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Date: Sat Aug 29 2009 - 10:21:29 PDT

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> Can you please refrain from subjective political campaigning on
> Frameworks.
> Even if you disagree with Israeli policy, why should Israeli
> filmmakers be
> punished for that?
>
> They probably disagree with their own government's policy as well,
> and often
> make films addressing this subject matter. Anyway, I didn't think
> Frameworks was a space for political postering, but
> rather for film and the film community?
> I think boycotts are not the answer, but rather open dialogue and
> discussion.
>
> This kind of attitude, is not going to achieve peace in the Middle
> East, or
> expand anyone's understanding of these complex issues.
>
> Marianna
> NY,NY
>
On Aug 29, 2009, at 11:23 AM, FRAMEWORKS automatic digest system wrote:

> There are 5 messages totalling 651 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics in this special issue:
>
> 1. PK59s for sale (2)
> 2. Millennium Film Journal August Special -- last weekend
> 3. Toronto Film Fest (2)
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:13:12 -0400
> From: beaulieu4008 <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: PK59s for sale
>
> Actual PK-59 mailers are still good for processing Kodachrome at
> Dwayne's until the end of 2009.
>
> The yellow mailers sold with Kodachrome in Europe are not
> technically PK-59 mailers, and those are no longer honored.
>
> I don't understand why there is a distinction but I know that this
> is what exists.
> Dwaynes has been quite friendly with me. I talk to Tammy Charles
> there often.
> You can also substitute other Kodak mailers for PK-59s but you
> might have to make up the difference in cost.
> I have lots of DP-12 mailers for example, and will try to use those
> as a credit toward my other Kodachrome processing.
> If you have questions, you can call Dwayne's directly and ask for
> Tammy.
> I don't have the monetary value of all the Kodak mailers with me,
> as I'm traveling, but it's interesting....
>
> Good luck Pip and all the other Kodachrome shooters!
>
> Stephen Kent Jusick
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:13:06 -0400
> From: Tom B Whiteside <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: PK59s for sale
>
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> Not sure about that situation, Pip, it does seem unfortunate. In
> the past,
> Kodak mailers were available for just about any kind of processing
> - movie
> or still film - that Kodak photofinishing offered. Slide film
> mailers, for
> example, were PK20's and PK36's, and you could process 100' of 16mm
> Kodachrome with a PK49.The idea was that if you did not live near a
> camera
> store you could purchase processing mailers and do the rest by mail. I
> believe that Dwayne's is able to bill Kodak for the processing
> "paid for"
> by mailers at this point. When Kodak originally sold the mailers, they
> were sold without any expiration date - they were good forever. Or,
> so it
> seems now, until December 31 of this year.
>
> I used to shoot a lot of super 8 and purchased PK59's by the box.
> In the
> past year I have found two of these boxes buried in my studio. As
> Roger
> Beebe said, he bought ten last year and they were indeed used for
> processing Ektachrome S8 at Dwayne's. I would not try to sell these if
> they were worthless, and indeed I will follow up more thoroughly with
> Dwayne's next week.
>
> - Tom
>
>
>
>
>
> Pip Chodorov <email suppressed>
> Sent by: Experimental Film Discussion List
> <email suppressed>
> 08/28/2009 05:58 PM
> Please respond to
> Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
>
>
> To
> email suppressed
> cc
>
> Subject
> Re: PK59s for sale
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Seems a bit perverse, as they were sold with Kodachrome as pre-paid
> processing mailers - so Kodak got the money and Dwayne's will
> develop, so why not Kodachrome? When Krystal told me they would not
> honor them for my Kodachrome rolls, I threw out a dozen and paid for
> the processing.
>
>
>
> At 14:28 -0400 28/08/09, Tom B Whiteside wrote:
>> According to Krystal at Dwayne's today, the PK 59 mailers are good
>> for processing color Reg8 and 64T Super8, and they will be honored
>> until the end of this calendar year. Their regular price for
>> processing 50' is $12, I am offering a batch of ten for $7.50 each.
