑ The Russians are Coming!!!, DCTV official website
  46. ↑ A Woman Among Boys, DCTV Shopping Cart Archived December 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  47. ↑ "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  48. ↑ "Television review: 'Wartorn: 1861-2010' | Los Angeles Times".

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