Pan Left Productions

producer / director / editor: JM Aragón

Official Selection of 2008 Nuestras Raices Film Festival
Official Selection and Finalist of 2008 Arizona International Film Festival

March 02, 2007. A delegation from Palestine visit the U.S./Mexico border with human rights group, Coalición de Derechos Humanos. Two border struggles come face to face as the Palestinians witness another border and find another injustice with similar intentions.

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Here is the trailer that I had put together for a documentary project that I have been working on for many years about Debbie Davis. I started to screen this at the Flix By Chix event in March, but my DVD did not play properly. So, here it is for those who wanted to watch the entire piece. My plan is to get editing on it as I am collaborating with Adela Licona to tailor it for Gender Studies courses. So, check it out! Thanks!

Jamie A. Lee

Promotional video for Dry River Collective, a Tucson, Arizona-based arts and educational center supported by an autonomous group of individuals working to create a community based on sustainability, cooperation, and self-sufficiency.

This is an edit of footage from the 2nd-to-last set of this year's Synaesthesia, on March 29. This set consisted of improvised music by Amy Rude, and improvised video by Steev Hise (me). I was using a software/hardware package called NuVJ, basically a small video mixing controller that has several buttons and knobs and faders, that controls the software, allowing me to manipulate and mix together various video clips stored on the computer.

As you may or may not be aware, the Indymedia Newsreal, a half-hour TV program, is produced with the help of Pan Left member time and equipment every month. I take submissions from vdeoactivists around the world to create each episode, but lately I've been getting fewer and fewer contributions. This is a special video message in which I try to humorously and cleverly persuade more videographers to participate.

What a show it was for this year's SYNAESTHESIA. Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed the experience. Muchas Gracias para todo Pan Lefties and Performers who helped put on a killer show!

Here's a little taste of SYNAESTHESIA II for those who'd wish to enter for the first time or those who'd like to re-visit.

Set 1
MUSIC: VORTEX 4
VIDEO: Seeing in 1/4 - J.M. Aragón
Oil, Gas, and the Machines that Love Them - Brenda Limón

This is the 10th and final installment in the podcast serialization of the documentary "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez". This week's segment is the conclusion of the film, titled "What Can Be Done?".

This is the 9th installment in the podcast serialization of the "On The Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez". This week's segment is about violence against women. Next Monday the series will conclude with the final segment, titled "What Can Be Done?".

Last Sunday, Angela Soto and I had the privilege of promoting our upcoming FLIX BY CHIX fundraising screening event on KXCI Community Radio. Here is an excerpt of our time with SusieB and Quinn on Broad Perspectives.

Please mark your calendars at attend FLIX BY CHIX on Sunday, March 9 from 1 - 4 pm at El Ojito Springs. See www.panleft.org for more information as well as download the jpeg flier to forward to your friends and colleagues. It will be a fabulous afternoon of women's short films and tasteful desserts.

Take care!
Jamie

On January 25, 2008, the Pima County Republican Women's Club invited to speak at their luncheon the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe is the self-described "toughest sheriff in the nation" and is widely known for his controversial enforcement strategies that have cost Maricopa County over 41 million dollars in lawsuits for civil rights violations, as well as his hard line against undocumented migrants.

This video depicts that morning when Tucson activists came out to let Arpaio and the Women's Club know that he was not welcome in Tucson, and neither are his policies.