>>
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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>
> Not sure about that situation, Pip,
> it does seem unfortunate. In the past, Kodak mailers were available
> for
> just about any kind of processing - movie or still film - that
> Kodak photofinishing
> offered. Slide film mailers, for example, were PK20's and PK36's,
> and you
> could process 100' of 16mm Kodachrome with a PK49.The idea was that if
> you did not live near a camera store you could purchase processing
> mailers
> and do the rest by mail. I believe that Dwayne's is able to bill Kodak
> for the processing "paid for" by mailers at this point. When
> Kodak originally sold the mailers, they were sold without any
> expiration
> date - they were good forever. Or, so it seems now, until December
> 31 of
> this year.
> 
> I used to shoot a lot of super 8
> and
> purchased PK59's by the box. In the past year I have found two of
> these
> boxes buried in my studio. As Roger Beebe said, he bought ten last
> year
> and they were indeed used for processing Ektachrome S8 at Dwayne's.
> I would
> not try to sell these if they were worthless, and indeed I will follow
> up more thoroughly with Dwayne's next week.
> 
>         -
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> <table width=100%>
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> <td width=40%>Pip Chodorov
> <email suppressed>
> 
> Sent by: Experimental Film
> Discussion
> List <email suppressed>
> 08/28/2009 05:58 PM
> <table border>
> <tr valign=top>
> <td bgcolor=white>
> <div align=center>Please respond to 
> Experimental Film Discussion List
> <email suppressed></div></table>
> 
> <td width=59%>
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> <tr valign=top>
> <td>
> <div align=right>To</div>
> <td>email suppressed
> <tr valign=top>
> <td>
> <div align=right>cc</div>
> <td>
> <tr valign=top>
> <td>
> <div align=right>Subject</div>
> <td>Re: PK59s for sale</table>
> 
> <table>
> <tr valign=top>
> <td>
> <td></table>
> </table>
> 
> 
> <tt>Seems a bit perverse, as they were sold with
> Kodachrome
> as pre-paid 
> processing mailers - so Kodak got the money and Dwayne's will 
> develop, so why not Kodachrome? When Krystal told me they would not
> 
> honor them for my Kodachrome rolls, I threw out a dozen and paid
> for 
> the processing. 
> 
> 
> 
> At 14:28 -0400 28/08/09, Tom B Whiteside wrote: 
> >According to Krystal at Dwayne's today, the PK 59 mailers are good
> 
> >for processing color Reg8 and 64T Super8, and they will be honored
> 
> >until the end of this calendar year. Their regular price for 
> >processing 50' is $12, I am offering a batch of ten for $7.50
> each. 
> > 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________________________ 
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at
> <email suppressed>. 
> </tt>
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at
> <email suppressed>.
> 
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:05:00 -0400
> From: Millennium Film Journal <email suppressed>
> Subject: Millennium Film Journal August Special -- last weekend
>
> Commercial announcement from MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL
>
> This is the last weekend of the August 2009 inventory clearance event:
> Single/double/triple issues @ $7 / $9 / $12.
> Plus free shipping within the USA for orders over $25 and elsewhere
> for
> orders over $50.
>
> Next Tuesday, the price of back issues of the MFJ will return to $10
> for a single issue, $15 for a double issue, and $20 for a triple
> issue.
>
> http://mfj-online.org
>
> This was an experiment. Who knows when, if ever, we'll do it again.
