September 15, 2008
A Video Contest to Illustrate Democracy
On Monday, International Democracy Day, the State Department will announce that it will be asking the world to create three-minute videos that answer a broader question: “Democracy is ...?” as part of a contest timed to mark the occasion. The New York Times reports.
"The Democracy Video Challenge represents an unusual government-private sector educational research group partnership, with YouTube acting as the host of the submitted videos and NBC Universal, the Directors Guild of America and Motion Picture Association of America agreeing to screen the winning submissions and meet with the winners as they spend a week visiting New York, Washington and Hollywood.
The winners will also meet with government officials and democracy-advocacy groups in the United States. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31, 2009."
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