Aimee Corrigan

BIO

Aimee is the Director of the Practicum Program at CDIA at Boston University. She works to create opportunities for CDIA students with not-for-profit organizations in the Boston and Washington, DC areas.

Inspired by the positive impact of digital media, Aimee also works as a documentary producer and photographer. Her work been published by the United Nations, the BBC Online, the Boston Globe, TED, Current TV and Wired Magazine. She is also a regular contributor for Life is Good Inc. and Project Joy.

In 2006, Aimee was the Associate Producer and Still Photographer for the CDIA funded, award-winning documentary film, "This Is Nollywood”. In partnership with filmmakers Bob Caputo, Franco Sacchi and Bond Emeruwa, she is currently in development of The Nollywood Workshops, a global initiative to bring training and resources to independent filmmakers in Africa.

If you have a question about media for your organization, please email practicum@cdiabu.com.

www.thisisnollywood.com

www.projectjoymovie.com

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Community Outreach

Grassroot Project in South Africa

August 24, 2010 DC alum Stephen Nelson continued work for Grassroot Project a Practicum client based in Washington, DC. The Grassroot Project serves to educate at-risk youth from Washington D.C. about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention by utilizing Division I "student-athlete" role models. Stephen created a secondary site, TeamUp, for the program. This fundraising effort sent middle school students to South Africa on a cultural exchange and HIV aw Read On...

What's Hot

Prom Couples by Rick Ashley

March 8, 2010 Opening night of Prom Couples @ Gallery Kayafas was a grand success. The CDIA community showed up in spades to support Photo Program Director Rick Ashley with alumni, current students, faculty and staff in attendance. Familiar faces included CDIA Photo faculty Bob Korn, John Still and Lou Jones. Check out photos of the Opening Reception by Israel Ferraz at www.notrickashley.com. If you missed Friday's reception - fear not - there will be Read On...

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CDIA hosts free FCP update workshops for Students and Alumni

February 16, 2010 This month, CDIA's Waltham campus is upgrading the Final Cut Studio Suite of applications from Version 6 to Version 7. According to our Digital Filmmaking faculty, powerful new features have been added to Final Cut Pro 7 - including more time saving improvements and new collaboration tools. In order to make the transition to the new version smooth and effective, CDIA will be offering 2 free workshops to help guide our community with some of the Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

Waiting for Armageddon

January 27, 2010 Waiting for Armageddon, waitingforarmageddon a documentary film that explores America's 50-million strong Evangelical community, opens at Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA, Friday January 29th for a week of screenings. Co-directed by CDIA's Filmmaker in Residence Franco Sacchi and co-produced by CDIA alumni Hermine Muskat and Roberta Dougan, the film is a First Run Features release of a Q-Ball Productions and Eureka Film Productions. Read On...

Community Outreach

Tip #1: How to Make Media that Matters - Non-Profit Video

October 28, 2008 Every communications director I meet from the nonprofit sector needs one thing, and fast: a video. And it's no secret why. Second only to face-to-face contact, video is arguably the most powerful way to communicate. In our web-centric world, videos provide fresh content for a website and spark new interest via online social networks. Videos engage new donors and offer immense fundraising potential. Video in hand, non-profits are in a Read On...