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:59:36 -0700
> From: Matt Helme <email suppressed>
> Subject: Toronto Film Fest
>
> Protest Toronto International Film Festival Ci=
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> regime by =
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> at
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> I strong=
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> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:23:34 -0700
> From: Matt Helme <email suppressed>
> Subject: Toronto Film Fest
>
> Protest Toronto International Film Festival Ci=
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> =0A*Please Post Widely*=0A=0AProtest Toronto International Film
> Festival Ci=
> ty-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv:=0ATIFF Celebrating Israeli
> colonialism, e=
> thnic cleansing and apartheid! =0A=0ADear CAIA allies and
> supporters,=0A=0A=
> We urge you to write to the Toronto International Film Festival
> protesting =
> its=0Adecision to Spotlight Tel Aviv for its inaugural City-to-City
> program=
> . The=0APalestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott
> of Israe=
> l (PACBI)=0Aissued a statement urging all filmmakers and audiences
> to boyco=
> tt this=0ASpotlight on Tel Aviv. For the full PACBI statement
> please see=
> :=0Ahttp://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=3D1085=0A=0AAs the PACBI
> statemen=
> t points out: =0A=0A=E2=80=9CThe =E2=80=98diversity=E2=80=99
> celebrated by =
> the Spotlight is in fact based on the=0Aerasure of the physical
> presence of=
> the Palestinians, their culture, heritage=0Aand memory. The
> adjacent Pales=
> tinian city of Jaffa and numerous villages were=0Aemptied of their
> indigeno=
> us inhabitants to make way for Tel Aviv. Many refugees=0Afrom Jaffa
> and oth=
> er destroyed villages that Tel Aviv replaced reside in=0AToronto
> today, den=
> ied the right to return to their homes.=0A=0ASuch a celebration at
> this tim=
> e, therefore, can only be seen by Palestinians=0Aand supporters of
> a just p=
> eace around the world as an act of complicity in=0Awhitewashing
> Israel=E2=
> =80=99s war crimes and other grave violations of
> international=0Alaw. It is=
> a cynical and immoral politicization of the TIFF.=E2=80=9D
> =0A=0APlease se=
> nd letters of protest to TIFF co-director and City-to-City
> programmer=0Aat =
> email suppressed and to TIFF=E2=80=99s press office at
> email suppressed =
> =0A=0AA sample letter is provided below, though it is always better
> to draf=
> t your own=0Aoriginal letter. =0A=0AFor more information please
> email us a=
> t: email suppressed =0A=0AIn Solidarity,=0ACoalition Against
> Israeli=
> Apartheid=0Awww.caiaweb.ca=0A=0ASAMPLE LETTER=0A=0ARe: City-to-
> City Spotli=
> ght on Tel Aviv =0A=0AI am writing to you out of my concern about
> the Toron=
> to International Film=0AFestival=E2=80=99s City-to-City spotlight
> on Tel Av=
> iv.=0A=0AAccording to your website, the spotlight =E2=80=9Cwill
> showcase th=
> e complex currents=0Arunning through today=E2=80=99s Tel Aviv.
> Celebrating =
> its 100th birthday in 2009, Tel=0AAviv is a young, dynamic city
> that, like =
> Toronto, celebrates its diversity=E2=80=9D.=0ANowhere in this
> description o=
> f Tel Aviv is there mention of the fact that Tel=0AAviv is built on
> destroy=
> ed Palestinian villages. In 1948, the inhabitants of=0Athese
> villages were =
> forcibly removed in order to make room for the city of Tel=0AAviv.
> Today, m=
> any of the former inhabitants of these villages and Tel
> Aviv=E2=80=99s=0Ane=
> ighbouring city of Jaffa reside in Toronto because they are
> refugees who ha=
> ve=0Abeen denied the right to return to their homes. =0A=0AIn
> addition to i=
> gnoring Palestinian history, the spotlight is also part of
> an=0AIsraeli pro=
> paganda campaign known as =E2=80=98Brand Israel=E2=80=99. In 2008,
> Israel c=
> hose=0AToronto as a test city for =E2=80=98Brand Israel=E2=80=99.
> This camp=
> aign is an effort by=0Athe Israeli government to improve its image
> globally=
> . The campaign=E2=80=99s goal is=0Ato draw attention toward
> Israel=E2=80=99=
> s medical, scientific and cultural=0Aaccomplishments in order to
> shift atte=
> ntion away from its numerous crimes=0Aagainst the Palestinian
> people. The =
> =E2=80=98Brand Israel=E2=80=99 campaign is a blatant=0Aexample of
> how Israe=
> li cultural institutions play a vital role in
> whitewashing=0AIsraeli war cr=
> imes. Israeli consul general Amir Gissin said that
> the=0Aculmination of the=
> campaign would be a major Israeli presence at the 2009=0AToronto
> Internati=
> onal Film Festival. Whether or not TIFF sees it this way,
> the=0ACity-to-Cit=
> y program is being viewed by the Israeli state as an
> important=0Aaspect of =
> its international propaganda campaign. =0A=0AThis past winter the
> world wat=
> ched in horror as Israel launched a full-scale=0Amilitary assault
> on the pe=
> ople of Gaza. Over 1400 Palestinians were killed in=0Athis attack,
> includin=
> g over 400 children. TIFF showcasing Tel Aviv and Israel=0Ais
> equivalent to=
> the festival choosing to showcase Cape Town at the height
> of=0ASouth Afric=
> an Apartheid. It is simply unacceptable and inexcusable. =0A=0AIn
> support o=
> f the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott
> of=0AIsrae=
> l (PACBI) statement calling for a boycott of the Spotlight, I will
> not be=
> =0Aattending any of these films and will be encouraging others to
> do the sa=
> me. I=0Astrongly urge TIFF to reconsider its celebration of Tel
> Aviv and Is=
> rael =E2=80=93 a=0Astate that has been described as an Apartheid
> regime by =
> prominent figures such=0Aas South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and
> former US=
> President Jimmy Carter.=0A=0A=0A
>
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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> inhabitants =
> to make way for Tel Aviv. Many refugees from Jaffa and other
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> the right=
> to return to their homes. Such a celebration at this time,
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> IFF.=E2=80=9D Please send letters of protest to TIFF co-
> director an=
> d City-to-City programmer at <a
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> information pleas=
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> arity, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid <a
> target=3D"_blank=
> " href=3D"http://www.caiaweb.ca/"> id=3D"lw_12515=
> 57840_14">www.caiaweb.ca</a> SAMPLE LETTER Re:
> City-to=
> -City Spotlight on Tel
> Aviv I am writing to you out of my concern about the <span
> style=
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> 557840_15">Toronto International Film Festival=E2=80=99s
> City-to-=
> City spotlight on Tel Aviv. According to your website, the
> spotlight=
> =E2=80=9Cwill showcase the complex currents running through
> today=E2=80=
> =99s Tel Aviv. Celebrating its 100th birthday in 2009, <span
> style=3D"borde=
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> class=3D"yshortcut=
> s" id=3D"lw_1251557840_16">Tel Aviv is a young, dynamic
> city that=
> , like Toronto, celebrates its diversity=E2=80=9D. Nowhere in
> this descr=
> iption of Tel Aviv is there mention of the fact that Tel Aviv is
> built o=
> n destroyed Palestinian villages. In 1948, the inhabitants
> of these vill=
> ages were forcibly removed in
> order to make room for the city of Tel Aviv. Today, many of the
> former =
> inhabitants of these villages and Tel
> Aviv=E2=80=99s neighbouring city o=
> f Jaffa reside in Toronto because they are refugees who
> have been denied=
> the right to return to their homes. In addition to
> ignoring Palest=
> inian history, the spotlight is also part of an Israeli
> propaganda campa=
> ign known as =E2=80=98Brand Israel=E2=80=99. In 2008, Israel
> chose Toron=
> to as a test city for =E2=80=98Brand Israel=E2=80=99. This campaign
> is an e=
> ffort by the Israeli government to improve its image globally.
> The campa=
> ign=E2=80=99s goal is to draw attention toward Israel=E2=80=99s
> medical,=
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> attention awa=
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> class=3D"yshortcuts" id=3D"=
> lw_1251557840_17">Palestinian people.  The
> =E2=80=98Brand Israe=
> l=E2=80=99 campaign is a blatant example of how Israeli cultural
> institu=
> tions play a vital role in whitewashing <span
> style=3D"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor:
> pointer=
> ; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-
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> w_1251557840_18">Israeli war crimes. Israeli consul general
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> sin said that the culmination of the campaign would be a major
> Israeli p=
> resence at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Whether
> or not =
> TIFF sees it this way, the City-to-City program is being viewed
> by the I=
> sraeli state as an important aspect of its international
> propaganda camp=
> aign. This past winter the world watched in horror as
> Israel launch=
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> class=3D"yshortc=
> uts" id=3D"lw_1251557840_19">Gaza. Over 1400 Palestinians
> were kille=
> d in this attack, including over 400 children. TIFF showcasing
> Tel Aviv =
> and Israel is equivalent to the festival choosing to showcase
> Cape Town =
> at
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> unacceptable and in=
> excusable. In support of the transparent=
> none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -
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> id=3D"lw_1251557840_20">Palestinian Camp=
> aign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
> (PACBI) stat=
> ement calling for a boycott of the Spotlight, I will not
> be attending an=
> y of these films and will be encouraging others to do the same.
> I strong=
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> former US <sp=
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